Murdoch launches Glasgow printing plant

Rupert Murdoch today opened News International’s new printing plant in Glasgow.

Alongside the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, Murdoch cut the ribbon to the Eurocentral plant, which the company claims houses the largest and fastest press in the world. The plant will will print Scottish editions of The Sun, The Times, the News of the World and the Sunday Times.

The plant is the first stage of a £650m project to open new plants for News International. Other sites in the pipeline include Knowsley, near Liverpool, and Enfield in North London.

The plant will be operated by Newsprinters (Eurocentral) Ltd, part of News International’s new printing division.

The company said today it hoped to generate additional revenue by offering the plant’s large printing capacity to third-party publishers - Newsprinters has already entered into a long-term contract to print The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph.

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