Heidelberg Solutions Help Drive Productivity and Profit for Customers

Seckman Printing in Forest, VA recently added a fully automated, three-station, buckle-plate Stahlfolder TH-66 to its all-Heidelberg equipment lineup.

“In addition to adding significant capacity, we’ve experienced a 100 percent improvement in makeready time and are 60 percent to 70 percent more productive,” said Jay Pearce, production foreman. Moreover, the folder’s 6/4/4 configuration lends the company the flexibility to produce everything from 8-1/2x11” letterfolds to 26x40˝ three-unit signatures for booklets, to gatefolds and other special folded projects.

The company’s first fully automated folder is a certifiable hit with Seckman’s operators, who appreciate the new machine’s intuitive control system as well as the pre-scoring/pre-slitting shaft that help keep folds consistent.

Seckman’s sheetfed pressroom also is home to a 6-color Speedmaster XL 105, a 2-color Speedmaster SM 102, a 6-color Speedmaster SM 102, and a Heidelberg GTO ZP 2-color perfector; while its bindery is dominated by a pair of 54˝ Polar 137 cutters, each with lift, jogger and offloader, a 36˝ Polar 92 guillotine, a pair of Heidelberg letterpresses, and assorted continuous feed Stahlfolders with right angle and 16-page attachment. The prepress department is anchored by a Heidelberg Suprasetter CtP device with single and multiple cassettes, and powered by Heidelberg’s Prepress Manager workflow and Heidelberg clean-running Saphira Chemfree plates.

Established in 1977 and currently with 94 employees, the full-service, general commercial printer serves a variety of clients.

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