The Seybold Report

Jeco Plastic Pallets Approved for Heidelberg Logistics Presses

Jeco Plastic Products has announced its plastic pallets have met all standards for use with Heidelberg logistics presses. more

Heidelberg Expands Consumables Business

Heidelberg has announced the expansion of its consumables business in Switzerland through the purchase of the Pfaffnau-based OFS Group. A supplier of prepress systems and consumables in Switzerland, OFS has a 40 year history and has focused on the sale of platesetters and printing plates from Kodak for the sheetfed offset and newspaper market. more

Hi-Tech Coatings International Ltd. Opens New Plant in Detroit Suburb

Heidelberg Druckmaschinen subsidiary Hi-Tech Coatings International Ltd. has opened a new manufacturing facility in the Detroit suburb of Taylor, Michigan to make Saphira Aqueous Coatings for the North American market. The ribbon was cut August 30, but the plant has actually been in production for several months. more

Prinect Performance Benchmarking Software Wins InterTech Technology Award

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG has won the InterTech Technology Award 2012 from Printing Industries of America and the IT Innovation Award from Initiative Mittelstand for its Web-based Prinect Performance Benchmarking solution. more

Heidelberg Announces CEO Change

Bernard Schreier, CEO of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG for 13 years, will leave the company at the end of 2012 and will not extend his management contract. The Supervisory Board has unanimously appointed Dr. Gerold Linzbach as Heidelberg CEO effective September 1, 2012 to ensure a smooth transition at the end of the year. A company spokesperson said key steps have been taken during recent months to create a new strategic direction to return Heidelberg to sustainable profitable growth. more 

Heidelberg Introduces Performance-Rated Line of Saphira Consumables

Heidelberg has announced a new line of performance-rated Saphira consumables for commercial and packaging printers including blankets, wash-up cloths, ink flow liners, rollers, and FOGRA-approved press wash, with additional products to be added over time. more

Heidelberg to Introduce Postpress Products at drupa

Heidelberg will introduce several postpress products at drupa including a control system for the Stahlfolder Ti36/52 and a new Polar small-format guillotine cutters for digital print workflows. more

 

Heidelberg Adding New Finishing for Packaging Products at drupa 2012

Heidelberg will reinforce its packaging portfolio with new products for die cutting, folding, and gluing at drupa. The company's new modular, customizable Diana X 80 folding carton gluer is designed to improve efficiency of long-run pharmaceutical and standard packaging production. The Diana Braille and Inspection Control modules provide higher levels of quality control. The Varimatrix 82 CS provides short-run die cutting. more 

Heidelberg to Introduce Linopint Digital Portfolio at drupa

At drupa Heidelberg will introduce its Linoprint Digital Portfolio with digital print solutions for short-run commercial and packaging printing including its Linoprint C product line, a new Prinect Digital Print Manager, new finishing options, and the Linoprint L for digital packaging printing based on Heidelberg inkjet technology. more

Heidelberg to Introduce Prinect Solutions for Production Control at drupa

Heidelberg will demonstrate its Prinect tool suite for printing control at drupa: Prinect Business Manager, Prinect W2P Manager, Prinect Digital Print Manager, and Prinect Packaging Workflow. more 

Heidelberg Adds Grand Format and Short Run Cut Sheet Digital Printers

Heidelberg has expanded its product line with options from EFI Rastek, EFI Vutek, and Ricoh including Prinect color management. The company says it added the products to allow it to provide affordable, entry-level, high-quality production systems. more

Heidelberg to Introduce DryStart LE UV Curing System at drupa

Heidelberg will introduce a simple, four-color UV curing system for commercial, light packaging, and specialty printers called the DryStar LE at drupa. The entry-level, low-energy system is already in use at Heidelberg’s North American Print and Packaging Technology Center in Kennesaw, Georgia. more 

Heidelberg Posts Preliminary Positive 2Q 2011 Results

Heidelberg reports a small increase in incoming orders for second quarter 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 on sales matching the previous year and a positive quarter. However, the company is lowering its expectations for the second half due to increased economic uncertainty in the U.S., Japan, and Mediterranean countries in the EU, which is only expected to be partially offset by growth in China and other parts of Asia. more

Heidelberg Extends Printer Line to Very Large Format Size

Heidelberg has extended its Peak Performance XL series presses into the very large format (VLF) category, with the 57” Speedmaster XL 145 and 64” Speedmaster XL 162. The company says technical consultants Raymont J. Prince and William J. McLaughlan have tested the systems, and the full results of the tests will be published in a white paper. more

Heidelberg and Papier Union Announce Marketing Partnership

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG and Papier Union GmbH, a subsidiary of the international INAPA group headquartered in Portugal, have formed a partnership for the sale of Saphira consumables in Germany. German customers of Papier Union will now be able to buy Saphira products using Paper Union's standard ordering channels. more