Heidelberg Large Format: Successful Market Launch

• Standard configurations accepted by the market
• Positive response from packaging, publishing, and commercial printers

A new milestone in large format
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has successfully launched into the large-format sector. In 2004, the Speedmaster XL 105 introduced the market to a press that set new standards due to leading technologies in the areas of productivity, print quality, workflow integration, and ergonomics. This in turn laid the foundation for the success of the newest members of the Speedmaster family - the large-format Speedmaster XL 145 and XL 162. Following the market launch in 2008 and the successful series production of the standard press configurations for packaging, publishing, and commercial printers, the response from customers has been consistently positive.

Customers award top grades for a range of print applications
Feedback from traditional large-format markets such as the U.S., China, Italy, France, Switzerland, and Germany largely confirms the outstanding results in terms of makeready times, running speed, print quality, net productivity, and press availability. With this new generation of large-format presses, Heidelberg has succeeded in setting a new benchmark by delivering a level of performance that outstrips that of the standard solutions available on the market.

Heidelberg enters the next phase
Work has already begun to establish the next milestones for the Speedmaster XL 145 and XL 162. The standard configurations will be enhanced with presses featuring dual coating and UV configurations, and perfecting presses with new delivery technology.

These innovations have generated extremely promising feedback from customers. As a result, Heidelberg is confident that it will succeed in increasing market share in the large-format sector, particularly in the field of perfecting printing.

Picture 1:
The Speedmaster XL 162 six-color with dual coating technology and extended delivery prints the highest quality and offers a wide range of surface finishing procedures the same time.

Picture 2:
Dual coating technology: Two coating units being separated by two drying units. The Heidelberg XL coating technology sets the industry benchmark for fast make-readies.

For further information, please contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Public Relations
Dirk Henrich
Phone: +49 (0)6221 92 5910
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 5096
E-mail: dirk.henrich@heidelberg.com  


Heidelberg at IPEX 2010:
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