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News Release from: Heidelberg
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 March 2004
Heidelberg Begins Massive Drupa
Preparations
Heidelberg has begun its construction preparations for Drupa 2004.
Heidelberg has begun its construction preparations for Drupa 2004 The company's stand measures 7,800 square metres and the enormous freight vehicles coming and going mean the road around Dusseldorf over the next few weeks will be busier than normal
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 6 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company will be presenting 50 machines with lengths of up to 33 metres on an area that is almost the same size as a soccer field.
In addition to assembling the machines, the stand also has to be constructed.
Nearly 2,500 spotlights, 350 computers and 18 kilometres of electrical cable are ready and waiting to be installed.
Everything should be built by the beginning of April, which is when Heidelberg wants to begin configuring and testing its machines on site.
"Some machines can only be assembled using heavy cranes.
Given the limited space, it should prove to be quite a challenge for us," explained technical manager of Heidelberg's trade show Franz Haaf.
The M600 web offset press alone highlights the enormity of this challenge.
The press, which can print up to 70,000 copies per hour, was recently dismantled at Heidelberg's Montataire plant in France.
It will be the largest press that Heidelberg will present to the 400,000 or so visitors expected at its stand in May.
An area of 600 square metres is needed just to unpack the press.
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