Speedmaster SM 52-4-P - Print Shop Benz
"What do I like so much about Speedmaster SM 52 from
Heidelberg? It's the ease of operation, the productivity and
above all the production reliability of the press", says
Klaus-Dieter Schocker, owner of print shop Benz in Giengen an
der Brenz (Germany). Accordingly, "the press just runs without
any problem", says Mr. Schocker delightedly and praises above
all the ease of operation from makeready via inking-up all the way
to production run.
Since March 2009, the Speedmaster SM 52 four-color press with perfecting device produces traditional commercial jobs, brochures, flyers, and forms with a run length ranging from 500 to 60,000 sheets. This makes up between 5 to 10 jobs per day. For the qualified foreman in the printing sector, the reason to purchase this press was the following: "I am a self-confessed Heidelberg fan, I have been trained on Heidelberg presses, and therefore presses from competitors were out of question."
Some particular options for the Speedmaster SM 52 which displays already 7.3 million impressions on the totalizer are the Alcolor Vario system, the short inking unit, the AutoPlate plate clamping system and the basic equipment for numbering and imprinting. What's even more, this Speedmaster SM 52-4 prints alcohol-free, using a suitable dampening solution additive because of ecological aspects.
As a result of a customer analysis, the print shop Benz has adapted its complete machinery, giving them a strong position in the market. The many customers based in the surrounding area include among others industrial and commercial companies as well as local authorities, schools, clubs, and individuals.
The prepress area is equipped with the latest generation of MAC and Windows workstations and thus perfectly prepared for print data processing. The Suprasetter A52/A75 allows production of printing plates without chemical additives in a very short time. Prinect SignaStation, the software solution for impositioning and sheet assembly, offers all prerequisites for reducing throughput times and increasing the efficiency of the overall process. This minimizes considerably makeready times in the printing process and in the postpress area.
The pressroom comprises - besides the Speedmaster SM 52-4 - an MO-E, a Heidelberg platen used for die-cutting and embossing as well as a relief printing press which allows, for example, finishing business cards, letter heads, and envelopes.
The print products are completed in the postpress area which is characterized by short throughput times. To achieve this, a brochure line for producing brochures or calendars, a folding machine as well as a Polar 92 guillotine are available.
Print shop Benz was founded in May 1962 by Karl Benz before Klaus-Dieter Schocker took it over in January 1999. Exactly six years later, in January 2005, production started in new and larger premises. The team now comprises 5 employees in the print shop. Furthermore, the owner's wife, Gabriele Schocker, offers a digital print service for short runs in addition to offset printing.
Klaus-Dieter Schocker is "extremely satisfied with Heidelberg", in particular with service and consultancy by the competent specialists. This has been confirmed again and again through many years of contact with Heidelberg.
As a future marketing activity, the print shop owner has in mind a better and less conventional design of restaurant flyers.
Since March 2009, the Speedmaster SM 52 four-color press with perfecting device produces traditional commercial jobs, brochures, flyers, and forms with a run length ranging from 500 to 60,000 sheets. This makes up between 5 to 10 jobs per day. For the qualified foreman in the printing sector, the reason to purchase this press was the following: "I am a self-confessed Heidelberg fan, I have been trained on Heidelberg presses, and therefore presses from competitors were out of question."
Some particular options for the Speedmaster SM 52 which displays already 7.3 million impressions on the totalizer are the Alcolor Vario system, the short inking unit, the AutoPlate plate clamping system and the basic equipment for numbering and imprinting. What's even more, this Speedmaster SM 52-4 prints alcohol-free, using a suitable dampening solution additive because of ecological aspects.
As a result of a customer analysis, the print shop Benz has adapted its complete machinery, giving them a strong position in the market. The many customers based in the surrounding area include among others industrial and commercial companies as well as local authorities, schools, clubs, and individuals.
The prepress area is equipped with the latest generation of MAC and Windows workstations and thus perfectly prepared for print data processing. The Suprasetter A52/A75 allows production of printing plates without chemical additives in a very short time. Prinect SignaStation, the software solution for impositioning and sheet assembly, offers all prerequisites for reducing throughput times and increasing the efficiency of the overall process. This minimizes considerably makeready times in the printing process and in the postpress area.
The pressroom comprises - besides the Speedmaster SM 52-4 - an MO-E, a Heidelberg platen used for die-cutting and embossing as well as a relief printing press which allows, for example, finishing business cards, letter heads, and envelopes.
The print products are completed in the postpress area which is characterized by short throughput times. To achieve this, a brochure line for producing brochures or calendars, a folding machine as well as a Polar 92 guillotine are available.
Print shop Benz was founded in May 1962 by Karl Benz before Klaus-Dieter Schocker took it over in January 1999. Exactly six years later, in January 2005, production started in new and larger premises. The team now comprises 5 employees in the print shop. Furthermore, the owner's wife, Gabriele Schocker, offers a digital print service for short runs in addition to offset printing.
Klaus-Dieter Schocker is "extremely satisfied with Heidelberg", in particular with service and consultancy by the competent specialists. This has been confirmed again and again through many years of contact with Heidelberg.
As a future marketing activity, the print shop owner has in mind a better and less conventional design of restaurant flyers.
