Roanoke Newspaper Plant Requires Advanced Cooling System
ROANOKE, Va. - The Roanoke Times is the dominant newspaper in southwestern Virginia, with a daily circulation of 100,000 in its 19-county area. The need for longer press runs and larger papers recently drove the decision to install a new, larger printing plant at the newspaper's headquarters located here. The new facility required additional comfort cooling plus a chilled water plant dedicated to process water cooling for the new press.
The 85,000-square-foot building in downtown Roanoke houses the editorial offices, the circulation department, and until recently, the printing operation. According to Dennis "Chip" Harris, project director for the Times, the paper had in recent years identified the need for additional press capacity, especially for the large volume of color printing used in modern newspaper design.