The award-winning ‘South China Morning Post’ is responding to the vibrant Hong Kong market with an order for a new press and plans to upgrade existing plant.

The publisher and its wholly-owned subsidiary Brilliant Star Printing Services – regular winners in PANPA and Asia Media Awards competitions – have announced an order for  a new manroland Geoman newspaper press.

Its existing 1999 Geoman and 2005 Regioman presses will also be reconfigured for a reduction in web width from 1524 to 1370 mm.

Systems will also be upgraded to allow remote maintenance and provide production planning with a modernised PPM station. Electronics and control systems on the older Geoman will also be upgraded with manroland’s PECOM components. The work will continue until late this year, with impact on daily production minimised.

The ‘South China Morning Post’ is the largest English-language newspaper in Hong Kong and one of the leading economic newspapers in the region with a print run of about 150,000 copies. The biweekly ‘Jiu Jak Magazine’ and the weekly ‘Post Magazine’, as well as ‘Business Post’ and supplements, are also printed in Hong Kong.