Heidelberg

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has reached a key milestone on its way to long-term profitability by meeting its own forecasts and achieving a clearly positive operating result excluding special items in financial year 2012/2013 (April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013). The next step in the strategic process is for Heidelberg to turn a profit again in the current financial year 2013/2014 and to record a positive net result after a series of losses since the crisis year 2008.

Cedar Park, TX-based 360 Press Solutions, has added a second eight-color Heidelberg Speedmaster press to complement its high-end printing capabilities and to be flexible enough to adapt to a changing market environment.

Heather Ashe from Clemson, SC, and Junior at Clemson University, was selected one year ago to represent the United States at WorldSkills 2013 in Leipzig, Germany. On July 7, 2013, competitors from 13 nations will assemble for four grueling days of competition to earn a gold, silver, or bronze medal and rights to claim they are the best young Print Media Technologist (Printer) in the world.

The new Prinect Smart Automation function from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) now makes it easy to switch to a fully automated process for job creation and job processing without compromising on efficiency. The new tool enables fully automated job processing for mixed forms, with fully automatic and simultaneous job creation now possible in Web shop, MIS and production systems.

Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ June 2013 edition, featuring Anderson/LA, a Consolidated Graphics company; and Excell Color Graphics.

LINCOLN, NE—Equity Partners CRB LLC has been retained through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to seek a buyer for Jacob North Printing. Based here, Jacob North Printing is a 125-year-old, full-service regional printing and graphics communications company that offers web, sheetfed, digital and label printing, as well as fulfillment, mailing and inventory management services. It also provides e-mail marketing, personalized Websites and SMS marketing.

PENNSAUKEN, NJ—With many of its competitors either shedding jobs or shuttering their shops completely, Inserts East finds itself in a unique and advantageous position as a printer on the rise.

The demand for a new 40˝ offset press, led General Converting (GCI) in Bolingbrook, IL, to purchase an eight-color Speedmaster XL 106 with Image Control and Inpress Control, full logistics, and workflow integration via Prinect Pressroom Manager. “We needed a press that was capable of fast makeready and changeover to match the flexibility, creativity, and responsiveness our customers demand as their production requirements change,” said Bob Ruebenson, company president.

At China Print in Beijing from May 14 to 18, 2013, Heidelberg will be presenting the Remote Monitoring function, the next stage in the expansion of Remote Service technology and an option available to customers as part of their service contract.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has recorded higher sales in financial year 2012/2013 than in the previous year thanks to the expected strong fourth quarter. In line with the company's own forecasts, the operating result excluding special items improved significantly.