Against the backdrop of economic uncertainty, Heidelberg has set the basis for long-term profitability with new products, a new organization and stable financing. Its sales of €2.596 billion in financial year 2011/2012 were roughly on a par with the €2.629 billion for the previous year.
Neff Packaging Solutions, Simpsonville, KY, has become the first U.S. company to install the latest generation of Heidelberg’s Prinect Image Control spectral color measurement and quality control system. “We now have the technology to significantly reduce our makeready time, as well as to reduce the number of sheets needed to attain color,” said Jim Younkin, vice president and general manager.
Greetings from South America! I am spending my summer working for Heidelberg in its lead market, São Paulo, Brazil. Similar to my time with Heidelberg in Germany, I am working within the company’s integrated workflow system, called Prinect.
Q&A with Harald Weimer, president of Heidelberg USA, reflecting on the printing equipment manufacturer’s takeaways from drupa 2012. drupa was more than satisfying for Heidelberg, in terms of the overall traffic through our exhibits, the keen interest shown in our solutions, and the sales that followed.
Q&A with Harald Weimer, president of Heidelberg USA, reflecting on the printing equipment manufacturer’s takeaways from drupa 2012.
Heidelberg has announced the following new digital printing, offset press and postpress product installations at Disc Pro Printing and Graphics, Allied Printing, All-Color Business Specialties and Central Printing. Easy convertibility to UV mode was a major factor in Disc Pro Printing and Graphics’ decision to purchase a Speedmaster CX 102 press.
Heidelberg is proud to introduce a new line of Performance-Rated Saphira consumables for commercial and packaging printers. Performance-Rated Saphira consumables undergo rigorous testing by experts at Heidelberg USA, and should prove irresistible to printers with a keen eye trained on the bottom line.
Binding and finishing news briefs from Printing Impressions’ June 2012 edition, featuring Dayton Mailing Services, McArdle and Ferrostaal.
Digital technologies captured many of the headlines during drupa 2012, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t a host of newsworthy lithographic press introductions, technology demonstrations and productivity enhancements shown within the stands of traditional press manufacturers.
Diversification has served UniGraphic Inc. well during arguably the most difficult economic period in the printing industry since the Great Depression. It is bullish on the future of all things large following the acquisition of two big-bodied inkjet printers.
