CIP4 Announces 2007 International Award Program Winners

In the category of “Best cost/benefit realization as a result of process automation implementation”, first place went to PDC Tangen of Norway. PDC Tangen provided a very detailed description of situation before and after introduction of JDF in their case study. To date PDC Tangen has used JDF to integrate six printing presses (37 units from Mitsubishi and Komori), three folding machines (MBO), and prepress (Kodak), which are all networked with a JDF-enabled MIS (Hiflex MIS). Prepress receives Stripping and folders are preset with type and position of folds, folding catalog, and details about side or head alignment. The first fully automated order was produced in June 2007. With an ROI of 1847.2% their investment paid itself back 20 times in 5 years. They also reported a 25% increase in productivity on their presses, a 15% increase in productivity on their folders, and an overall increase of transparency, job tracking, planning horizon, and flexibility. Compared with 2005 results, after its automation implementation PDC Tangen experienced a 20% increase in job turnover and a 900% increase in profit after taxes in 2006.