Stop the Presses: Heidelberg Announces Larger Presses in the Works

As Heidelberg continues to expand in the color digital market with digital production presses, they haven't forgotten about their bread and butter- sheetfed presses.

The next generation of presses, scheduled for rollout in 2008, will be the largest Heidelberg presses ever, the 6 (40.2 x 55.9 in) and 7b (47.2 x 63.8 in) will be known as the Speedmaster XL 142 and Speedmaster XL 162.

"Moving to a larger format extends our offering in the sheetfed sector. Heidelberg thus intends to enhance its lead in the largest market segment of the print media industry," said Bernhard Schreier, CEO of Heidleberger Druckmaschninen AG.

The new machines will be targetted towards packaging, with the large-format sheeted presses used for printing and finishing folding cartons. This will likely include the folders and cutters needed as finishing options.

Heidelberg is looking towards larger format gear, focusing on marketing the Digimaster 9110 at the same time.

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