Printing Innovation Asia Issue 3 2021
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Heidelberg increases pr Chinese production ope Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for printing systems, particularly in the Asian core markets, is nearing pre-crisis levels again. The same applies to the production volumes of Heidelberg at its site in Shanghai. • Particularly strong demand for Speedmaster CD 102 and CS 92 presses • Customers in more than 40 countries trust Heidelberg quality from China • Export rate from Shanghai site reaches 19 percent • Japanese print shops Ebara Printing and Bunkado install Speedmaster CD 102 presses from China Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for printing systems, particularly in the Asian core markets, is nearing pre-crisis levels again. The same applies to the production volumes of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) at its site in Shanghai.
Accordingly, the company has also progressively increased exports of its printing presses manufactured in China. Since being established in 2005, launching the assembly of postpress systems, and subsequently taking up the production of standard smallformat printing presses for the Chinese market, the site now employs some 450 staff and manufactures printing presses for commercial and packaging printing across all standard format classes. Production operations are centered on the 70 × 100 format class, specifically the Speedmaster CD 102 and Speedmaster CS 92 models.
Customers in more than 40 countries trust Heidelberg quality from China The company is now exporting machinery from its site in Shanghai to more than 40 countries. The main customers besides China are other Asian markets such as Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and the Philippines. However, the number of Chinesemanufactured machines being exported to Europe – predominantly standard printing presses – is also increasing. For example, Chinese-made presses have been installed in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and France. In south and central America, countries such as Mexico and Brazil have been placing
