Incoming orders and sales recorded by Heidelberg in its financial year 2010/2011 were up on the previous year. After two years in the red, the operating result improved significantly, moving back into the black. At a total of EUR 2.757 billion, incoming orders were up around 16 percent on the previous year's figure.
Entitled, “24 Ways A Printer Can Avoid Being Hacked,” the white paper from Heidelberg USA focuses on security issues unique to modern printing facilities. It views security not as an unnecessary added cost, but as a real competitive advantage printers overlook at their peril.
Heidelberg has announced the following new computer-to-plate, press and postpress product installations, including solutions for Absolute Graphics, Davie, FL; The Foresight Group, Lansing, MI; NCL Graphic Specialties, Waukesha, WI; and Henry Wurst, Kansas City, MO.
Titled “The Search for Happiness,” the video is a cheerfully animated introduction to the program that Heidelberg and Unisource call Printers Advantage—a solution that lets printers obtain everything they need from a single source, branded and tested for happy outcomes in every job.
In the case of Ross PrintMarketing, the printing element is not as important as the overall campaign. The value proposition offered by the Denver-based firm is as a purveyor of marketing tools, some of which are print-based (such as direct mail), and others that are data-driven (including response rate and ROI analysis).
For Prince Frederick, MD-based DirectMail.com, combining ink-on-paper and technology is something the company has done quite well since it opened for business 41 years ago. In the past 10 years, its principals have fine-tuned their direct marketing approach by combining data and print with new digital technologies.
Binding and finishing news from Printing Impressions’ June 2011 edition, featuring items on 3C Packaging and Aaron Thomas & Associates.
Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ June 2011 edition, featuring items on Original Impressions and Astro-Dynamic Print and Graphic Services.
Leading print shops specializing in packaging printing, point of sales (POS), publishing, commercial work, and short-run color printing achieve excellent price-performance ratios with the Speedmaster XL 145 and XL 162 presses.
Heidelberg will offer a one-day workshop on how grand-format inkjet printing can help printers grow their businesses and increase their profitability on June 8 from 9 a.m-2 p.m. in its North American Print & Packaging Technology Center located here. Heidelberg will be color-matching the VUTEk GS 3200 printer to its flagship Speedmaster XL 105 offset press.
