Heidelberg supplies climate-neutral printing press

Wetterauer Druckerei has secured a certificate for the first climate-neutral printing press in Germany after installing a Speedmaster SM 74 five-colour press with coating unit from Heidelberg.

Heidelberg said that the Speedmaster SM 74 uses less IPA (isopropyl alcohol) than conventional presses, which benefits the environment and employee health and creates a clean pressroom environment.

The press is also equipped with the Prinect Axis Control standard measuring and control system, which measures colour values in the quality control strip and then regulates the colour online.

This saves paper waste, which is a crucial way of making production operations more resource friendly, added the company.

The Speedmaster presses print on FSC-certified paper from sustainable forests.

Wetterauer Druckerei has manufactured all annual production for 2009 and 2010 in a carbon-neutral manner according to Gold Standard.

As a certified member of the climate initiative of the print and media associations, the company offsets the volume of CO2 generated through the production of print products by investing in climate protection projects.

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