Customers Choose Best-in-Class Commercial and Packaging Solutions from Heidelberg
05/04/2011Kennesaw, Ga. - Heidelberg has announced the following new product installations:
Hammer Packaging Installs First Speedmaster CX 102 Packaging Press in North America
Hammer Packaging reports the installation of North America's first Heidelberg's Speedmaster CX 102 press, now in full production in its Rochester facility. The company chose an 8-color, UV-capable model with CutStar roll sheeter, Prinect Press Center with Intellistart operator guidance system, integrated Wallscreen, and Axis Control color measurement and control system. An integrated IST UV system utilizes the new Electronic Lamp Control (ELC) that enables the system to operate at very low energy consumption and take up 50 percent less floor space.
Following its evaluation of the press at the Heidelberg factory in Wiesloch, Germany, Hammer Packaging selected the Speedmaster CX 102 primarily for the trouble-free speed and efficiency with which the press handles the 2 to 3.2 mil film stock that is a staple of the company's package decorating repertoire.
"In the film category, the CX 102 expands our capacity and improves our redundancy during peak periods," said Lou Iovoli, Hammer's Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, noting that the addition of CutStar makes Hammer's printing of film "even more cost-effective, based on the way it controls the sheet as it feeds into the press." Reductions in makeready time and set-up waste further validate Hammer's choice.
Positioned mid-way between the Speedmaster XL 105 and the CD 102, and targeted to high-end commercial, label and packaging printers, the Speedmaster CX 102 represents a new market segment in the 40" format. It makes key components of the Speedmaster XL platform available in the popular and well-established CD 102 format for the first time.
"With new equipment-especially in the packaging world-you need to have the assurance of predictability that will minimize inconsistencies in quality from job to job and run to run, even at the highest running speeds," Iovoli said. "Our two existing CD 102s have always performed precisely as billed, and we are getting the top-quality results we fully expected to see with the CX 102-after all, it's built out of the same platform with the transfer of key high-performance features of Heidelberg's flagship Speedmaster XL 105. And, since the format is the same as our CD 102s, we get built-in redundancy: The drum sizes are the same, so we can make plates and manage last-minute changes that also work with our CDs, when necessary."
The majority of Hammer's capacity supports the production of litho-based labels for the food and beverage industry, with web offset and flexo-printed labels accounting for the rest. The company is also world's largest producer of premium seed packets. Customers include numerous well-known national food and beverage brands. The $100 million company employs more than 400 people at three plants in the Rochester area, and is consistently named to the Top 100 privately held companies in Rochester, and the Printing Impressions Top 400 printers in North America.
Phil Vedda & Sons Ramps Up Production with Speedmaster XL 75
Phil Vedda & Sons Printing, a full-service commercial printer in Cleveland, Ohio, recently added a state-of-the-art Speedmaster XL 75 5-color press with aqueous coater and extended delivery to its all-Heidelberg pressroom lineup. According to Jim Vedda, vice president production, the new press boosts the company's press capacity and enables it to fulfill growing client demand for same-day service. "We just have to crank it out," Vedda said.
Fortunately, the Speedmaster XL 75 is uniquely equipped to help Vedda & Sons do exactly that. Jim Vedda singles out the Preset Plus feeder and Preset Plus delivery with dynamic sheet brake as just two of the elements that set the XL 75 apart. "For a business that turns work as rapidly as we do, the ability to get work on and off the press fast is critical," he said. As for quality, the Prinect Axis Control color measuring system furnishes the company with an efficient, cost-effective means of handling a wide range of color-critical applications in high-quality offset printing.
In addition to the new XL 75, Vedda & Sons operates an all-Heidelberg pressroom equipped with a 5-color Speedmaster CD 74, 2-color Speedmaster SM 52, a pair of Printmaster QM 462s, and a Heidelberg KORS 2-color press. Likewise, the company's full-service bindery relies on a Pro-setter 455 6-pocket saddlestitcher, a trio of Stahlfolders in assorted sizes, in addition to 36" POLAR 92 and 45" POLAR 115 paper cutters.
