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News Release from: Heidelberg | Subject: Speedmaster XL 145, XL 162 large-format presses
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 September 2007
New Speedmaster Assembly Hall Opens At
Heidelberg
Almost equivalent to five football fields Heidelberg's new assembly hall at Wiesloch-Walldorf (Germany) will assemble the company's Speedmaster XL 145 and Speedmaster XL 162 large-format presses.
Assembly of the presses is due to start at the end of September and Heidelberg intends to expand its existing product portfolio upwards with the new Speedmaster XL 145 and Speedmaster XL 162 large-format presses that will be built in the hall Heidelberg claimed that the new presses will support sheets twice the format of existing Heidelberg presses and will be able to produce up to 40 A4 pages on the front and reverse sides of a single sheet
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 6 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company plans to unveil the new format presses at Drupa 2008 in Dusseldorf (Germany).
The new assembly hall measures 35,000 square metres (375,000 square feet) and is the result of an EUR45 million investment by Heidelberg, making it the largest input of funds in to the Wiesloch-Walldorf site over the last 10 years.
Construction of hall 11 was completed in 14 months and the company believes the new facility provides state-of-the-art logistics and world-leading series production for presses.
The architecture of the hall has been designed like a press, with paper feeder, printing units and paper delivery.
Bernhard Schreier, Heidelberg's chief executive officer, said: "By opening our state-of-the-art assembly hall at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site, we are pressing ahead with the growth of the world's largest press factory.
Our highly qualified staff and innovative production processes will continue to represent quality mechanical engineering and cutting-edge technology in the press industry in the future too." Dr Jurgen Rautert, a management board member for engineering and manufacturing at Heidelberg, added: "With the new format classes, we are looking to tap in to new markets and, in particular, reinforce our commitment to packaging printing." At the same time as the new assembly hall was being officially opened, the company was also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wiesloch-Walldorf site.
Claiming that the site is the world's largest and most advanced printing press factory, Heidelberg welcomed 40,000 visitors to the 860,000 square metre (9,250,000 square feet) area over two days.
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