Heidelberg's Atlanta Tech Center has seen a significant uptick in the number of prepress webinars it conducts, typically one per day, and has hosted a number of postpress and digital equipment demos, most of which ultimately resulted in the sale of equipment.
Nearly 1,750 shareholders attended the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) Annual General Meeting for financial year 2012/2013, in Mannheim, Germany. Dr. Gerold Linzbach, CEO of the company, made his first speech to the shareholders of Heidelberg, and analyzed where he feels Heidelberg is at and where the company is heading in the medium term.
The award recpients of the 2013 InterTech Technology Awards has been announced by the Printing Industries of America. The technologies receiving this respected award have been judged as truly innovative and are expected to advance the performance of the graphic communications industry. The award winners are...
At the 42nd WorldSkills competition, female finalists from Switzerland and Germany took home the gold and silver. Andrea Schmidheiny placed first ahead of Elena Singer in second, and Dongdong Wang from China in third. This top-quality printing competition used two Speedmaster SM 52 presses from Heidelberg and two Linoprint C digital printing systems.
ORLANDO, FL—Privately-owned Designers’ Press has confirmed the addition of two new printing presses at its 36,000-square-foot facility here. The multimillion-dollar purchases are projected to substantially increase efficiency and product turnaround time while maintaining quality.
NCL Graphic Specialties in Waukesha, WI, has printed 77 million impressions in one year on an eight-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 press, setting a world record in the printing industry.
Designers’ Press, a privately-owned printing firm in Orlando, FL, has announced the purchase of two new presses: a Ricoh-Heidelberg Linoprint (C901 Graphic Arts +); and a Komori LS 540 to complement the Komori LS 640 that is already in production at the company.
Druck Pruskil in Gaimersheim, Germany, is reportedly the first printer in the world to install a ST 500 saddlestitcher from Heidelberg. "The Stitchmaster ST 500 makes us very flexible and the output of the Stitchmaster ST 500 is absolutely perfect for our requirements," said General Manager Hannes Arnold.
KENNESAW, GA—Heidelberg USA announced a new go-to-market strategy that connects its portfolio of products and services with a highly-individualized, consultative sales approach. This new approach emphasizes an outreach to the printing community with multiple targeted opportunities responsive to the increasingly complex needs of customers and prospects.
Heidelberg USA's new go-to-market strategy takes a highly-individualized, consultative sales approach, using its broad portfolio of products and services. Implementation of the new marketing strategy on several fronts will preclude Heidelberg’s attendance at PRINT 13.
