Marcus A. Wassenberg appointed new Chief Financial Officer at Heidelberg with effect from September 1, 2019

The Supervisory Board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has appointed Marcus A. Wassenberg (52) as ordinary member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG with effect from September 1, 2019. Wassenberg succeeds Dirk Kaliebe, who, as previously announced, will leave the company at his own request at the end of September and will be available for an orderly transition.

Investments by government printing houses in Saudi Arabia

Industrial packaging printers in Saudi Arabia operate sheetfed offset presses from Koenig & Bauer, among them Al Obeikan Folding Carton, Noor Carton for Packaging and Al Jawad Printing Press. Meanwhile, Rapida presses have also been strengthening their foothold among commercial users, and here in particular in government-run printing houses. Koenig & Bauer was recently successful with four tenders in relatively quick succession, and can now point to four new customers for its modern technology.

Heidelberg-Gallus Equipment Produces Best in Show Job at FTA Flexography Awards

The Heidelberg-Gallus RCS 330 has a long history of success in producing award-winning print jobs at customer sites. Recently, Berry Global, headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, was recognized as Best of Show at the 2019 FTA Flexography Awards in the narrow web category for their Vicious Styling Boost XTS Series Shampoo Tube and produced several other award winning jobs at the 2019 and previous FTA Flexography Awards on its Heidelberg-Gallus equipment.

Wednesday 07. August 2019

Commercial printer wants to grow further with Push to Stop concept through autonomous printing

Micropress is going to install a Push to Stop concept Speedmaster XL 106-8-P with Autoplate XL and Inpress Control next month. This innovative operating concept from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) implements autonomous printing for certain standard jobs. At the same time, it has secured planning permission for a 16,000 sq ft paper warehouse and builders are in place to start the work which will be completed early next year. Together, these represent an investment of 4m by the Southwold company.

Good order situation at start of second quarter

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has embarked on the second quarter of financial year 20192020 with a far better order situation, compensating in part for the weak first quarter in Europe in particular. The company is systematically continuing its digital transformation and expanding its innovative digital business models with a view to significantly reducing its exposure to economic fluctuations and increasing the share of recurring business in the medium to long term.

Adams Litho Offers Complete In-House Commercial and Packaging Solutions with Heidelberg Technology

Over the last 10 years, Adams Lithos percentage of sales in packaging has been skyrocketing. With expectations that packaging sales will continue to increase in the next several years, Adams Litho, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, invested in several Heidelberg machines a Speedmaster CD 102-6+L, a Diana Easy 115, a Easymatrix 106 CS, and Versafire EP in order to offer their customers the highest quality packages for any run length.