Daily News opens new plant.Daily News opens new printing plant The Daily News has completed construction of its new $55 million printing plant in Valencia and began rolling the presses last week, Publisher David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Auger auger (ô`gər): see drill. auger Tool (or bit) used with a carpenter's brace for drilling holes, usually in wood. It looks like a corkscrew and produces extremely clean holes, almost regardless of how large the bit is. said. The Woodland Hills-based newspapers built the new plant to keep pace with its rapidly expanding circulation in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. and to improve the quality of its printing and color processing. Auger said the Daily News' old plant, on Califa Street in Van Nuys, was nearing its production capacity. The Van Nuys plant has two presses, one installed in 1962, the other in 1964. The 165,000-square-foot Valencia plant has three Goss n. 1. Gorse. Headliner head·lin·er n. A performer who receives prominent billing; a star. Noun 1. headliner - a performer who receives prominent billing star offset presses manufactured by the graphic systems division of Rockwell International Rockwell International was the ultimate incarnation of a series of companies under the sphere of influence of Willard Rockwell, who had made his fortune after the invention and successful launch of a new bearing system for truck axles in 1919. . Auger said that at maximum speed the new presses can print 70,000 copies of the Daily News per hour. Last week the new presses started handling a portion of the Daily News' classified section, Auger said. Each week the Valencia plant will be given a larger workload, he explained. The plant is expected to be fully operational in June. Construction plans for the new printing plant were announced in December 1988 and ground was broken in January 1989. The construction phase of the project took 14 months. The Daily News has approximately 250 production employees who will be transferred from the Van Nuys plant to Valencia. Auger said the larger facility may require the hiring of a few additional employees. Circulation of the Daily News had increased about 30 percent during the past three years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Auger. The Daily News' recently completed interim audit showed that as of Dec. 31, 1989 the newspaper's daily circulation was 197,000, with Sunday circulation of 210,000. The previous year's figures were 176,000 daily and 200,000 Sunday. Auger said the Daily News has no current plans to increase its geographic distribution area, but will continue to concentrate its efforts on the San Fernando Valley and surrounding areas. |
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