Heidelberg Shanghai reaches 9999th Printing Unit milestone Heidelberg Shanghai production site successfully established in growth market of China in a remarkable fifteen years’ time. On 22nd June 2020, Heidelberg’s China plant in Yunguan Qingpu presented it’s an all new CD 102 - 9+L, it’s 9999th printing unit from the plant. It is from this very plant that Heidelberg has sent printing machines to over 43 countries regions around the world. Amongst Chinese printers, the CD 102, is affectionately referred to as the “all-rounder” because of its sturdy built and flexibility, stable printing prowess, and high automation. Since its emergence at the Drupa in 1986, it has been a favoured machine for packaging printers across the world.
Over 30 percent of all printing units are already built in China. The Shanghai production site will further increase the manufacture of standard models for the Chinese and Asian market and add special machine configurations, especially in packaging printing, to the portfolio.
It was in September 2009 that the first Speedmaster CD 102 four-colour machine rolled out from Heidelberg’s Qingpu factory. Since then, Speedmaster CD 102 has firmly taken root in the Qingpu factory. With the continuous enrichment of the product line, Qingpu Speedmaster CD 102-5, 5+L, 6+L, 7+L were successively launched in the next few years. At the Print China 2019 exhibition in Dongguan, the Speedmaster CD 102-8+L model produced in Qingpu was on show. Today, the Qingpu facility has become the largest 102 format production base in the world. Speaking remotely from Germany, Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of Heidelberger Printing Machinery Co., Ltd. said “Starting from 0 to 9999, 10000, Qingpu factory in just fifteen years… and it’s ‘a miracle’.”
“The historic breakthrough should be congratulated, not only to boost and inspire morale, but also to highlight the importance of partnership and the Chinese market,” he added.
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2005 Construction of the first hall for the factory in China 2006 Start of production in Qingpu near Shanghai on an area of 15,000 m2, including almost 4,000 m2 for production Stahlfolder folding machines and Speedmaster SM 52 2007 Speedmaster SM 74 2009 Speedmaster CD 102 2010 Construction of the second hall 2011 Expansion of the area to 100,000 m2, including 45,000 m2 for production 2013 Delivery of the 1,000th printing press 2015 Opening of the Print Media Center Shanghai Speedmaster CS 92 2018 Speedmaster SX 74 are completely manufactured in Shanghai 2019 Switch from standard models for specially configured models 2020 Production of Speedmaster SX 74, CS 92 and CD 102 Over 10,000 printing units or close to 2,400 machines delivered to 43 countries Around 430 employees
Key Notes : > Marking fifteen years in China, the 9,999th printing unit is set to be delivered to packaging printing company Xian Jun Long. > Growth segment of packaging printing – expansion of the portfolio with special machine configurations. > Market share in China at over 50 percent – further expansion of the site planned.
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June 2020
Benny Huang, CEO of Heidelberg Greater China, Sam Chong, Managing Director of Xian Jun Long Printing Co., Ltd. and Achim Mergenthaler, Managing Director of HGES (from left to right) celebrated the success of Heidelberg and Xian Jun Long’s cooperation.
