Print 05: Heidelberg Delivers 5,000th Speedmaster CD 74 Printing Unit
09/16/2005
Universal medium-format press is a favorite on the market
The American print shop Phil Vedda & Sons Printing Company of Lakewood, Ohio, has taken delivery of the Speedmaster CD 74 with the 5,000th printing unit. During the Print 05 trade show in Chicago, Bernhard Schreier, Chairman of the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg), presented a certificate to Vedda & Sons. The press - a Speedmaster CD 74 five-color with coating unit - will be installed in the fall. Vedda & Sons intends to use this to extend its service offering. The print shop, founded in 1956, employs 13 staff and offers high-quality printed matter for regional and multiregional customers. The product range extends from business cards to brochures. Heidelberg machines are also deployed in the prepress and postpress stages. "We're impressed by Heidelberg's equipment and level of service," confirm Joe and Jim Vedda, adding that this was a reason for purchasing the new press.
The Speedmaster CD 74 is emerging as a bestseller that is constantly evolving and is admired all over the world by label and packaging printers just as much as by commercial print shops. Showcased for the first time at drupa 2000, the press went into series production at the start of 2001. This was followed in 2002 by the CD 74 with dual coating unit. As an integrated UV model it was the first press to receive the "Optimized UV Printing" certificate. The optional perfecting device was exhibited at drupa 2004. This was followed in the same year by the Speedmaster CD 74 Duo and, consequently, the combination of offset and flexographic. The Speedmaster CD 74 is now available as a straight printing press and as a perfecting press with up to ten printing units that generates a maximum speed of 15,000 sheets per hour. Its modular design means it can be flexibly combined with coating and drying units and adapted to individual customer requirements. Recently, Heidelberg delivered the longest Speedmaster CD 74, measuring 21 meters (69 feet), to a customer in France. Customers appreciate the fast setup, simple, automated operation, high quality, and reliability during the production run, even with frequently changing printing stocks of varying grammages. The press can process a whole range of products, from 0.03 millimeter (0.0012 inch) paper up to 0.8 millimeter (0.031 inch) thick card. The UV model even prints films and plastic cards. The Speedmaster CD 74 series covers the 53 x 74 centimeters (20.86 x 29.13 inches) format and the somewhat larger 60.5 x 74 centimeters (23.82 x 29.13 inches) format that allows for more copies per sheet when printing labels and packagings, for instance.
The Speedmaster CD 74 won a very special prize in 2002 - the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany. This rewarded its sophisticated product design and, in particular, its user friendliness.
Image:
Symbolic presentation of the Speedmaster CD 74 to Phil Vedda & Sons Printing Company, Lakewood, Ohio (USA): Joe and Jim Vedda receive the certificate for the 5,000th printing unit from Bernhard Schreier, Chairman of the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (from left to right).
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hans-Dieter Siegfried
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 63
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hans-dieter.siegfried@heidelberg.com
The American print shop Phil Vedda & Sons Printing Company of Lakewood, Ohio, has taken delivery of the Speedmaster CD 74 with the 5,000th printing unit. During the Print 05 trade show in Chicago, Bernhard Schreier, Chairman of the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg), presented a certificate to Vedda & Sons. The press - a Speedmaster CD 74 five-color with coating unit - will be installed in the fall. Vedda & Sons intends to use this to extend its service offering. The print shop, founded in 1956, employs 13 staff and offers high-quality printed matter for regional and multiregional customers. The product range extends from business cards to brochures. Heidelberg machines are also deployed in the prepress and postpress stages. "We're impressed by Heidelberg's equipment and level of service," confirm Joe and Jim Vedda, adding that this was a reason for purchasing the new press.
The Speedmaster CD 74 is emerging as a bestseller that is constantly evolving and is admired all over the world by label and packaging printers just as much as by commercial print shops. Showcased for the first time at drupa 2000, the press went into series production at the start of 2001. This was followed in 2002 by the CD 74 with dual coating unit. As an integrated UV model it was the first press to receive the "Optimized UV Printing" certificate. The optional perfecting device was exhibited at drupa 2004. This was followed in the same year by the Speedmaster CD 74 Duo and, consequently, the combination of offset and flexographic. The Speedmaster CD 74 is now available as a straight printing press and as a perfecting press with up to ten printing units that generates a maximum speed of 15,000 sheets per hour. Its modular design means it can be flexibly combined with coating and drying units and adapted to individual customer requirements. Recently, Heidelberg delivered the longest Speedmaster CD 74, measuring 21 meters (69 feet), to a customer in France. Customers appreciate the fast setup, simple, automated operation, high quality, and reliability during the production run, even with frequently changing printing stocks of varying grammages. The press can process a whole range of products, from 0.03 millimeter (0.0012 inch) paper up to 0.8 millimeter (0.031 inch) thick card. The UV model even prints films and plastic cards. The Speedmaster CD 74 series covers the 53 x 74 centimeters (20.86 x 29.13 inches) format and the somewhat larger 60.5 x 74 centimeters (23.82 x 29.13 inches) format that allows for more copies per sheet when printing labels and packagings, for instance.
The Speedmaster CD 74 won a very special prize in 2002 - the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany. This rewarded its sophisticated product design and, in particular, its user friendliness.
Image:
Symbolic presentation of the Speedmaster CD 74 to Phil Vedda & Sons Printing Company, Lakewood, Ohio (USA): Joe and Jim Vedda receive the certificate for the 5,000th printing unit from Bernhard Schreier, Chairman of the Management Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (from left to right).
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hans-Dieter Siegfried
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 63
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hans-dieter.siegfried@heidelberg.com
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