Heidelberg

Heidelberg is now showcasing visionary concepts based on innovating printing processes at its Research & Development Center. Market-ready and demonstration products show just how much is already possible in the area of surface finishing and printed electronics. Other areas of application, such as printing on 3D objects, digital imaging, and drying are displayed as pioneering technologies for the future.

The speaker lineup for the 65th Annual Technical Conference of the Technical Assn. of the Graphic Arts has grown more impressive with the addition of keynote sessions by Martin Schmitt-Lewen, head of technologies for future business, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen; and Gilad Tzori, vice president of product strategy, Landa Digital Printing.

Answering customer demand for shorter runs, Houston-based Simon Printing has taken the path toward greater efficiency and higher profits by choosing to install a four-color Speedmaster SM52 Anicolor press. “We’re not into ultra-short runs, and we didn’t need the variable-data capability of a digital color press,” said Brad Simon, owner.

Last month, Printing Impressions and its sister publications, Package Printing and In-plant Graphics, were invited to visit Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG's headquarters to talk with executives and tour the company's massive sheetfed press manufacturing facility in nearby Wiesloch-Walldorf. Among the many highlights of the trip, journalists met with both outgoing CEO Bernhard Schreier and new CEO Dr. Gerold Linzbach.

Edwards Brothers Malloy, which has provided one- and two-color book manufacturing for more than a century, is breaking new ground with its latest acquisition. With the purchase of a 40˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster sheetfed offset press dedicated to four-color text work, Edwards Brothers Malloy can now offer four-color book and journal printing in runs from one to 3,000 copies.

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—Bernhard Schreier, retiring CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, paid a surprise visit to a group of U.S. and European journalists who were touring Heidelberg's Wiesloch-Walldorf facility in Germany on Tuesday.

Bernhard Schreier, retiring CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, paid a surprise visit to a group of U.S. and European journalists who were touring Heidelberg's Wiesloch-Walldorf facility in Germany on Tuesday. Schreier said he wanted to meet one last time with industry journalists.

Cockrell Enovation, one of the largest full-service commercial printers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, had experienced steady growth in the franchise and retail space. It got to the point where an influx of new work forced Cockrell to farm out grand-format projects.

ANN ARBOR, MI—Edwards Brothers Malloy, which has provided one- and two-color book manufacturing for more than a century, is breaking new ground with its latest acquisition. With the purchase of a 40” Heidelberg Speedmaster sheetfed offset press dedicated to four-color text work, Edwards Brothers Malloy can now offer four-color book and journal printing in runs from one to 3,000 copies. The Heidelberg press will be fully operational in the company’s plant here by the middle of January 2013.

With the purchase of a 40" Heidelberg Speedmaster sheetfed press dedicated to four-color work and two new digital color presses (Kodak NexPress and Xerox iGen4), Edwards Brothers Malloy can now accommodate four-color runs from one copy up to 3,000 books.