For decades now, Printer Trento in the northern Italian city of the same name has been one of the largest and most cutting-edge book producers in Central Europe. Its five Rapida large-format presses from Koenig & Bauer produce 15 million books...
Instead of the traditional process in which a plate is run through processing equipment, Sonora plates enable printers to set the image on the platesetter and go directly to press. It’s a much more environmentally friendly approach that eliminates...
The European Offset Packaging Value Conference saw industry experts, customers, and the trade press join with Agfa to hear how growth opportunities in packaging can be turned into a competitive advantage with new sustainable solutions; the event was held...
Heidelberg is developing a modern HEI-TECH industrial park at its Wiesloch/Walldorf site and has gained a strong partner in VGP, a European provider of high-quality industrial and commercial real estate. In this connection, the VGP Group has acquired a...
“Perfect from all sides” is the slogan for the market launch of the company’s new-generation Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 102, which has been enhanced in line with customer requirements. This press is aimed primarily at commercial print shops that require...
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) is committed to fully automating the print production value chain so that printing becomes a largely autonomous process. While digitalization initially focused on prepress, there is still significant potential for efficiency improvements.
HEIDELBERG is advancing computer-to-plate...
Fogra has set itself the goal of strengthening the certification according to PSO (ISO 12647) in the interests of the certified companies and to further promote its worldwide importance. With the certification according to PSO (ISO 12647), printing companies...
According to preliminary figures (unaudited), Heidelberg has exceeded its own forecast in terms of net sales and operating margin for the financial year 2020/2021 just ended (April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021). Thanks to a strong final quarter,...
The speed of the high-performance Kodak Magnus Q800 Platesetter has been increased once again with T-speed Plus, offering a throughput of up to 84 B1 or 8-up plates per hour. Kodak introduced the T-speed, then the world's fastest 8-up...
With increasingly strict and regionally variable regulation of printing inks for food packaging, printers have been required to use a variety of inks in order to meet regulatory demands for European and North American markets. This has made already...
