HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—The management board and Workers' Council of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) have reached an agreement regarding the implementation of the "FOCUS 2012" efficiency program. The consensus reached provides for savings on personnel costs, more flexible working time arrangements, and worldwide job cuts that will reduce its current workforce of about 15,500 to fewer than 14,000 by mid-2014.
The consensus Heidelberg reached with its employees provides for reductions in personnel costs, more flexible working time arrangements, and worldwide job cuts that will result in a head count below 14,000. As of Dec. 31, 2011, Heidelberg had 15,666 employees.
For the fourth year in a row, Heidelberg USA hosted the annual Georgia SkillsUSA Training Day and competition in Advertising Design and Graphic Communications on March 15-16, 2012, at its Technology Center. The Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia (PIAG) partnered with Heidelberg USA to sponsor the event.
The international networking meeting “Women in Print” will take place on May 6 at the Heidelberg “Sternberg Lounge” in the direct vicinity of Hall 1. The event will offer female executives managers from the print media industry a common platform to share ideas and exchange experiences.
To meet the growing demand for a UV solution suitable for simple, four-color applications, Heidelberg is introducing DryStar LE UV, an entry-level, low-energy UV solution for commercial, light packaging, or specialty printers. The new solution will be officially introduced in May at drupa 2012, and is already in use at Heidelberg’s North American Print and Packaging Technology Center (NAPPTC) in Kennesaw, GA.
Last week, Heidelberg USA hosted the 2012 LPIA Technical Institute at its North American Print and Packaging Technology Center in Kennesaw, GA. Among the highlights of the day was a chance to see Heidelberg’s latest addition to its Tech Center pressroom: a six-color Speedmaster XL 105 with dual coating unit for aqueous and UV and full interdeck UV drying.
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To help boost its capacity and services, FCL Graphics has invested in a high-speed Heidelberg stitching line with six model TAS signature feeders with the Optigraf signature recognition system. The line includes a UFA coverfeeder, five stitching heads, one three-knife trimmer with fourth and fifth knife attachments for two-up product, and a Rima counter stacker.
Shanghai Tobacco Package Printing Co. recently signed a contract with Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG in China for the purchase of the longest offset press in the Chinese market—a Speedmaster 10-color press with perfecting device, two coating units and two drying units.
At the official drupa 2012 International Media Conference held at the Messe Düsseldorf Congress Centre in Düsseldorf, Germany, more than 100 media delegates eagerly awaited to hear about the latest product launches planned for drupa that were going to be revealed during the three-day briefing.
