BREITBART WOULD'VE LOVED THIS: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES PRINTING MACHINERY BEING AUCTIONED OFF

THE END OF THE MFM IS NEAR:

By order of the owners, assets of THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Unprecedented Offering of Late-Model Newspaper Presses, Inserting, Mailroom & Support Equipment
	Thursday, March 22, 2012 Assets in Chicago, Illinois
·         (8) Goss Web Offset Printing Presses (All 1999): All with Cutoff 22-3/4": (6) Newsliner, Web Width: 57-1/2" (Original), 54" & 50" Tabloid (Current), Each With: 4/4 Tower (8-Couple), 4/1 Tower (5-Couple), (2) 2/2 Towers (4-Couples), Sovereign 2:5:5 160-Page Jaw Folder; (2) Universal 70, Web Width: 40", Max. Print Capability: 160-Page Tab With 32-Pages Process Color, 32-Pages Spot Color, 96-Black Pages, Both With: 4/4 Tower (8-Couple), (5) Mono Units (2-Couple), J 2:3:3 Single Fold Jaw Folder; All with Harland Simon Press Controls & Drives, WPC MicroTrak CLC+ Register System, PPSI Inker, Ryco SB Dampener ·         (8) Color Registration Systems: WPC Microtrak CLC+ Closed Loop Color Plus (All 2003), (6) To 60” Wide, (2) To 40” Wide ·         (48) Reelstands: Enkel 2-Arm (All 1998), Up to 60" Web Width, 3300-Lb. Capacity ·         Platemaking Equipment: Agfa & KF Systems Platesetters; Glunz & Jensen Image Processors; Metafix pH Control Systems; Nela Plate Benders; Acutech Plate Transfer Systems; Acutech 42-Bin & 4-Bin Plate Sorter (All 2007-2008) ·         (8) Inserters: (2) Heidelberg Harris NP-2299 (Both 1993, Rebuilt 2006), 99-Pockets, 22-Hoppers; Heidelberg NP-632-30 30-Head Dual-Delivery Inline (1998); (2) Heidelberg NP-1372(Both 1999), 72-Pocket, 13-Hopper, Circular-Rotating; (3) GMA SLS-1000 14-22-Head Inline(1989-1992); All with Mueller Martini WinLincs Packaging Line Controls ·         Deserter: Master Flo D3H Three Out, 43" Stream Separation (Approx.), Max. 225,000-IPH ·         (22) Stackers: (20) Quipp Packman, SJ500W, SJ400W (1999-2007); (2) Heidelberg (RIMA) RS-3110SL (1999) 17" Drop, E300 PLC ·         (27) Strapping Machines: (26) Dynaric (1998-1999); Signode LBX Packman (2007) ·         (20) Bottom Wrappers: Quipp Model 5114 Viper (1999) ·         Bundle Distribution System: Machine Design Services Fully-Automated, Single-Tiered Zoned(1999) (Drawings & Details Available) ·         Conveyors: Heidelberg Inline Drop; K &M Drop Systems; Graphic Management Hop Load; Over 10,000 Ft of Heidelberg Gripper Conveyor, Buschman Scrap ·         (2) Roll Loading Systems: Machine Design Service Automatic (Both 1999) ·         (7) Unwinders: Fibercore Equipment UN-40E 40" Electric (All 2008) ·         Central Ink Delivery System (1999): With Bek Systems CST-41 Controls, (2) 5,863-Gallon Black Ink Tanks; (7) 1,241-Gallon Color Ink Tanks ·         Over $4.7 Million In Spare Parts Inventory: Over 7000 Line Items from Goss, Heidelberg, Dynaric, Quipp, Agfa, RIMA, Accurate Web, Allen-Bradley, Many More ·         Air Handling Equipment: Air Compressors: Ingersoll-Rand, Kaeser, To 125-HP; Dryers: Ingersoll-Rand (To 2009); Vacuum Pumps; Dust Collector; Etc. ·         Rolling Stock: FMC, Komatsu, Crown, Etc. Forklifts To 6,000-Lb.; Pallet Trucks, Boom Lifts, Scissor Lift, Cascade & Bolzoni 3300 to 4500-Lb. With Power Rotation, Floor Cleaner

BROUGHT DOWN A NOTCH BY THE BLOGOSPHERE:

We shall beat their print machines 

into plowshares 

and their broadcast studios 

into pruning hooks.