Family owned and operated since 1956, Phil Vedda & Sons Printing occupies a 22,000-square-foot facility in Lakewood, Ohio, minutes from downtown Cleveland. The company claims $5 million in annual sales revenue, and proudly describes itself as "a tradesman's union printer."
Grand River Printing Streamlines Cutting Department with POLAR 115 XT with Autotrim
Grand River Printing and Imaging, a full-service commercial web print shop in Belleville, Mich., has taken delivery of a 45" POLAR 115 XT guillotine cutter with Autotrim. The new cutter, also equipped with scale and lift, is being used to cut and trim a wide variety of commercially printed materials from postcard-size on up. According to plant manager Jim Hartnett, Grand River's cutting department already has noted significant enhancements in precision, speed, quality and productivity, which is up around 30 percent (with one operator), due primarily to the action of the Autotrim waste removal system. In addition, Hartnett said,
"Our operators really appreciate the job set-up and recall, which improves our repeatability and in general makes life easier for the operator."
Founded in 1978 and employing a staff of around 80, Grand River Printing serves a primarily regional clientele in education, healthcare, government and trade printing. The company also is a national provider of advertising inserts and publication services, and its GreenMedia™ program brings together a unique blend of environmentally responsible print production materials and processes for the convenience of its customers.
Original Impressions 'Perfects' the Art of Fast Turnaround with Speedmaster SM 52
Original Impressions, a full service marketing communications company headquartered in Miami, Fla., and specializing in creative design, Web development, printing, mailing/fulfillment and strategic marketing consulting, recently installed a Speedmaster SM 52 5-color perfecting press with aqueous coater and high-pile delivery. The new press, which is deployed chiefly to short-run, quick-turn commercial work, will enable the company to meet the demand for even faster turnarounds, as well as to eliminate the need for offline coating and varnishing. Furthermore, said company vice president Henry Herrera, the SM 52 turns over quickly and efficiently from straight to perfecting mode, while the fully automated perfecting device ensures smooth sheet travel and excellent register accuracy.
According to company officials, Original Impressions is very satisfied with the remote and on-site support it receives from Heidelberg's service organization, which sees to the repair and maintenance needs of Original Impressions' extensive pressroom line-up, including a Speedmaster XL 105 6-color press installed in 2008, 5-color SM 102, a 2-color Heidelberg SORZ, a pair of Printmaster QM 46-2s, and a 10x15" Windmill letterpress. In the company's full-service bindery, cutting is accomplished with the aid of two 45" POLAR cutters.
Founded in 1982, Original Impressions is the only Green-e Marketplace Certified printer in the state of Florida, producing materials with 100 percent renewable energy. This has earned the Company recognition from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partners Program. It is also Triple Certified and authorized to purchase the three globally recognized sustainable papers: FSC, SFI and PEFC. The company is also one of the "Top 100 Minority Businesses in South Florida" and one of the "Top 500 Hispanic Companies in the U.S.," as well as a Certified Minority Supplier at the local, state and national levels. With $23 million in annual sales and a staff of 190+, the Company provides services to a wide variety of industries, including Banking, Beverages, Casual Dining Restaurants, Cosmetics, Cruise Lines, Fragrance, Healthcare, Hospitality, Liquor Quick Service Restaurants and more.
Rose Press Makes It Two for One with Automated Platesetter from Heidelberg
Rose Press, Inc., Mount Vernon, NY reports the installation of a Suprasetter A75 CtP device configured for use with Heidelberg Saphira processless plates. The new platesetter replaces a pair of competitive devices, and enables the firm to image 50 percent more plates for use in all of the company's Heidelberg presses: a Printmaster QM 46-2, 5-color GTO, 2-color SM 74, 5-color CD 74, and 6-color CD 74. Owner Pat Mondesano appreciates the new machine's convenient, smaller footprint, as well as the automatic plate-loading system that enables hands-off plate production when needed.
"We've had no problems whatever," Mondesano said, adding that he has always been "very happy" with Heidelberg service and support of his pressroom equipment, and expects the same will be true of the new Suprasetter.
Rose Press specializes in "expedited" printing where, as Mondesano put it, "the fires are hot and nobody knows how to put them out as well or as consistently as we do." The company serves a client base located throughout the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area.
