Heidelberg

Heidelberg will be focusing on solutions for producing short runs across the entire value chain at the digi:media trade show, which is taking place in Dusseldorf from April 7-9, 2011.

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—Ricoh Co. and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) announced a global strategic cooperation, starting with a global distribution contract for Ricoh’s Production Printing Product portfolio.

The agreement enables Heidelberg to sell Ricoh’s latest color digital press, the Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition, as well as appropriate future production printing offerings. It will start in April 2011, beginning with the United Kingdom and Germany markets.

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—Ricoh Co. and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) announced a global strategic cooperation, starting with a global distribution contract for Ricoh’s Production Printing Product portfolio. This agreement enables Heidelberg to sell Ricoh’s latest color digital press, the Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition, as well as appropriate future production printing offerings in Ricoh’s pipeline.

The Printers Advantage Program is now available throughout the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Midwest regions, providing a single-source solution for printing materials. Following the completion of rollouts on the West Coast and in the Southwest, nationwide coverage will be available by March 31.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA—Heidelberg USA has donated a high-speed, programmable Polar 92 XT paper cutter with CompuCut to California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), for use in the organization’s Graphic Communication Department curriculum and Graphic Communication Institute for research and training.

In the third quarter of Heidelberg’s financial year, both incoming orders and sales were up on the previous year. At EUR 684 million, orders increassed 12 percent and sales reached the highest level for the current year at EUR 687 million.

The new, JDF-compliant programmable Polar 92 XT guillotine paper cutter replaces a 10-year-old Polar cutter for use in the California Polytechnic State University’s Graphic Communication Department curriculum and Graphic Communication Institute for research and training. The new cutter was dedicated during Cal Poly’s four-day celebration of the 2011 International Printing Week.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ February 2011 edition, highlighting KBA’s "Invitation to Innovation" open house.

Heidelberg has announced the following new press, prepress and workflow software product installations by Clermont Printing & Office Supplies, University of Tennessee, Zapco Paper and Lenoir Community College.