Shimotsuke Newspaper Places A Huge Order For Baldwin Equipment

2/10/2005

SHELTON, CT, February 10, 2005 - Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. announced today that Shimotsuke Newspaper in Japan has ordered 63 units each of Baldwin Automatic Blanket Cleaners, Spray Dampening Systems and Automatic Press Washers, which will be fitted on Shimotsuke Newspapers’s new newspaper presses to be supplied by Mitsubishi. The value of this order for Baldwin Technology is approximately $1.5 million with the equipment scheduled for installation in early 2006 at the Shimotsuke newspaper plant in North Kanto area of Japan

Comments Hajime Koyama, director Newspaper Sales Division, Baldwin Japan: "We are very pleased to be able to have Shimotsuke Newspaper as a new Baldwin customer and we are confident our Automatic Blanket Cleaning, Spray Dampening and Automatic Press Washing systems will assist Shimotsuke in achieving the print quality and productivity objectives they have established for their new Mitsubishi press lines.”

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EDITOR'S NOTES

About Baldwin
Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. is a leading international manufacturer of press accessory and controls for the commercial and newspaper printing industries.

Baldwin supplies market-leading automated cleaning; dampening and temperature control; drying and curing, and web accessory technologies, products, and systems.

With headquarters in Shelton, Connecticut, USA, Baldwin has operations strategically located in the major print markets and distributes its products via a global sales and service infrastructure.

Established in 1918, Baldwin employs approximately 530 people worldwide.

Since 1987, Baldwin Technology Company, Inc. has been listed on the American Stock Exchange.

For further information, visit the Baldwin website at: www.baldwintech.com

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Baldwin Technology Company, Inc.
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Further information from:
Per Schröder
Baldwin Jimek
Tel: 00 4640 439851
Email: per.schroder@jimek.com


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