Hammer Packaging Installs First Speedmaster CX 102 Packaging Press in North America
Hammer Packaging reports the installation of North America's first Heidelberg's Speedmaster CX 102 press, now in full production in its Rochester facility. The company chose an 8-color, UV-capable model with CutStar roll sheeter, Prinect Press Center with Intellistart operator guidance system, integrated Wallscreen, and Axis Control color measurement and control system. An integrated IST UV system utilizes the new Electronic Lamp Control (ELC) that enables the system to operate at very low energy consumption and take up 50 percent less floor space.
Following its evaluation of the press at the Heidelberg factory in Wiesloch, Germany, Hammer Packaging selected the Speedmaster CX 102 primarily for the trouble-free speed and efficiency with which the press handles the 2 to 3.2 mil film stock that is a staple of the company's package decorating repertoire.
"In the film category, the CX 102 expands our capacity and improves our redundancy during peak periods," said Lou Iovoli, Hammer's Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, noting that the addition of CutStar makes Hammer's printing of film "even more cost-effective, based on the way it controls the sheet as it feeds into the press." Reductions in makeready time and set-up waste further validate Hammer's choice.
Positioned mid-way between the Speedmaster XL 105 and the CD 102, and targeted to high-end commercial, label and packaging printers, the Speedmaster CX 102 represents a new market segment in the 40" format. It makes key components of the Speedmaster XL platform available in the popular and well-established CD 102 format for the first time.
"With new equipment-especially in the packaging world-you need to have the assurance of predictability that will minimize inconsistencies in quality from job to job and run to run, even at the highest running speeds," Iovoli said. "Our two existing CD 102s have always performed precisely as billed, and we are getting the top-quality results we fully expected to see with the CX 102-after all, it's built out of the same platform with the transfer of key high-performance features of Heidelberg's flagship Speedmaster XL 105. And, since the format is the same as our CD 102s, we get built-in redundancy: The drum sizes are the same, so we can make plates and manage last-minute changes that also work with our CDs, when necessary."
The majority of Hammer's capacity supports the production of litho-based labels for the food and beverage industry, with web offset and flexo-printed labels accounting for the rest. The company is also world's largest producer of premium seed packets. Customers include numerous well-known national food and beverage brands. The $100 million company employs more than 400 people at three plants in the Rochester area, and is consistently named to the Top 100 privately held companies in Rochester, and the Printing Impressions Top 400 printers in North America.
Phil Vedda & Sons Ramps Up Production with Speedmaster XL 75
Phil Vedda & Sons Printing, a full-service commercial printer in Cleveland, Ohio, recently added a state-of-the-art Speedmaster XL 75 5-color press with aqueous coater and extended delivery to its all-Heidelberg pressroom lineup. According to Jim Vedda, vice president production, the new press boosts the company's press capacity and enables it to fulfill growing client demand for same-day service. "We just have to crank it out," Vedda said.
Fortunately, the Speedmaster XL 75 is uniquely equipped to help Vedda & Sons do exactly that. Jim Vedda singles out the Preset Plus feeder and Preset Plus delivery with dynamic sheet brake as just two of the elements that set the XL 75 apart. "For a business that turns work as rapidly as we do, the ability to get work on and off the press fast is critical," he said. As for quality, the Prinect Axis Control color measuring system furnishes the company with an efficient, cost-effective means of handling a wide range of color-critical applications in high-quality offset printing.
In addition to the new XL 75, Vedda & Sons operates an all-Heidelberg pressroom equipped with a 5-color Speedmaster CD 74, 2-color Speedmaster SM 52, a pair of Printmaster QM 462s, and a Heidelberg KORS 2-color press. Likewise, the company's full-service bindery relies on a Pro-setter 455 6-pocket saddlestitcher, a trio of Stahlfolders in assorted sizes, in addition to 36" POLAR 92 and 45" POLAR 115 paper cutters.
Family owned and operated since 1956, Phil Vedda & Sons Printing occupies a 22,000-square-foot facility in Lakewood, Ohio, minutes from downtown Cleveland. The company claims $5 million in annual sales revenue, and proudly describes itself as "a tradesman's union printer."
