Countdown to drupa 2012 has Started for Heidelberg Stand Construction

“Building such complete and integrated print shops would normally take longer than half a year,” explains Uwe Galm, the technical manager for the drupa presentation at Heidelberg. He doesn’t have that much time on this occasion though—exactly 27 days and nights will have to do.

Just before Easter, Heidelberg gained entry to Hall 1 and over the holidays large parts of the infrastructure were installed such as lighting, sound, and cabling in the floor and along the ceiling. The Tuesday after Easter saw assembly of the machines get underway. Two weeks later, on April 23, Heidelberg aims to begin testing all the assembled machines to ensure they are fully functional. Everything needs to be ready on the afternoon of May 2, barring a few smaller jobs.