International "Excellence in Perfecting" Competition Shows Top Quality of Perfected Products Printed on Heidelberg Speedmaster
09/19/2000
European printers win awards for top quality
The winners of the "Excellence in Perfecting" competition held by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) recently received their awards at the Print Media Academy in Heidelberg. Speedmaster users all over the world were invited to share their most successful product printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster with sheet reversal device. The response to this competition, the first of its kind - and launched by Heidelberg as part of drupa 2000 - has been overwhelmingly positive. An independent panel of expert judges had to select winners from among the total of 65 entries from Australia, Italy, Finland and the USA. The final winners were the products from four European companies.
First prize went to Heining + Müller from Germany for their product "Work Book". The second, third and fourth prizes went to Sommer-Druck of Germany for its "Mercedes Benz C-Class" brochure, Francesco Ghezzi of Italy for its product "Versace Watches" and Skive Offset from Denmark for its brochure "Lego: Play for Live". Representatives of the companies received their awards from Dr. Jürgen Rautert, Head of the Sheetfed Offset Division, at a prize ceremony.
All of the winning print shops have been working for many years with a whole range of Speedmaster printing units in various format classes. Their work has been principally for industrial customers. The panel of judges gave the assessment criteria different weightings. Particular emphasis was placed on printing quality factors such as registration, inking, dot gain and uniformity in recto and verso printing, with a weighting of 60 percent being accorded to this aspect. Design and graphics, prepress quality, finishing and the influence of the printing stock all contributed 10 percent each to the overall evaluation.
The award-winning pieces will be on display until the end of the year in the foyer of the Print Media Academy.
Proven one-pass productivity
The perfecting technology used in the Speedmaster series does not just support the cost-effective production of dual-sided print products in a single machine pass. It also delivers excellent print quality with wet-on-wet print- ing in 4/4, 5/5 and 6/6 colors, with or without coating. "The diversity and ex- cellent quality of all the entries, including brochures, books and calendars, confirms that the Heidelberg Speedmaster with its sheet-reversal technology is the undisputed world market leader" is the conclusion from the competition. Heidelberg has also achieved a "quantum leap" with its "Perfect Jacket", the new, exchangeable impression cylinder jacket made from a ceramic material used in space travel, explains Hans-Erwin Börncke, Head of Product Management for the Speedmaster 102. Perfect Jacket combines cost-effective printing with outstanding quality. During a brief resume, Mr. Börncke recounted the technical development of the Speedmaster 52, 74 and 102 series since 1992. These models cover all the format classes in sheetfed offset printing.
Image:
Heining + Müller, Germany, receives first prize in the "Excellence in Perfecting" competition. Dr. Jürgen Rautert (center), Head of Sheetfed at Heidelberg, was enthusiastic about the award-winning work.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
The winners of the "Excellence in Perfecting" competition held by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) recently received their awards at the Print Media Academy in Heidelberg. Speedmaster users all over the world were invited to share their most successful product printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster with sheet reversal device. The response to this competition, the first of its kind - and launched by Heidelberg as part of drupa 2000 - has been overwhelmingly positive. An independent panel of expert judges had to select winners from among the total of 65 entries from Australia, Italy, Finland and the USA. The final winners were the products from four European companies.
First prize went to Heining + Müller from Germany for their product "Work Book". The second, third and fourth prizes went to Sommer-Druck of Germany for its "Mercedes Benz C-Class" brochure, Francesco Ghezzi of Italy for its product "Versace Watches" and Skive Offset from Denmark for its brochure "Lego: Play for Live". Representatives of the companies received their awards from Dr. Jürgen Rautert, Head of the Sheetfed Offset Division, at a prize ceremony.
All of the winning print shops have been working for many years with a whole range of Speedmaster printing units in various format classes. Their work has been principally for industrial customers. The panel of judges gave the assessment criteria different weightings. Particular emphasis was placed on printing quality factors such as registration, inking, dot gain and uniformity in recto and verso printing, with a weighting of 60 percent being accorded to this aspect. Design and graphics, prepress quality, finishing and the influence of the printing stock all contributed 10 percent each to the overall evaluation.
The award-winning pieces will be on display until the end of the year in the foyer of the Print Media Academy.
Proven one-pass productivity
The perfecting technology used in the Speedmaster series does not just support the cost-effective production of dual-sided print products in a single machine pass. It also delivers excellent print quality with wet-on-wet print- ing in 4/4, 5/5 and 6/6 colors, with or without coating. "The diversity and ex- cellent quality of all the entries, including brochures, books and calendars, confirms that the Heidelberg Speedmaster with its sheet-reversal technology is the undisputed world market leader" is the conclusion from the competition. Heidelberg has also achieved a "quantum leap" with its "Perfect Jacket", the new, exchangeable impression cylinder jacket made from a ceramic material used in space travel, explains Hans-Erwin Börncke, Head of Product Management for the Speedmaster 102. Perfect Jacket combines cost-effective printing with outstanding quality. During a brief resume, Mr. Börncke recounted the technical development of the Speedmaster 52, 74 and 102 series since 1992. These models cover all the format classes in sheetfed offset printing.
Image:
Heining + Müller, Germany, receives first prize in the "Excellence in Perfecting" competition. Dr. Jürgen Rautert (center), Head of Sheetfed at Heidelberg, was enthusiastic about the award-winning work.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
