Heidelberg Celebrates 60 Years of Stahlfolder Production in Ludwigsburg

The first fully-automatic buckle plate folding machine was unveiled for drupa 1986. At drupa 1995, the new buckle plate and combination folding machines in the TD and KD series raised the bar further still. A completely new generation of folding machines was launched at drupa 2004 in the shape of the Stahlfolder TH/KH. The machines scored highly at the Red Dot Design Awards and received a PIA/GATF InterTech Award. To date, more than 3,500 machines have been delivered worldwide. The Stahlfolder KH 82 with automated cross-fold unit proved one of the highlights of drupa 2008. It cuts makeready times in the cross-fold unit by 80 percent and is the first machine to achieve a speed of 230 meters per minute even in cross folding jobs.