Heidelberg

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Cadmus Whitehall Group, a Cenveo company, recently announced the installation of a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 UV at its Charlotte manufacturing facility. The new press is reported to be the first UV version of the Heidelberg 105 series to be placed in North America and only the second in the world. “We’ve seen tremendous productivity gains from our previous XL-105 installation,” said Jerry Lux, president of Cadmus Whitehall Group. “This technology will be two to three times more productive than the 10-year old Heidelberg UV press it replaced. As market demand for plastics, foils, and UV products continues to grow, we’re poised to

KENNESAW, Ga.—Heidelberg recently hosted more than 160 of the nation’s top packaging printers, including folding carton producers and commercial printers involved in packaging, at its first annual Packaging Inforum and Open House. Held at Heidelberg’s U.S. headquarters in Kennesaw, Ga., the event took place May 16 and 17 and gave attendees an exclusive look at Heidelberg’s latest solutions for the packaging market. The event was hosted in Heidelberg’s recently expanded Print Media Demonstration Center (PMDC), which is the largest demo center in North America. Talking about Heidelberg’s PMDC and his experience at the packaging event, Don Sinkin, CEO, Disc Graphics said, “Heidelberg has the

KENNESAW, Ga.—The president of Crossmark Graphics in New Berlin, Wis. is hailing Heidelberg’s innovative systemservice 36plus service package that accompanied the purchase of his 6-color Speedmaster XL 105 with aqueous coater. Not only did the Heidelberg service team go “above and beyond the call of duty,” says Crossmark Graphics President Jim Dobrzynski, they got the press up and running over a weekend and just in time for the printer to win a large, new lenticular job. “This was the best experience I’ve had with Heidelberg,” says Dobrzynski. “It’s the service that sold me on the XL 105, and in this instance, I don’t think

In April 2006, the School of Printing and Publishing at London College of Communication joined with the Print Media Academy (PMA) of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) to offer an MA in print media management. The course is designed to give international graduates and experienced workers looking to boost their career a competitive edge as managers in the fast developing world of print media. Prospective students can register now for the next course, which starts in September 2007. The MA course is offered as a full-time program over one academic year. As part of the course, students will spend two separate weeks at the PMA,

KENNESAW, Ga.—Rider Dickerson is carving out a high-tech future with the installation of a Heidelberg 6-color Speedmaster XL 105 with coater. The added capacity and speed of the new press comes at a critical time for the company, which recently expanded into a new 85,000-square-foot facility in Bellwood, Ill. “The XL 105 is a great addition to our larger shop and enables us to expand our capabilities as we expand our space,” said Rider Dickerson President and CEO Bill Barta. “This press can handle the bread and butter of our business, our general commercial print work, while opening new doors for us to look

KENNESAW, Ga.—Heidelberg announced that it will provide three years of full service coverage on UV systems and chilling components built with long-time strategic partners IST Metz GmbH and technotrans AG. Heidelberg’s service support for UV systems are primarily available on Heidelberg’s Speedmaster CD and XL models as well as on some SM presses. “UV technology is increasingly important in the North American print market, and Heidelberg is committed to helping our customers achieve maximum equipment performance by providing full service and support,” said Jim Dunn, president, Heidelberg USA. “We welcome the recent announcement from technotrans America and IST to separate their common sheetfed activities

GHENT, Belgium—The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG), an international association that helps produce and exchange digital documents for the publishing workflow, announced the availability of new GWG Packaging Specifications, offering best practices for PDF file exchange in packaging applications. The specifications developed by the GWG’s packaging experts were tested in North America by Kraft Foods Inc., and in Europe by France’s Square. The new specifications are downloadable for free at www.gwg.org. GWG Packaging Specifications Reduce Time-to-Market According to GWG Packaging Subcommittee co-chairs, Steve Carter, director of technology, St. Louis Division of Southern Graphics Systems, and Christian Blaise, international sales account manager for Enfocus,

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—With designs on expanding its penetration of the healthcare packaging market, Oracle Packaging is installing a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL105 offset press at the company’s Winston-Salem plant. The Heidelberg press will position Oracle to provide extraordinary quality in primary and secondary packaging industries. These industries include a growing number of pharmaceutical, biologic, and nutraceutical packaging opportunities the company has received and anticipates in the future. “This press is key for our growing healthcare packaging business,” said Oracle Packaging CEO Scott Dickman. “Our customers demand excellent quality, speed to market of new initiatives, cutting-edge product bundling innovations, and a competitive total-delivered cost—meeting these demands

RESTON, Va.—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies announced the election of several new directors at its Annual Conference November 6 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Elected to terms expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting were four new directors: Michael Fox, president of Screen USA Don Harvey, vice president and general manager of XpedX Printing Technologies Marc Olin, senior vice president and general manager of Professional Printing Applications Thomas Wetjen, vice president of Worldwide Graphic Communications at Xerox Corporation Nominated for re-election to terms expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting were: Timothy Combs, vice president, sales and marketing at Fujifilm

For the first six months of financial year 2006/2007 (April 1 to September 30, 2006), Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) increased its sales and earnings over the previous year. Heidelberg Group sales in the first six months were six percent up on the comparable figure for the previous year at 1.628 billion Euro (previous year: 1.529 billion Euro). Incoming orders during the period climbed 13 percent to 1.996 billion Euro (previous year: 1.760 billion Euro). The order backlog of 1.343 billion Euro at the end of the second quarter was at the same high level as the previous quarter. “Our customers are continuing to invest