Grand River Printing Streamlines Cutting Department with POLAR 115 XT with Autotrim
Grand River Printing and Imaging, a full-service commercial web print shop in Belleville, Mich., has taken delivery of a 45" POLAR 115 XT guillotine cutter with Autotrim. The new cutter, also equipped with scale and lift, is being used to cut and trim a wide variety of commercially printed materials from postcard-size on up. According to plant manager Jim Hartnett, Grand River's cutting department already has noted significant enhancements in precision, speed, quality and productivity, which is up around 30 percent (with one operator), due primarily to the action of the Autotrim waste removal system. In addition, Hartnett said,
"Our operators really appreciate the job set-up and recall, which improves our repeatability and in general makes life easier for the operator."
Founded in 1978 and employing a staff of around 80, Grand River Printing serves a primarily regional clientele in education, healthcare, government and trade printing. The company also is a national provider of advertising inserts and publication services, and its GreenMedia™ program brings together a unique blend of environmentally responsible print production materials and processes for the convenience of its customers.
Original Impressions 'Perfects' the Art of Fast Turnaround with Speedmaster SM 52
Original Impressions, a full service marketing communications company headquartered in Miami, Fla., and specializing in creative design, Web development, printing, mailing/fulfillment and strategic marketing consulting, recently installed a Speedmaster SM 52 5-color perfecting press with aqueous coater and high-pile delivery. The new press, which is deployed chiefly to short-run, quick-turn commercial work, will enable the company to meet the demand for even faster turnarounds, as well as to eliminate the need for offline coating and varnishing. Furthermore, said company vice president Henry Herrera, the SM 52 turns over quickly and efficiently from straight to perfecting mode, while the fully automated perfecting device ensures smooth sheet travel and excellent register accuracy.
According to company officials, Original Impressions is very satisfied with the remote and on-site support it receives from Heidelberg's service organization, which sees to the repair and maintenance needs of Original Impressions' extensive pressroom line-up, including a Speedmaster XL 105 6-color press installed in 2008, 5-color SM 102, a 2-color Heidelberg SORZ, a pair of Printmaster QM 46-2s, and a 10x15" Windmill letterpress. In the company's full-service bindery, cutting is accomplished with the aid of two 45" POLAR cutters.
Founded in 1982, Original Impressions is the only Green-e Marketplace Certified printer in the state of Florida, producing materials with 100 percent renewable energy. This has earned the Company recognition from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partners Program. It is also Triple Certified and authorized to purchase the three globally recognized sustainable papers: FSC, SFI and PEFC. The company is also one of the "Top 100 Minority Businesses in South Florida" and one of the "Top 500 Hispanic Companies in the U.S.," as well as a Certified Minority Supplier at the local, state and national levels. With $23 million in annual sales and a staff of 190+, the Company provides services to a wide variety of industries, including Banking, Beverages, Casual Dining Restaurants, Cosmetics, Cruise Lines, Fragrance, Healthcare, Hospitality, Liquor Quick Service Restaurants and more.
Rose Press Makes It Two for One with Automated Platesetter from Heidelberg
Rose Press, Inc., Mount Vernon, NY reports the installation of a Suprasetter A75 CtP device configured for use with Heidelberg Saphira processless plates. The new platesetter replaces a pair of competitive devices, and enables the firm to image 50 percent more plates for use in all of the company's Heidelberg presses: a Printmaster QM 46-2, 5-color GTO, 2-color SM 74, 5-color CD 74, and 6-color CD 74. Owner Pat Mondesano appreciates the new machine's convenient, smaller footprint, as well as the automatic plate-loading system that enables hands-off plate production when needed.
"We've had no problems whatever," Mondesano said, adding that he has always been "very happy" with Heidelberg service and support of his pressroom equipment, and expects the same will be true of the new Suprasetter.
Rose Press specializes in "expedited" printing where, as Mondesano put it, "the fires are hot and nobody knows how to put them out as well or as consistently as we do." The company serves a client base located throughout the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area.
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