Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Postfach
69159 Wiesloch
Germany

Gutenbergring
69168 Wiesloch

Hilde Weisser

Phone +49 6222 82-67971
Fax +49 6222 82-99 67971

Hilde.Weisser@heidelberg.com
www.heidelberg.com

April 17, 2018

Heidelberg is now a “High Performance Center of Germany for Print Media Technology”

•	Distinction awarded by the World Skills Germany e.V. 
youth development association 
•	“Learning through Competition” as a didactic concept
•	Only performance center for printing technology in all of Germany 
		
As part of the global alliance WorldSkills International, one of the central tasks of WorldSkills Germany is to hold national professional competitions and to provide the best possible training for the winners for the “World Championships of Professions”. With this in mind, there are 20 state and federal performance centers for the different professional fields throughout Germany. The new center in Wiesloch-Walldorf is the only one in Germany for the field of print media technology. With its extensive machinery, the Print Media Center offers the best training opportunities for ambitious young printers up to the cut-off age of 22. The national championships for the profession of print media technologist with eight competitors traditionally take place at Heidelberg, the next one is in October. This year for the first time the German championships for digital and print media designers will also take place in Wiesloch-Walldorf. 

“Learning through Competition” as a didactic concept
The winners qualify for the world championships held every two years and receive months of intensive training for this competition from Heidelberg in the new federal high performance center in training camps lasting several days. One of the focuses here is digital printing. “With this commitment, we are once again proving that we do a lot for the development of our industry and in this case for the promotion of young talent,” emphasizes Rainer Haus, Head of Human Resource Development at Heidelberg. The company also provides the equipment for the world championships held every two years. At the last competitions in 2017 in Abu Dhabi, around 1,300 participants from 78 countries spent four days competing in 60 different disciplines on the basis of project work. The next global competition will take place in 2019 in Kazan in Russia – the 45th event of its kind.

The title of “High Performance Center of Germany” was officially awarded on Wednesday, 11 April 2018, at a small ceremony as part of a Campus Day for vocational schools. The certificate of appointment was awarded by Hubert Romer, CEO of WorldSkills Germany. “Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG as our long-standing partner has more than fulfilled the requirements of a federal performance center,” he said.

www.worldskillsgermany.com

Photo 1: Formal handover of the certificate for the “High Performance Center of Germany for Print Media Technology” (from left to right): Thomas Hagenhofer, Central Expert Committee for Vocational Training in Print and Media; Hubert Romer, CEO of WorldSkills Germany; Roland Krapp, Head of Print Media Center and Bernhard Nahm, Head of Vocational Training for Media Professions, both Heidelberg.

Photo 2: Heidelberg is now a “High Performance Center of Germany for Print Media Technology”.

Photo 3: At the Campus Day, over 135 vocational college students together with their teachers gained interesting insights into production at the Print Media Center at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site – here in the press area…

Photo 4: …and here in the postpress area.

Image material as well as further information about the company can be found in the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG press portal at www.heidelberg.com.

For more information: 
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

Hilde Weisser
Phone: +49 6222 82-67971
Fax: +49 6222 82-99 67971
E-mail: Hilde.Weisser@heidelberg.com