Heidelberg Ramping Up for Debut of VLF Presses

PI: Do you foresee a VLF model being offered with the double coater option, as well?

SCHREIER: We will offer all of the options that will be on the XL 105 because there will be no limitations for the very large format. The question is only when. I cannot tell you today if it will be in 2009-2010 but, say in five years from now, there will be the full range available also for the VLF presses. There is a clear demand within the industrialized countries—our target regions of Central Europe, Western Europe and the United States—for maximum productivity. We need a high level of efficiency increase and this can be done with larger formats. Knowing the quality and productivity that very-large-format presses are now able to deliver, Heidelberg knew it had to become a player because that market will be a major part of the future of printing in the industrial countries.