Heidelberg's 800m Euros In Drupa Orders

Only one day before end of Drupa, Heidelberg's chief executive officer, Bernhard Schreier, has expressed his pleasure with progress at the show.

Only one day before end of Drupa, Heidelberg's chief executive officer, Bernhard Schreier, has expressed his pleasure with progress at the show.

"At this year's Drupa we will record orders amounting to over 800m Euros, comfortably ahead of our expectations.

This forms a strong base to reach an order intake of more than one billion Euros in the first quarter of fiscal year 2004/2005", said Schreier.

Roughly 90% of the orders placed were for sheetfed offset and finishing products.

As expected, most of the orders came from Europe but also included some from American and Asian customers invested well.

He said the positive spirit in discussions during the show had fuelled his confidence in an improving industry outlook.

After three weak years, he expected the industry to noticeably rebound.

Heidelberg said it had received 370,000 international visitors during the show.

Out of those, over 40,000 people saw 350 presentations in five demonstration centres and in the Heidelberg Forum.

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