Prinergy Boosts Production at Wachter GmbH
Wachter GmbH, a company based in Bönnigheim near Stuttgart/
Germany which focuses on media technology, "full service"
and printing, was one of the first European concept customers for
the new Prinergy workflow management solution from Heidelberg and
Creo
Prinergy has been an integral part of Wachter GmbH's production environment since the start of May. "Prinergy is far faster than our existing workflow", states CEO Martin Wachter, "it is stable and we can rely fully on the results." Prinergy was naturally also used to produce the new vision+work brochure "PDF-Workflow / Basics". This is the first brochure in a new four-volume study series entitled "vision+work" from Heidelberg and Creo and reports on the opportunities for using the Adobe Portable Document Formats (PDF) and the benefits of pure PDF workflows. The author is the renowned PDF expert Stephan Jaeggi.
Focused on quality
The company was founded by Eugen Wachter in 1952 and has since developed into far more than the original printshop. The Communications section of Wachter GmbH develops innovative software solutions, while the Electronic Media section supplies online services, databases and database publishing services. Wachter GmbH customers are also making increasing use of the company's digital photo studio for fast, high quality packshots. The Prepress section uses both computer-to-film and computer-to-plate and is 100% digital. Proofs are output on digital form proofers.
Wachter GmbH also employs cutting-edge technology in the Print section. A digital press is used for printing-on-demand and personalization. The Offset section is equipped with various small offset presses, a five-color Speedmaster 52, a five-color Speedmaster SM 102, two eight-color Speedmaster SM 102 presses (one with additional coating unit) and a web offset press. The Finishing section uses various folders and a gatherer-stitcher. Last but not least, the company also offers concept-development services and storage facilities.
With a workforce of 130 and its two CEOs Martin Wachter and Claus Däuber, Wachter GmbH delivers high-quality work which also finds delighted customers far outside the Stuttgart region. Its annual turnover is in the region of DM 35 million.
"Presses cannot be allowed to stand around idle"
In view of Wachter GmbH's impressive machine park, it came as no surprise when Martin Wachter immediately agreed to Heidelberg's request at the start of the year to beta test Prinergy. "I was looking for a workflow solution to help overcome the prepress bottleneck", he explained. "Presses cannot be allowed to stand around idle, so it's important that prepress keeps up a continuous and reliable supply of press-ready jobs."
And how is Prinergy faring today? "Things couldn't be better", confirms Martin Wachter, "Prinergy gives us the means to produce large quantities of plates quickly and reliably and we make full use of the versatility built into Prinergy. This is of particular advantage when last-minute changes need to be made to imposition layouts". The ability to create new signatures quickly and easily when required means that presses can be used more efficiently.
Prinergy is currently driving a Trendsetter 3244 AL (Autoload). The Gutenberg platesetter is soon to be replaced a further Trendsetter. Prinergy will then be scaled up accordingly. In the coming year, Wachter GmbH is looking to invest in a fully automatic platesetter.
End-to-end workflow - complete with costing and billing
Martin Wachter is keen to extend Prinergy to the organizational and costing aspects of order processing. "In exactly the same way that job tickets are currently helping to automate process routines, it ought to be possible one day to incorporate key data about the customer, job preparation and job billing into the job tickets. That will make Prinergy the complete package I'm looking for".
He would also like to see the inclusion of tools for finishing operations such as folding, gathering and adhesive binding, and wants to be able to use CIP3/PPF to preset press ink zones. All in all, he explains, the fact that Prinergy has an open structure based on industry standards means that it meets all the requirements necessary to make industrial production a reality in the future.
For further information:
Wachter GmbH
Postfach 8
74355 Bönnigheim
Tel.: +49 (0)7143 88 42 28
Fax: +49 (0)7143 88 4254
Internet: www.wachter.de
E-mail: info@wachter.de
Prinergy has been an integral part of Wachter GmbH's production environment since the start of May. "Prinergy is far faster than our existing workflow", states CEO Martin Wachter, "it is stable and we can rely fully on the results." Prinergy was naturally also used to produce the new vision+work brochure "PDF-Workflow / Basics". This is the first brochure in a new four-volume study series entitled "vision+work" from Heidelberg and Creo and reports on the opportunities for using the Adobe Portable Document Formats (PDF) and the benefits of pure PDF workflows. The author is the renowned PDF expert Stephan Jaeggi.
Focused on quality
The company was founded by Eugen Wachter in 1952 and has since developed into far more than the original printshop. The Communications section of Wachter GmbH develops innovative software solutions, while the Electronic Media section supplies online services, databases and database publishing services. Wachter GmbH customers are also making increasing use of the company's digital photo studio for fast, high quality packshots. The Prepress section uses both computer-to-film and computer-to-plate and is 100% digital. Proofs are output on digital form proofers.
Wachter GmbH also employs cutting-edge technology in the Print section. A digital press is used for printing-on-demand and personalization. The Offset section is equipped with various small offset presses, a five-color Speedmaster 52, a five-color Speedmaster SM 102, two eight-color Speedmaster SM 102 presses (one with additional coating unit) and a web offset press. The Finishing section uses various folders and a gatherer-stitcher. Last but not least, the company also offers concept-development services and storage facilities.
With a workforce of 130 and its two CEOs Martin Wachter and Claus Däuber, Wachter GmbH delivers high-quality work which also finds delighted customers far outside the Stuttgart region. Its annual turnover is in the region of DM 35 million.
"Presses cannot be allowed to stand around idle"
In view of Wachter GmbH's impressive machine park, it came as no surprise when Martin Wachter immediately agreed to Heidelberg's request at the start of the year to beta test Prinergy. "I was looking for a workflow solution to help overcome the prepress bottleneck", he explained. "Presses cannot be allowed to stand around idle, so it's important that prepress keeps up a continuous and reliable supply of press-ready jobs."
And how is Prinergy faring today? "Things couldn't be better", confirms Martin Wachter, "Prinergy gives us the means to produce large quantities of plates quickly and reliably and we make full use of the versatility built into Prinergy. This is of particular advantage when last-minute changes need to be made to imposition layouts". The ability to create new signatures quickly and easily when required means that presses can be used more efficiently.
Prinergy is currently driving a Trendsetter 3244 AL (Autoload). The Gutenberg platesetter is soon to be replaced a further Trendsetter. Prinergy will then be scaled up accordingly. In the coming year, Wachter GmbH is looking to invest in a fully automatic platesetter.
End-to-end workflow - complete with costing and billing
Martin Wachter is keen to extend Prinergy to the organizational and costing aspects of order processing. "In exactly the same way that job tickets are currently helping to automate process routines, it ought to be possible one day to incorporate key data about the customer, job preparation and job billing into the job tickets. That will make Prinergy the complete package I'm looking for".
He would also like to see the inclusion of tools for finishing operations such as folding, gathering and adhesive binding, and wants to be able to use CIP3/PPF to preset press ink zones. All in all, he explains, the fact that Prinergy has an open structure based on industry standards means that it meets all the requirements necessary to make industrial production a reality in the future.
For further information:
Wachter GmbH
Postfach 8
74355 Bönnigheim
Tel.: +49 (0)7143 88 42 28
Fax: +49 (0)7143 88 4254
Internet: www.wachter.de
E-mail: info@wachter.de
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