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News Release from: Heidelberg
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 July 2007
Heidelberg Opens its Largest Ever
Training Centre
Heidelberg has opened the company's largest ever customer and staff training centre which is designed to handle more than 7,000 trainee delegates every year
The training centre, part of the Print Media Academy, offers customers and staff throughout the world extensive practical and theoretical training activities in offset printing The latest developments in printing technology will be communicated in a clear and practical manner
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 6 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Training courses on presses and seminars for 'Prinect' prepress software will be held in line with the latest standards.
"Thanks to the concentration of know how and the state of the art technology, the Educate training centre is unique in the global printing industry", said Heidelberg's chief executive officer Bernhard Schreier.
"It is our way of helping our customers tap the full potential of their Heidelberg presses" Each year, 7,300 participants will be trained in some 700 courses in Eppelheim.
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The courses are scheduled to last five to ten days, which means that between 12 and 15 courses are held simultaneously each week.
Heidelberg employs 140 trainers, all of them experienced experts with comprehensive practical know-how.
The eight week basic training course, Educate, which provides essential know-how for Heidelberg service staff, will also be held in the Eppelheim training centre.
The training programme is part of a high quality, long term training concept at Heidelberg.
"Educate is a genuine seal of quality in training and our customer training courses will also meet its high standards".
"That is why it was chosen as the name of the training centre", says Bernd Schopp, head of the Print Media Academy in Heidelberg.
The training centre is set to span some 8,500m2.
Including neighbouring areas, the site extends to 10,000m2 in total.
There are 34 rooms set up for press and software training.
More than 20 presses have now been installed in three halls, each equipped with the latest technology.
It is the largest collection of Heidelberg presses for training purposes anywhere in the world.
The range of machines extends from a simple press for printing letterheads to a ten-colour press that can be used for example to print high finish perfume packaging or artwork.
Heidelberg staff are quickly trained in the use of new presses, including those that will not be unveiled until the drupa trade show next year.
The former print shop meets the high construction standards required to accommodate several tons of presses in terms of static, installed service lifts or supply lines.
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