The new 29" Heidelberg XL 75 Anicolor digital offset press is now available in the North American market. The press is ideal for commercial, label, package printing and P-O-P applications. On Jan. 29, PrintMediaCentr hosted an hour-long #PrintChat about short-run offset and Heidelberg’s XL 75 Anicolor press.
The new Speedmaster CD 102 from Heidelberg, equipped with Preset Plus Delivery and a comprehensive package of automation components, can boost productivity by around 10 percent on the previous series. The press will be available in April.
MPress, one of the largest full-service commercial printers in New Orleans, has chosen a six-color, 29" Komori Lithrone SX29 (LSX629) press to accommodate its growing business with quicker turnaround times. The company has increased its productivity by more than 50 percent since installing the press.
Zenger Group has been an innovative force in the western New York’s printing industry for more than 30 years. At its new corporate headquarters and plant in Tonawanda, NY, the company has installed an eight-color Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 perfector with Axis Control.
The addition of a new five-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102 press with Inpress Control, aqueous coater and extended delivery at Ryan Printing in Blauvelt, NY, has transitioned the company from a one-shift operation to a full-size shop.
Heidelberg announces that series production of the Speedmaster XL 75 Anicolor began in Wiesloch-Walldorf, Germany, at the start of this year. In Heidelberg USA's North American Print and Packaging Technology Center in Atlanta, the press is installed and ready for demonstrations upon request.
Canadian folding carton manufacturer Ingersoll Paper Box (IPB) will receive a new seven-color, 41" KBA Rapida 106 press equipped with a coater, full UV capabilities, and inline color control, in April 2014. The new KBA press will aid in the production of short-run work for its pharmaceutical customers.
Heidelberg has verified that its XL 75 Anicolor digital offset press is less expensive than a four-up e-ink-based system for runs as low as 250 29x23" sheets based on software from Printing Industries of America (PIA) and its own data.
CPI Card Group has purchased a new eight-color, 41" KBA Rapida 105 press to be delivered in March 2014. The new press joins a one-year-old seven-color, 41" KBA Rapida 105 UV-equipped sheetfed press with tower coater and plastics package.
NextPage of Kansas City, MO, has added an eight-color, 40˝ Komori Lithrone G40 printing press. The nearly $3 million investment is the latest in a string of technology and expansion investments for the company.
