Heidelberg at Drupa 2008: Technology Geared Towards Customer Benefits, Large-format Printing

Speedmaster XL 145/162

Heidelberg will be unveiling two new large-format presses at drupa 2008. The Speedmaster XL 145 and the Speedmaster XL 162 are the ideal complement to the upper end of the Heidelberg sheetfed offset portfolio. The presses have been designed primarily for use in the packaging printing and industrial publishing sectors. This new generation of presses offers customers outstanding advantages in terms of user-friendliness, makeready times, high plate throughput and synchronous washup processes. This enables productivity increases of up to 20 percent over similar presses. The 102 x 142 centimeter (40.16 x 55.91 inch) and 120 x 162 centimeter (47.24 x 63.78 inch) formats being offered cover more than 75 percent of the entire large-format market. Due to growing levels of industrialization and the pressure this puts on companies to streamline operations, this segment has become a key sector.