Heidelberg Showcases Solutions for Large-Format Packaging Printing

Hendrik Heidenreich from Heidenreich Print in the German town of Bünde joined Chuck Obermeyer and Kurt Wartner from RockTenn in the United States in reporting extremely short makeready times of just 12 to 22 minutes, depending on the motif. The presses are inked-up after around 150 waste sheets and production speeds of 12,000 to 15,000 sheets per hour are regularly achieved. By comparison, the current industry standard is a makeready time of 40 minutes, 400 sheets of startup waste per job, and—depending on the press format—a production speed of roughly 12,500 (format 6) / 9,000 (format 7b) sheets per hour.