Ipex in Birmingham - Heidelberg Wins Orders Worth 260 Million Euro
04/17/2002
Successful positioning as solutions provider
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) won orders worth almost 260 million Euro at the year's largest print fair, Ipex, held in Birmingham, U.K., over the period April 9 -17. "This result reaffirms our leading role as a solutions provider in the prnit media industry", stated Bernhard Schreier, Chairman of Heidelberg's Management Board, and added "Although there were fewer visitors to Ipex than last year, the quality and the many countries represented were surprisingly high". Mr. Schreier referred to the company's performance as "an excellent start to the new fiscal year". Nevertheless, he explained, the world economy was still unlikely to experience any tangible recovery before the second half of 2002.
Heidelberg has received orders from all over the world - Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Despite the difficult economic climate, Heidelberg was very successful in all segments. Its orders included several hundred printing units for eight, ten and twelve-color long perfectors for medium and large formats, two M 600 and two Sunday 2000 web offset presses, and additionally around 60 CtP machines. Visitors were particularly interested in the ST 400 gang-stitcher which has an exceptionally high level of automation and can be integrated into the digital workflow. Digital printing was another focal point for visitors. Many customers wasted no time in signing up at Ipex for the NexPress 2100 digital color press, the Digimaster 9100 black-and-white high-performance system and direct imaging units. "Our decision to invest in digital print technology has once again been shown to be the right one", stated a pleased Holger Reichardt, Member of Heidelberg's Management Board responsible for Marketing and Sales.
The Prinect Center was another highlight of the trade show, and provided visitors with demonstrations of how an integrated printshop works in reality. The presses are controlled by the production data which is combined with the business management data.
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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
