Press Extension and Retrofit to enhance ROI World Publishing Expo, Vienna Oct., 11th, 2016  

With: Moritz Schwarz, Kirchner + Robrecht

Hans Jörg Maurer, PME Maurer Robert Heitzer, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Moderator: Martin Schwarz, Editor-in-Chief, 4c Magazine

www.4-­‐c.at  |  World  Publishing  Expo  2016  |  Stand  C.663  

Why retrofitting?

Koenig  &  Bauer  

Revenues Web Offset Presses

Why retrofitting? Global Newspaper Circulation / Revenue Sources 2011-2015

Asia: +7,8 %

Europe: - 4,7 %

North America: -2,4 %

Middle East/Africa: -2,6 %

World  Press  Trends  2015  

Why retrofitting? The Newspaper Industry`s Dilemma

„There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns;

that is to say there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknows – there are things we do not know we don`t know.“

Donald J. Rumsfeld, fmr. Secretary of Defense

Why retrofitting? There are many known and unknown unknowns in the newspaper industry

Circulation: plummeting or stable at best . Revenue from printed newspapers: stagnant or plummeting, but still dominant.

Revenue from digital business: tending upwards, but still not enough.

Need to utilize idle capacity by printing third-party products: growing

Pressure to shut down production lines & gain efficiency: growing

Willingness to invest in new printing presses: plummeting

The market

The publisher / printer

The printer RETROFIT

This is retrofitting Our Session today

Questions answered by our experts today: In which situation should you think of a retrofit project? Can it be too early to think about retrofit?

How can you identify the priorities in the retrofit process?

How can you save money by choosing the right replacement equipment?

How can you expand the lifespan of your presses by designing a retrofit strategy for the next years?

Which partner should you choose for your retrofit project?

Is it really enough to retrofit your printing presses?

And finally: What do newspaper printing presses and nuclear power plants have in common?

This is retrofitting Our Speakers today

Hans Jörg Maurer, PME Maurer

The challenge for life-span extension from the technical point of view

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Press  Retrofit  –  Efficiency  and  Independence

2   Robert Heitzer, Süddeutscher Verlag Zeitungsdruck GmbH

3   Moritz Schwarz, Kirchner & Robrecht

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