Heidelberg’s NexPress 2100 Press Sets Industry Milestone of One Million Impressions in One Month
11/07/2002
Virtual Literature Management Limited (VLM), an all-digital
print shop in the UK, recently reached the one-million impression
mark per month using a NexPress 2100 digital production color
press.
"To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time in the industry that a digital color sheetfed press has achieved one million page-impres- sions per month," said Frank Romano, Roger K. Fawcett Distinguished Professor of Digital Publishing, Rochester Institute of Technology. "It breaks a barrier and shows that volume levels are increasing significantly on the digital color side of the industry."
"Our goal was to reach this level of production with a NexPress 2100 press, and going forward we expect to exceed it with each of our installed units," said Declan Malone, managing director of VLM. "Our productivity has been aided by the fact that the operator-replaceable components are lasting longer than expected. We believe that early next year, VLM will do at least 1.5 million A4 impressions per month on each of our presses."
VLM is an all-digital marketing services company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with an additional location in Birmingham, England. It purchased four NexPress 2100 presses last year, and a fifth machine at the IPEX trade show in April, to offer customers:
"VLM has combined its innovative business model with the capabilities of the NexPress 2100 press to create tremendous services for customers," said Wolfgang Pfizenmaier, president of the Heidelberg Digital Solution Center. "That they have exceeded the one million page-impression mark is remarkable for VLM, Heidelberg and the entire printing industry, and yet it's just one indication of the potential for the digital color printing market in the coming years."
About VLM
Founded in 1965, VLM made the transition from prepress to digital printing in 1996 with the Agfa Chromapress. VLM employs 100 people at its two locations in Dublin and Birmingham. Virtually all of the company's employees are on the production side - prepress, press operation, finishing and fulfillment - and it also has an in-house development and technical support team of eight people with plans to add more.
Image:
The NexPress 2100 digital production color press stands for high productivity and high quality.
For further information:
Europe:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communication
Matthias Hartung
Tel.: +49 (0)06221 92 50 77
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: matthias.hartung@heidelberg.com
USA:
Doug Sprei
Director, Communications
Heidelberg Digital Solution Center
Tel.: +1 (0)716 512 80 54
E-mail: doug.sprei@heidelberg.com
"To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time in the industry that a digital color sheetfed press has achieved one million page-impres- sions per month," said Frank Romano, Roger K. Fawcett Distinguished Professor of Digital Publishing, Rochester Institute of Technology. "It breaks a barrier and shows that volume levels are increasing significantly on the digital color side of the industry."
"Our goal was to reach this level of production with a NexPress 2100 press, and going forward we expect to exceed it with each of our installed units," said Declan Malone, managing director of VLM. "Our productivity has been aided by the fact that the operator-replaceable components are lasting longer than expected. We believe that early next year, VLM will do at least 1.5 million A4 impressions per month on each of our presses."
VLM is an all-digital marketing services company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with an additional location in Birmingham, England. It purchased four NexPress 2100 presses last year, and a fifth machine at the IPEX trade show in April, to offer customers:
- Next-day turnaround on every job
- Production of 800 to 1,200 full-color jobs each day
- Average run lengths of 60, but some as large as 20,000
- Customized and localized printing today, with plans to add full variable data in the future
"VLM has combined its innovative business model with the capabilities of the NexPress 2100 press to create tremendous services for customers," said Wolfgang Pfizenmaier, president of the Heidelberg Digital Solution Center. "That they have exceeded the one million page-impression mark is remarkable for VLM, Heidelberg and the entire printing industry, and yet it's just one indication of the potential for the digital color printing market in the coming years."
About VLM
Founded in 1965, VLM made the transition from prepress to digital printing in 1996 with the Agfa Chromapress. VLM employs 100 people at its two locations in Dublin and Birmingham. Virtually all of the company's employees are on the production side - prepress, press operation, finishing and fulfillment - and it also has an in-house development and technical support team of eight people with plans to add more.
Image:
The NexPress 2100 digital production color press stands for high productivity and high quality.
For further information:
Europe:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communication
Matthias Hartung
Tel.: +49 (0)06221 92 50 77
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: matthias.hartung@heidelberg.com
USA:
Doug Sprei
Director, Communications
Heidelberg Digital Solution Center
Tel.: +1 (0)716 512 80 54
E-mail: doug.sprei@heidelberg.com
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