Print Innovation Asia Issue 11 2021
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Heidelberg sells 1,000th printing unit of new Speedmaster CX 104 • Subscription Smart contract complements investment in equipment • Gafs Kartong expects Push to Stop configuration to deliver big boost in productivity •Prinect Production Manager covers key packaging functions • State-of-the-art sheetfed offset technology targets vast market potential with outstanding price-performance ratio
before the global market launch this summer, we had orders for over 500 printing units – a figure we’ve doubled in the space of just three months,” he adds.
In its core business, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is seeing a growing global recovery that is making customers keen to invest in the latest technologies and solutions. The Swedish packaging printer Gafs Kartong (Gafs), which is based in Värnamo, is set to take delivery of what is already the 1,000th printing unit of the new Speedmaster CX 104 that Heidelberg unveiled in the summer. Founded as a packaging board supplier in 1947, Gafs now has a 22-strong workforce and generates sales of over four million euros. The Speedmaster CX 104-6+L with newly developed coating unit in the Push to Stop configuration is supposed to be supplied together with a Suprasetter 106 platesetter and will arrive before Christmas. “Our new universal press, the Speedmaster CX 104, is proving
to be a big hit on the market,” says Stefan Hasenzahl, Head of Product Management at Heidelberg. “Even
Gafs, which produces folding cartons primarily for Swedish customers from a range of different industries, is complementing its investment in equipment with a Subscription Smart contract that includes the supply of all consumables and software over a period of several years. Consequently, Gafs will also be using Prinect Production Manager, which covers all the key functions for packaging printing. One example is a CAD-based solution that ensures
The 1,000th printing unit of the Speedmaster CX 104 unveiled by Heidelberg in summer 2021 goes to Swedish packaging printer Gafs Kartong. From left to right: Heidelberg Sales Manager Lars Lindberg, Gafs Kartong owners Lasse Svärd and Annelill Annvik, and Oscar Runesson Stenmark from Heidelberg Sweden.
