Facts and figures: History of the Heidelberg Wiesloch-Walldorf site

General facts and figures for the site

• World's largest and most state-of-the-art printing press factory
• Largest production location of the global Heidelberg manufacturing network which includes Wiesloch-Walldorf, Brandenburg, Amstetten and Qingpu in the Chinese city of Shanghai
• Production started in 1957
• Area: 860,000 square meters (9,250,000 square feet)
• Total floor space in buildings: 510,000 square meters (5,500,000 square feet)
• Workforce: Approx. 6,500
• World Logistics Center (WLC) for spare parts
• Training center
• Location: 10 miles south of Heidelberg
  

Production program

• Small mechanical components and electronics
• Assembly of all sheetfed offset presses and platesetters and shipment worldwide

Growth in Heidelberg Group sales
1957	EUR 50 million
1967	EUR 120 million
1977	EUR 300 million
1987	EUR 1.000 million
1997	EUR 2.500 million
2007	EUR 3.586 million

Production capacity at the Wiesloch-Walldorf plant in printing units per day
1957	34
1967	48
1977	40
1987	61
1997	59
2007	65

Increase in workforce at the Wiesloch-Walldorf plant
1957	900
1970	3,000
1975	3,459
1980	4,505
1985	4,766
1990	6,040
1996	5,657
2006	6,135
2007	6,500

Development of Wiesloch-Walldorf site: Land area and total floor space (measured inside the buildings on all floors)
Wiesloch-Walldorf in square meters
Land area
1957	385.000
1967	650.000
1977	740.000
1987	800.000
1997	850.000
2007	860.000
Total floor space
1957	42.000
1967	130.000
1977	165.000
1987	250.000
1997	450.000
2007	510.000

Investments in the Heidelberg manufacturing network
1950 - 1979: EUR 450 million (DM 900 million) in new production facilities in Wiesloch-Walldorf
 
1977 - 1987: EUR 250 million (DM 500 million) in the modernization and expansion of the Wiesloch-Walldorf plant

1988 - 2007: EUR 650 million investment in the Wiesloch-Walldorf plant
 (including EUR 45 million for the construction of Hall 11 at Wiesloch-Walldorf) 

 August 16, 1985: Official opening of the foundry in Amstetten EUR 450 million investment
 
1992: EUR 100 million (DM 200 million) investment in the Brandenburg plant
Key milestones at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site
1957: Opening of the world's largest and most state-of-the-art printing press factory, with an area of 385,000 square meters (4,158,000 square feet). Initially, there were two assembly halls for the Original Heidelberg Tiegel and the Original Heidelberg Zylinder.

1980: The central store is built

1987: Electronics production starts in Hall 9
 
1990: Construction of the administration building with a new canteen

1991: Construction of Hall 12 in Wiesloch for cam and gear production. Construction of a data center

1995: Official opening of the new training center

1999: Opening of the World Logistics Center

2006: Construction work starts on Hall 11 where the new large format classes are to be assembled

2007: Site renamed as Wiesloch-Walldorf. Hall 11 officially opened on September 15, 2007 and assembly work started for Speedmaster XL 145 and XL 162 large format class

Facts and figures for the new Hall 11 at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site
Area	35.000 Quadratmeter
Hall dimensions	Length 260 m (853 ft), width 135 m (443 ft), height 17 m (56 ft)
Crane requirements	6 bridge cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 50 tons 12 wall traveling cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 3.2 tons
Floor	6 bridge cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 50 tons,  12 wall traveling cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 3.2 tons

History of sheetfed offset format classes from Heidelberg. These are developed and adapted to market needs on an ongoing basis
Small format	30 cm x 50 cm (11.81 in x 19.69 in), since 1962
Medium format	50 cm x 70 cm (19.69 in x 27.56 in), since 1974
Large format	70 cm x 100 cm (27.56 in x 39.37 in), since 1975 75 cm x 105 cm (29.53 in x 41.34 in), since 2004
Large format 6	106 cm x 145 cm (41.73 in x 57.09 in), planned from 2008
Large format 7b	120 cm x 162 cm (47.24 in x 63.78 in), planned from 2008

Detailed product history
1962: Heidelberg makes the switch from letterpress to offset printing. First offset press is the Heidelberg KOR (Kleine Offset Rotation) for the 40 cm x 57 cm (15.75 in x 22.44 in) format

1965: Rotaspeed offset models for the 71 cm x 102 cm (27.95 in x 40.16 in) format as two- and four-color presses

1972: GTO single-color press

1974: Speedmaster 72 V four-color press, 52 cm x 72 cm (20.47 in x 28.35 in)

1975: Speedmaster 102 ZP two-color press, 72 cm x 102 cm (28.35 in x  40.16 in)

1976: GTO two-color press

1977: GTO four-color press

1980: Single-, two- and four-color presses in M-Offset medium format

1984: T-Offset series for very small print products, format 28 cm x 39 cm (11.02 in x 15.35 in)

1985: Final Tiegel leaves the production line. Total number supplied: 165,000

1986: Speedmaster CD 102

1991: Introduction of Direct Imaging technology
 
1994: Speedmaster SM 74, 52 cm x 74 cm (20.47 in x 29.13 in) format
Quickmaster single- and two-color presses

1995: Quickmaster DI, Speedmaster SM 52, Printmaster QM 46

2000: Printmaster PM 74, Speedmaster CD 74, Printmaster PM 74 four-color press
 
2001: Speedmaster CD 102 Duo
 
2003: Printmaster PM 52

2004: Speedmaster XL 105, Speedmaster CD 74 with perfecting device

2008: Speedmaster XL 142 und XL 162


Further milestones
1967: Name changed from Schnellpressenfabrik to "Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG"

1982: Official opening of headquarters (new head office) in Heidelberg

1990: Official opening of Research & Development Center in Heidelberg
 
2000: Opening of Print Media Academy in Heidelberg For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Business press
Thomas Fichtl  
Tel.: + 49 (0)6221 92 47 47
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 69
E-Mail: thomas.fichtl@heidelberg.com Trade press
Hilde Weisser 
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 69
E-Mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com