As part of the 100th anniversary of The Abbotsford News and our special commemorative issue, staff from The News visited the press.
Located in Burnaby, VanPress is a division of Black Press that specializes in the printing of commercial flyers as well as daily and weekly newspapers like The Abbotsford News.
The Abbotsford News is produced using a Goss Community press each week and it takes about three hours to complete. For example, a 64-page Abbotsford News would require approximately 118,000 square metres of paper.
The press is inside a 31,500 sq ft building built in 2005. There are a total of 70 employees and the presses operate 24 hours a a day for six days a week.
The building has five loading bays; one at grade and four equipped with dock levelers and has an eight-foot wide canopy over the loading area.
Van Press produces TV guides, community and daily newspapers, newspaper inserts, retail flyers, rec and college/university course guides and many other products.
For more information, visit vanpressprinters.com.
To view our 100th commemorative issue online, click here.