From September 19 to 23, the best up-and-coming offset printers
from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden and
Switzerland are training at the Print Media Center run by
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg). The week is intended
to help the next generation of expert press operators limber up for
the WorldSkills 2011 vocational world championships in London at
the beginning of October. Heidelberg employee Sascha Epp, who beat
off competition from seven rivals in the German final, will also be
there to represent Germany at the 41st WorldSkills competition from
October 5 to 8.
The seven European finalists are being trained in the
world's largest print media customer demonstration center, the
Print Media Center at the Heidelberg site. "High-end printing is an
important topic and will continue to be so in the future. Since
highly qualified personnel are essential to the print media
industry, we are only too happy to support WorldSkills once again
this year," says Detlev Dierkes, head of Print Media Relations at
Heidelberg, who will work with the finalists during their five-day
course.
The intensive training will be on a Speedmaster SM 52. "The
Speedmaster SM 52 is the perfect training press and is ideal for
preparing these young people for the tough requirements of the
competition. This small-format press is on a par with our
large-format presses when it comes to technical equipment and
automation," says Bernhard Nahm, a senior executive at the Print
Media Center Heidelberg, who will assess the young printers'
skills as a member of the judging panel in London.
Preparations for WorldSkills 2011 are being run in close
cooperation with the Heidelberg sales team in the UK to create the
ideal environment for the participants as they compete. Heidelberg
is providing two Speedmaster SM 52 five-color presses for the
competition in London.
The event in London has special significance for Germany,
since it marks the start of preparations for WorldSkills 2013,
which will see the vocational world championships held in Leipzig
in two years' time. After a break of 40 years, the world's
biggest training event will therefore be coming back to Germany.
Heidelberg is a founding member of the WorldSkills Germany
e.V. initiative, which was set up in 2006 to raise awareness of the
exceptional value that high-quality vocational training holds.
Figure:
October will see one of the seven young participants
announced as the winner of the WorldSkills 2011 printers
competition in London: The European participants with their tutors
and during training at the Print Media Center in Heidelberg.
Further information for WorldSkills:
www.worldskillsgermany.com
www.worldskillslondon2011.com
www.worldskillsleipzig2013.com
Images and further company information are available in the
press portal of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG at
www.heidelberg.com.
Further information for journalists:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Public Relations
Matthias Hartung
Phone: +49 (0)6221 92 5077
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 5069
E-mail:
matthias.hartung@heidelberg.com