Chronicling the Past, Predicting the Future

With sales growth of 15.2 percent in fiscal year 2006, followed by 13.4 percent in fiscal 2007, he predicts Heidelberg’s U.S. sales growth to be approximately 5 percent in the current year.

These gains can be partly attributed to Heidelberg’s success in the 40˝ sheetfed press market with its Speedmaster XL 105 model. Of the 2,500 XL 105 printing press units shipped worldwide, 500 of those units have been installed in the North American market, according to Kiessling.