Heidelberg Sells 35+ Speedmaster XL 106 Presses

Interplay of productivity and sustainable printing
The Anton Group, a UK commercial print shop, had already placed an order with Heidelberg for three Speedmaster XL 106 presses in the run-up to drupa 2012—two ten-color presses and one twelve-color and all three long perfecting presses with a speed of 18,000-sheets-per-hour. The company expects to make full use of the press's productivity, printing at least 75 million sheets per year and per machine, each of which is equipped with the CutStar sheeter, Prinect Inpress Control, and in some cases AutoPlate XL. This target appears realistic, as the first press—a Speedmaster XL 106 ten-color installed recently—produced over ten million sheets in just the first seven weeks. "On today's fiercely contested market, print prices are keen, and we need to work productively and efficiently to remain profitable and safeguard jobs," says company boss John Knight. The Anton Group is also using the new presses to put ecological printing into practice. All three presses run alcohol free, require less energy, and cut paper waste significantly thanks to Prinect Inpress Control.