Heidelberg welcomes the BMPA delegates for a four-day tech tour
The team spends Day 1 at Heidelberg's Prinect Room
At the Prinect Room demo room, the print CEOs receive a low down on Heidelberg's projection of the future of printing technology
Heidelberg's Bernhard Seidl, product marketing and Monika Clauer, event manager played host for BMPA's visit
At the PMA, Martin Schmitt-Lewen showcased the upcoming technologies that the company is working on to help printers adapt to changing market demands
Bernard explains the configuration of Speedmaster SX52 and its Anicolor version an the Demo Centre at Heidelberg HQ
The Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor generates 90 percent less waste and thus cuts CO2 emissions by almost 25 metric tonnes a year
The Anicolor inking unit is a zoneless short inking unit with dampening system. It ensures uniform inking without spending a lot of time on settings. An engraved screen roller is located between the chambered blade and the inking form roller ensures extremely stable inking and thus reproducible quality.
The Hall 11 in Heidelberg's Wiesloch facility boasts of Print Media Centre which houses Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor among other machines for demo purposes.
A transverse section (TS) view of a Heidelberg offset press. It explains the configuration of UV printing unit, conventional printing unit, coating unit and intermediate drying unit
In the picture is a TS view of UV printing unit. It boasts of ink stirrer, CombiStar dampening solution and temperature control system, Drystar interdeck UV drying system and sheetfed control box
On Day Two of the trip, the BMPA team visited Heidelberg's clients: Druckerei Baur, a packaging converter and B&K Offsetdruck, a commercial printer
A raft of Heidelberg presses at B&K Offsetdruck include a 10-colour, an eight-colour and a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL and a four-colour and a single-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster CD kit
Jörn Kalbhenn, owner, B&K Offsetdruck confabulates on pressroom best practices with Faheem Agboatwala of Hi-Tech Printing Services
The Day Three of the trip was a visit to IST Metz factory, which manufactures UV systems for Heidelberg. Thomas Gohl, Sales manager, welcomes the group
The IST Metz houses a Heidelberg press to carry out research and development of UV systems
A BMPA team at IST Metz
A paperboard carton for a package of rock salt. It highlights capabilities of UV technology. It boasts of matte UV, gloss UV and UV emboss effect achieved inline on a Heidelberg press
An UV die for UV emboss effect
The glass tubes undergo stringent quality tests before they are fused to make UV tube bulbs
Various types of holders that go into UV systems
A technician fusing the glass tubes to make a UV tube-light
UV reflectors that form a part of UV systems
The BMPA group spent the last day of the trip at Drucken 123 press (in the picture) and Polar cutting machine plant
The Drucken 123 plant houses a Heidelberg Anicolor press, which the print firm uses to produce press proof for advertising agencies
The company also houses a Heidelberg Linoprint digital press
A top view of Pace, a completely automatic Polar cutting machine
An accessory of the cutting machine is a handheld device which helps in paper alignment and also acts as a remote control for the cutting machine
Steiner, sales director, Polar Mohr, demonstrates using the remote handheld device to operate the machine
Polar also manufactures cutting machines for banded die-cut labels
A die being prepared for Polar label cutting machines that enables precisely cut labels
An Insider's Guide To Heidelberg
26 print CEOs relish the five-day visit to Heidelberg's factory from 23 to 28 March 2014. Organised by Bombay Master Printers' Association (BMPA), the trip included a visit to Print Media Academy, Demo Hall 11, OEMs for Heldelberg and packaging and commercial print firms. This trip, according to the vistors, revealed Heidelberg's passion for perfection.
The visit was the brainchild of Nitin Shah of Award Packaging and Peter Rego of Heidelberg,