US press maker Tensor Group is to install a two-tower newspaper press at Vietnam’s Can Tho General Printing Joint Stock Company in Cantho City.

The press is a shaft-driven single-width T-400BE press with an H-50 folder, due for installation in the fourth quarter of this year, exponentially increasing Can Tho General Printing's newspaper production volume.

The towers will be fed by four splicers, with possible capacity up to 32 tabloid pages of two-colour. Can Tho General Printing currently plans to run 24 tabloid pages with eight pages of four-color and 16 pages of two-color. A number of dailies and weeklies will be printed on the Tensor press.

Can Tho General Printing, in business for over three decades, prints a variety of magazines, books and newspapers on existing presses. The new Tensor press will support the increased demand for newspapers in Vietnam. Chairman of the board and executive president Tran Binh Trong, along with other board members, is confident the Tensor equipment investment will help position the company to gain a substantial competitive advantage and lead the company into a key profitable stage.

"After careful review and comparisons of other equipment in the marketplace, we chose Tensor specifically for its excellent quality and superior service reputations," says Tran Binh Trong.

VINA Printing Equipment Corporation of Ho Chi Minh City will provide local service support. Dan Huynh of VINA, Tensor's sales and service agent for Vietnam, has nearly 30 years of printing, converting and finishing experience and provides consulting services with proven solutions to the industry.

Pictured at the contract signing are (from left) Dan Huynh and Tran Binh Trong.