The 2011 conference will see the return of popular events including the Friday night welcome function sponsored by Kodak and the Saturday night host site visit which will be held at the nearby Davies Brothers print centre.

This new print centre is home to a six tower KBA Comet pressline capable of printing 96 pages of tabloid colour in a single pass. In addition to the local daily papers, the site also produces editions of The Australian and Herald-Sun newspapers for News Limited, the first time that these titles have been printed in Tasmania.

Ancillary systems on the pressline include QuadTech registration, Baldwin spray dampening and Impact blanket washing, Planatol gluing system, and Technotrans dampening and ink supply.

Bob Lockley, president of SWUG says, “This will be a great site to visit and a good opportunity to see one of the most modern single-width presses in Australia in action.”

The conference will be held at Hobart’s Wrest Point hotel and conference centre from Friday March 25 to Sunday March 27, 2011.

Lockley continues, “The Wrest Point Hotel conference facilities are first class and there will be the added benefit of having delegates staying at the conference venue.

“This promises to be a popular destination for SWUG members so I advise everybody to make a note of the dates and plan their trip well in advance.”

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