Heidelberg

Heidelberg hosted an open house at Print Media Center Atlanta (PMC-ATL) to show customers how its full range of integrated offerings for short-run production can optimize productivity and boost their bottom line. “These types of events help demonstrate the effect of technology on a customer’s business costs,” says Andy Rae, senior VP of equipment and marketing.

To complement the production of its two existing Speedmaster XL 105 presses, Kase Printing will install a Stahlfolder TH 82 6/6/4.

Heidelberg welcomed its new trainees this year. Ninety young people started their careers at four German sites.

Based in West Saint Paul, Minn., Sexton Printing replaced an older Speedmaster SM 74 with a Speedmaster XL 75-5+L from Heidelberg.

Hammer Packaging of West Henrietta, N.Y., has added a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-8+L to increase capacity and improve productivity. The new peak performance press replaced an older competitive press, and will run alongside two existing Speedmaster CD 102 presses and a CX 102. In just over three months of production, the press counter is already showing 19 million impressions, and the company intends to further increase throughput by running shifts 24/7.

Heidelberg USA Names former Printing Industries of America Technology VP Mark Bohan as director of Prinect and CtP.

Since adding a Speedmaster XL 106-6+L, Riegel Communications Group of Ewing, N.J., has experienced a major increase in productivity.

With strong incoming orders, increase in the order backlog from drupa, Heidelberg has its sights set firmly on its year-end targets.

Heidelberg recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for financial year 2015/2016. The Management Board discussed the company’s strategy and the figures for the past financial year. In his speech, Heidelberg CEO Gerold Linzbach analyzed where Heidelberg is currently at and then highlighted where the company is heading in the medium term. Approval from the company's shareholders was needed for five of the six items on the AGM agenda, including Karen Heumann’s election to the Supervisory Board. All items on the agenda were approved with a clear majority.

The PIA has released detailed descriptions of the six technologies that received the 2016 InterTech Technology Award.