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Star Tribune Heritage Center

Production and distribution hub for the Minneapolis Star Tribune

Star Tribune Heritage CenterMinneapolis, MN

Photography from the Star Tribune Heritage Center in Minneapolis captures the industrial scale and intricate machinery behind daily newspaper production. The facility prints multiple major publications, including the Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, USA Today, and The Washington Post. Images document key processes such as plate making, printing presses, ink handling, and automated sorting systems essential for high-volume news distribution.

Yellow conveyor system transports newspapers through the Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Overhead Conveyor Lines at the Star Tribune Heritage Center
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis uses an overhead conveyor network to carry newspapers from the press room through packaging and distribution. The plant prints the Star Tribune along with other daily titles, including the St. Paul Pioneer Press, USA Today, and The Washington Post.
Massive rolls of newsprint stored at Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Newsprint Rolls at the Star Tribune’s Heritage Center Facility
May 13, 2023 — These large rolls of newsprint await use at the Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis. The plant prints the Star Tribune along with other publications, including the St. Paul Pioneer Press, USA Today, and The Washington Post.
Automated conveyor system with yellow and black safety barriers transports materials through Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility printing plant in Minneapolis.View full post: Ferag and Quipp Equipment at Star Tribune’s Heritage Center Plant
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis runs overhead conveyor lines and Ferag and Quipp equipment to move newspapers through the printing and packaging process. The plant prints and distributes multiple daily papers, including the Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, USA Today, and The Washington Post.
Automated sorting machinery with yellow conveyors in the Star Tribune Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Inserting Machines at the Star Tribune Heritage Center Plant
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis houses the presses and finishing equipment that print and assemble the newspaper. Overhead conveyors carry sections through the building to machines that collate, insert, and prepare each edition for distribution. The plant also prints other publications, including USA Today and the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Industrial printing presses and metal infrastructure occupy the manufacturing floor of the Star Tribune Heritage Center in Minneapolis.View full post: Press Towers at the Star Tribune’s Minneapolis Printing Plant
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune's printing plant sits at its Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis, where the newspaper's presses once ran around the clock to print and bind daily editions. The facility also printed other publications, including the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Star Tribune ended printing operations at this plant on December 27, 2025, shifting production to a Gannett facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
Industrial ink drums stored on metal shelving units at Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Storage Shelves of Ink Drums at the Star Tribune Printing Plant
May 13, 2023 — These metal drums held ink for the printing presses at the Star Tribune's Heritage Center plant in Minneapolis, which printed the paper along with other regional and national titles. The plant ended its run as a printing facility when the Star Tribune stopped presses there on December 27, 2025, shifting production to a Gannett facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
Letterpress plate with reversed text used for newspaper printing at the Star Tribune Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Curved Printing Plate at the Star Tribune Plant
May 13, 2023 — This curved metal plate carries reversed, raised text once used to print pages at the Star Tribune's Minneapolis printing facility. Plates like this were mounted on rotary presses, where the raised letters picked up ink and transferred it directly onto rolling newsprint. The Star Tribune ended printing operations at this Minneapolis plant on December 27, 2025, shifting production to a Gannett facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
Yellow "PLATE MAKING" stencil on blue metal equipment at Star Tribune Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: “Platemaking” Stencil at the Star Tribune Printing Plant
May 13, 2023 — A stenciled "Platemaking" label marks a workstation at the Star Tribune's printing plant in Minneapolis. Platemaking was the step in offset printing where page negatives were used to etch text and images onto thin aluminum plates, which were then mounted on the press cylinders. The Minneapolis plant printed the Star Tribune until the paper ended printing operations there in December 2025.
Blue printing press units stand idle on the manufacturing floor of Star Tribune's Heritage Center facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Rows of Gaus Press Units at the Star Tribune’s Heritage Center Plant
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis held the Gaus Blue presses used to print the paper for decades, along with contract runs for other publications. The plant ceased printing operations on December 27, 2025, after the Star Tribune shifted production to a Gannett facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
Goss Headliner press control panel with colored buttons and switches at the Star Tribune Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Control Console for a Goss Headliner Press at the Star Tribune Plant
May 13, 2023 — This console operates a Goss Headliner offset press at the Star Tribune's Minneapolis printing facility, where operators used its switches, dials, and counters to run the newspaper's presses. The Star Tribune ended printing operations at this Minneapolis plant on December 27, 2025, shifting production to a Gannett-owned facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
White newsprint web feeds through blue printing press machinery at Star Tribune Heritage Center in Minneapolis.View full post: Press Roller at the Star Tribune’s Heritage Center Plant
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune's Heritage Center printing plant in Minneapolis ran the presses that produced the paper's daily print editions. The facility also printed the St. Paul Pioneer Press and other regional titles under contract. The Star Tribune ended printing operations at the plant on December 27, 2025, shifting production to a Gannett facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
Newsprint roll with blue Star Tribune branding on printing press roller at Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: “New Twitter CEO” Headline on a Star Tribune Press Roller
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune printed its daily editions at this Minneapolis plant, running presses that wrapped finished pages around cylindrical rollers before cutting and folding. The paper ended printing operations at the facility on December 27, 2025, shifting production to a Gannett plant in Des Moines, Iowa.
Ink rollers and yellow guide mechanism on a newspaper printing press at the Star Tribune Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Caution Panel and Ink Roller on a Press at the Star Tribune Plant
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune's printing plant in Minneapolis, part of the Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility, housed the presses that produced the paper for decades. The facility stopped printing operations on December 27, 2025, when the Star Tribune shifted production to a Gannett plant in Des Moines, Iowa.
Decorative blue and green printing press rollers with metal wheels positioned above a large white paper roll at the Star Tribune manufacturing facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Paper Roller Assembly at the Star Tribune Printing Plant
May 13, 2023 — This printing press sits in the Star Tribune's Heritage Center plant in Minneapolis, where rollers guide massive rolls of newsprint through the machinery during production. The Star Tribune ended printing operations at this plant on December 27, 2025, shifting the work to a Gannett facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
Blue printing presses stand idle on the manufacturing floor of Star Tribune's Heritage Center facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Printing Presses at the Star Tribune Heritage Center
May 13, 2023 — The Star Tribune's Heritage Center printing plant in Minneapolis housed the presses that produced the paper's daily editions for decades. The Star Tribune ceased printing operations at this plant on December 27, 2025, shifting production to a Gannett facility in Des Moines, Iowa.
Blue printing press machinery with white newsprint roll at the Star Tribune Heritage Center facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Paper Roll Loaded on a Press at the Star Tribune Plant in Minneapolis
May 13, 2023 — This press unit sits inside the Star Tribune's printing plant in Minneapolis, where the newspaper's daily editions were produced for decades. The paper ceased printing operations at this facility on December 27, 2025, shifting production to a Gannett plant in Des Moines, Iowa.
Blue Pioneer Press sign mounted on fencing at the Star Tribune printing facility in Minneapolis.View full post: Pioneer Press Sign at Star Tribune’s Minneapolis Printing Plant
May 13, 2023 — The Pioneer Press, a St. Paul daily, was printed for years at the Star Tribune's Heritage Center plant in Minneapolis. The Star Tribune ended printing operations at the facility on December 27, 2025, shifting the work to a Gannett plant in Des Moines, Iowa.

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