An agreement on reorganizing the Heidelberg’s pension scheme has been reached between the management and employee representatives.
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Cohber Press in Rochester, NY, saw a boost in capacity and a 25 percent increase in sales after using Performance Plus from Heidelberg.
Spectrum Marketing in Manchester, NH, chose a pre-owned eight-color 2011 Speedmaster XL 75.
A newly installed Stahlfolder TH 94 at Elgin, IL-based Hagg Press ended the company's backlog and overtime issues the day it was installed. The signature folder delivers 18,000 folded, 16-page signatures per hour and has "exceeded our most optimistic expectations,” said Kern Hagg, president.
Marking another milestone, Heidelberg celebrates a decade of Remote Service, its Web-based troubleshooting platform that has won numerous international awards. Over the years, Heidelberg has gradually extended the portfolio from the initial Remote Diagnosis function to increase the focus on prevention. The latest development is Remote Monitoring, which enables developing machine faults to be detected early.
After nine months of financial year 2014/2015, the group restructuring measures introduced at Heidelberg are on course. By reducing low-margin activities, boosting the profitability of core sheetfed offset operations, and expanding the service and consumables business, as well as the digital sector, the company has laid the foundations for achieving the planned EBITDA margin of at least 8 percent in financial year 2015/2016.
SunDance Marketing Solutions, Orlando, FL, installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 with X-Package last fall.
We've canvassed a handful of printers who stray a bit from the beaten path to get their take on the effectiveness of embellishments. One of the more comprehensive embellishers we came across is Worthington, MN-based Bedford Industries, which debuted in 1966 as a wire twist-tie manufacturer. The firm has blossomed in a number of different solutions for bundling, identification tags, converting technology, packaging reclosures and its trademark ElastiTag product line.
Together with its partners, Heidelberg will demo digitally produced brochures at Hunkeler Innovationdays.
Press384 is a 15-unit Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 with specific features created just for JohnsByrne Co.