Company to assist The Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY with $85 million expansion project
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Louis, MO: July 02, 2003) FKI Logistex® (LSE: FKI.L) Alvey Systems (www.alvey.com), an FKI Logistex member company and leading integrator of automated material flow solutions, today announced that it has signed a contract with The Courier-Journal (www.courier-journal.com) newspaper of Louisville, KY to provide key components of the material handling system in its new manufacturing plant.Included in the equipment Alvey Systems has been selected to provide for the 135,000 square foot facility — presently under construction in downtown Louisville — is an advanced bundle sortation and distribution system.
The project also features 10 newspaper tie-lines and conveyors, in addition to merging and sortation equipment that move and route newspapers through the plant. Ten inputs will sort and distribute bundled newspapers to five cart-loader output stations and four bulk-loading output stations. The system's maximum capacity is 132 bundles per minute, with each bundle containing 35 to 40 newspapers.The Courier-Journal newspaper traces its roots back to 1868, when two long-standing publications, The Louisville Journal and The Courier, merged to form The Courier-Journal under editor Henry Watterson.
In 1986, the paper was purchased by Gannett Company, Inc., the largest distributor of newspapers in the United States.
Gannett's 100 daily newspapers in the US have a combined paid circulation of 7.7 million that includes USA TODAY, whose own circulation of approximately 2.3 million makes it the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper.Groundbreaking for the new $85 million Louisville facility took place in October 2002 as part of an ambitious expansion campaign that represented the largest capital project in downtown Louisville in several years.
When completed, the new plant will feature state-of-the-art printing presses able to print 75,000 newspapers per hour." Alvey is honored by the opportunity to help modernize The Courier-Journal's operations as it proudly continues to serve the greater Louisville community" said Steve Ackerman, Alvey Systems president.For sales information, please contact Kevin Kozuszek, marketing communications manager for Alvey Systems, by phone at (314) 993-4700 or via e-mail at [email protected] .
Visit Alvey Systems on the web at www.alvey.com .About Alvey Systems, Inc.Alvey Systems, Inc. ( www.alvey.com ), an FKI Logistex (LSE: FKI.L) member company headquartered in St.
Louis, Missouri, is a leading integrator of materials handling solutions for consumer goods manufacturers and distributors. Using its own broad line of equipment and related software and controls, Alvey creates turnkey solutions to help companies adapt to changing needs.Renowned for its quality equipment, Alvey offers an extensive line of automatic palletizers and depalletizers, package conveyors, high-speed sorters, pallet and unit handling conveyors, robotics, and third-party products, as well as software and controls. In addition, Alvey's Customer Support division offers aftermarket support and services including components and parts, field service, training, equipment audits, maintenance, and support contracts, as well as equipment remanufacturing.
For sales information, contact Kevin Kozuszek, marketing communications manager, by phone at (314) 993-4700 or by e-mail at [email protected] .About FKI LogistexFKI Logistex® is a leading supplier of integrated material handling solutions for distribution, baggage handling, freight, parcel, and manufacturing applications.
FKI Logistex supplies its customers with an integrated set of leading edge technologies in high-speed sortation, conveyor systems, carousels, palletizing, paperless pick products, AS/RS, controls, order processing software, warehouse control systems, and total materials handling automation.FKI Logistex ( www.fkilogistex.com ) is a part of FKI plc (LSE: FKI.L), a UK-based international engineering group.
FKI Logistex is comprised of the industry’s most successful and recognized brands, including Alvey Systems, Cleco, Crisplant, Crisplant a/s, Automation Division (incorporating Buschman Operations, Mathews Operations, and CMP Corporation), Integration Division, Io Systems, Real Time Solutions, and White Systems.For more information, contact FKI Logistex, 1500 Lebanon Road, Danville, KY, 40422, by phone at (877) 935-4564 or by e-mail at [email protected] .