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News Release from: Heidelberg | Subject: Speedmaster CD74
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 September 2005
5,000th Speedmaster CD74 Print Unit
Delivered
American firm Phil Vedda and Sons Printing Company of Lakewood, Ohio, has taken delivery of the Speedmaster CD74 with the 5,000th printing unit.
American firm Phil Vedda and Sons Printing Company of Lakewood, Ohio, has taken delivery of the Speedmaster CD74 with the 5,000th printing unit During the Print '05 trade show in Chicago, Bernhard Schreier, Heidelberg's chairman, presented a certificate to Vedda and Sons
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 10 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Joe and Jim Vedda commented: "We're impressed by Heidelberg's equipment and level of service." The Speedmaster CD74 is emerging as a bestseller that is constantly evolving and is admired all over the world by label and packaging printers just as much as by commercial printshops, said Heidleberg.
Showcased for the first time at Drupa 2000, the press went in to series production at the start of 2001.
That was followed in 2002 by the CD74 with dual coating unit.
As an integrated UV model it was the first press to receive the Optimised UV Printing certificate.
The optional perfecting device was exhibited at Drupa 2004.
That was followed in the same year by the Speedmaster CD74 Duo and, consequently, the combination of offset and flexographic.
The CD74 is now available as a straight printing press and as a perfecting press with up to 10 printing units that generates a maximum speed of 15,000 sheets per hour.
Its modular design means it can be flexibly combined with coating and drying units and adapted to individual customer requirements.
Heidelberg has also just delivered the longest CD74, measuring 21 metres (69 feet), to a customer in France.
The company said that users appreciate the fast setup, simple, automated operation, high quality and reliability during the production run, even with frequently changing printing stocks of varying grammages.
The press is claimed to process a range of products, from 0.03mm (0.0012") paper up to 0.8mm (0.031") thick card.
The UV model even prints films and plastic cards.
The CD74 series covers the 53cm x 74cm (20.86" x 29.13") format and the somewhat larger 60.5 x 74 centimeter (23.82" x 29.13") format that allows for more copies per sheet when printing labels and packagings, for instance.
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