Heidelberg

Printing Impressions' Bindery & Finishing News for May 2009

The Ludwigsburg site of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its folding machines. In 1949, Kurt Stahl and Adolf I. Döpfert founded the company Stahl & Co. Maschinenfabrik Ludwigsburg. Shortly afterwards, engineer Kurt Stahl constructed and presented his first folding machine, while businessman Adolf I. Döpfert built up the sales side of the company.

LOS ANGELES—The printing community in Southern California has suffered a jolt with the loss of two very familiar names.

More and more print shops are taking on board the principles of sustainability and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg), too, is committed to this development. For a number of years, the company has been employing a variety of measures for minimizing the use of resources, and for reducing emissions and waste or even eliminating them altogether—both in its own manufacturing operations and in the subsequent use of the presses it produces.

Original Impressions (OI) today announced it will celebrate this Earth Day with the launch of its Turn A New Leaf promotion and Gift Tree presentation, benefitting businesses in South Florida. The two initiatives are part of the Company’s commitment to corporate social responsibility and underscore its on-going efforts to do the right thing as a corporate citizen while successfully meeting its business goals and objectives.

Print media market leader Heidelberg USA has launched a new web portal dedicated to exploring sustainable solutions for the printing industry. Given its longstanding commitment to environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing, Heidelberg is uniquely positioned to provide this comprehensive resource for printers and print buyers who want to learn more about sustainable printing and the positive impact it can have on their businesses — minus the greenwashing and marketing hype.

We have a Printmaster QM 46-2 and have tried on the odd occasion to print four-color process runs, with relatively pleasing results. However, we found a few issues.

Goss International released the following statement from Jochen Meissner, CEO: With great sadness, I regret to inform you that Phil Burke, our vice president of sales for Latin America, and his eight-year-old daughter, Tara Ann passed away on Sunday following a boating accident near their home in Florida.

Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO, has achieved an impressive level of productivity with its two new Speedmaster SM 102 8-color perfecting presses. Both presses have far surpassed its expectations. "We recently set an eight-hour, single-shift record of 400 plates on the Speedmaster 102," reported Mark Hatfield, Walsworth’s Vice President of Manufacturing Operations.

IT’S HARD not to automatically view everything through the frame of the current economic climate. In most cases, however, the business challenges companies are struggling with were preexisting conditions that have now been greatly amplified. The trend toward print buyers, at every level, cutting back their order quantities is a case in point.