The Digital Race for Computer Centers Has Begun
03/22/2001
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg), the leading solution
provider for the entire print industry, is presenting the latest
developments in the digital printing industry at CeBIT. Heidelberg
is currently equipping its digital Digimaster 9110 black and white
press with software with the capacity to recognize and process
practically all the popular file formats used in computer centers
in industry, administration, banks and insurance companies. This
takes Heidelberg into a market for which, up till now, Xerox was
practically the only supplier. "The potential for possible new
installations constitutes around 12,000 digital presses in the next
five years. We are well on our way to becoming market leader in the
digital print-ing industry. We are currently looking at the
planning figures for the sale of our Digimaster 9110 and we have
already sold 2000 machines," states Holger Reichardt,
Heidelberg's Marketing Director, at the company's CeBIT
press conference in Hanover. Heidelberg obtained the new software
from the Karlsruhe company CSP. Sales of the NexPress 2100
digital color press are to open in September at Print 2001 in
Chicago.
Heidelberg is presenting its products in Hall 1 over a total area of around 900 square meters. The former 150-square-meter stand had become too small to display the full Heidelberg digital product portfolio. "Here at CeBIT we are showing how the digital workflow from prepress through to finishing is set up in an integrated print and media house. Many prints hops are just waiting for a universal software provider to emerge with a complete product portfolio in the print media industry," states Holger Reichardt.
The tremendous increase in productivity of digital and analog presses makes an efficient workflow even more important - the administrative work and prepress data handling therefore take a slice of the time spent on the overall production process. The corresponding software for optimizing the workflow helps save time and money and thereby safeguard the company's competitiveness. Heidelberg and its commitment to software are paving the way into an important new growth market.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Investor Relations
Dirk Kaliebe
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 60 20
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 60 61
E-mail: dirk.kaliebe@heidelberg.com
Heidelberg is presenting its products in Hall 1 over a total area of around 900 square meters. The former 150-square-meter stand had become too small to display the full Heidelberg digital product portfolio. "Here at CeBIT we are showing how the digital workflow from prepress through to finishing is set up in an integrated print and media house. Many prints hops are just waiting for a universal software provider to emerge with a complete product portfolio in the print media industry," states Holger Reichardt.
The tremendous increase in productivity of digital and analog presses makes an efficient workflow even more important - the administrative work and prepress data handling therefore take a slice of the time spent on the overall production process. The corresponding software for optimizing the workflow helps save time and money and thereby safeguard the company's competitiveness. Heidelberg and its commitment to software are paving the way into an important new growth market.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Investor Relations
Dirk Kaliebe
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 60 20
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 60 61
E-mail: dirk.kaliebe@heidelberg.com
Company Profile
Over the course of its more than 150-year history, Heidelberg has grown from a traditional printing press manufacturer to become the world's largest solutions provider for the print media industry. With its seamlessly integrated hardware and software solutions, it has established a commanding lead over other market players. Heidelberg is a one-stop supplier of everything from prepress solutions to a wide range of products for printing and finishing processes, relevant training and accompanying services. More
