Ventspils nafta                                                       19.07.2005



Construction of the largest and the most modern printing-house in the Baltics starts



On the 18 July of this year the daughter company of JSC “Ventspils nafta” – 

“Preses nams” has started construction of the largest and the most modern 

printing-house in the Baltics by official digging in of a basement capsule.



	Production in the new printing-house is planned for July of 2006. There will

 be a new equipment for printing of newspapers and magazines according to the most 

sophisticated technologies, including automated graphical material processing and 

production of printing plates, as well as bright and to the EU requirements 

corresponding production and office premises. It is envisaged that the new 

printing-house will allow increase of the production capacity to 5 mln. LVL per year.

	The new printing-house will consist of three floors: on the first floor there

 will be production service, on the second – sale and development services, on the 

third – the company’s management. Considerable investments in new, modern equipment 

are planned, but in construction works of the new printing-house 6.5 mln. LVL will be

 invested. 

	“Construction of a new printing-house is a logical step for further 

development of JSC “Preses nams”. The company’s restructuring started already in 2004

 with the main aim to create a technologically up-to-date printing and publishing 

company – a true industrial  leader in the Baltic states. In 2004 the turn-over 

reached 19.2 mln. lats, but income prior to taxes amounted to more than 0.7 mln. 

lats. The export amount at present has reached 34% of the total production of JSC 

“Preses nams”. Our strategic goal is to strengthen our positions in the markets of

 the EU member states and in the Eastern Europe, and the new production building 

will secure increase of production capacity and improvement of production quality,”

 says Uldis Ronis, the Chairman of the Board of JSC “Preses nams”. 

	The project’s authors are the architects from the company DBSL. The 

architecture of the building characterises the company’s movement from traditional

 to modern and dynamic. The general contractor for construction is JSC “Venceb”, 

that has proved quality of its work in such construction sites as – “Ventspils 

nafta” termināls”, “Ventbunkers”, “Akvaparks Ventspils”, “Nord Natie Ventspils 

termināls” etc. The management of JSC “Venceb” promises that the first newspapers 

in the new premises will appear already in July of the next year. 

	At present JSC “Preses nams” is the leader of the Baltic states in the 

sphere of printing services and a significant rival for companies in the Eastern 

Europe and the EU states. The western publishers most often choose JSC “Preses nams”

 as its partner in printing and publishing. The largest collaboration partners of 

JSC “Preses nams” are the most significant publishers of the Baltic states, Russia, 

northern countries and the EU states and consumers of printing and publishing 

products.

In total the company employs 800 employees.

	JSC “Preses nams” is the daughter company of JSC “Ventspils nafta” where 

the latter owns 92.99% of shares.



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Phone 7229793;

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