Heidelberg Info Days.A comprehensive agenda in a unique atmosphere.

On the occasion of the Heidelberg Open Days, we will open the gates to our Print Media Center Commercial for you. You can expect a day packed with insights into our solutions and innovative applications for the Smart Print Shop.

You are going to see a full-service, fully integrated print shop in action, with all machines in operation and the entire production team on site. Prior registration is not required – visit us at the Print Media Center Commercial just as your schedule permits.

We are here for you from 09:00 AM to 04:00 PM.

27 October 2016

24 November 2016

Open Days 2016 (German only)The entire offering – simply unique.

Commercial and Packaging Days.A comprehensive agenda in a uniqueatmosphere.Discover modern concepts, smart technologies and the particular Heidelberg know-how – in presentations that you can arrange to yourpreferences, and in direct conversation.

Take all the time you need – our experts will beavailable to answer all your questions.

The following key topics will be covered. If you are interested, your Heidelberg sales representative will be pleased to take your call:

Dates to note:

26 October 2016

Making the future easier. With Push to Stop.Discover the opportunities offered by industrial printing production.

8 November 2016

Making the future easier. With Push to Stop.Discover the opportunities offered by industrial packaging production.

With Heidelberg events 2016, there will be something you can look forward to.We are going to present nothing less than new technologies and innovative solutions for the Smart Print Shop.

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NewsBRIEFHeidelberg Graphic Systems Southern Africa (Pty) LtdTel: +27 (0)86 142 4756www.heidelberg.com/za/enSeptember 2016

St. Gallen, September 2016 – Seven years after the market launch of the Gallus ECS 340, currently the best-selling and thus most successful conventional label printing system in its class, Gallus is set to write another chapter in its success story. In a world première, Gallus showcased a pre-series model of its latest generation of machines at the Gallus Innovation Days, which took place from 20 to 22 September at the company headquarters in St.Gallen, Switzerland.

The Gallus Labelmaster is a label printing press platform designed for the label and packaging market. It features a special platform design and can be configured by customers to meet their own specific requirements. With its open interfaces and platform know-how development for off-set presses of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg), this machine series represents a highly secure investment and enables users to respond flexibly to future changes in the market. The new Gallus Labelmaster for label printing thus builds on the successful, tried-and-tested design principle of Speedmaster offset printing presses from Heidelberg.

“Gallus and Heidelberg have harnessed a great many synergies in developing the new platform technology for the label market. A modular design and a reduction in complex-ity benefit both sets of customers, sheetfed and label market, and make them more competitive,” says Stephan Plenz, Member of the Heidelberg Management Board responsible for Equipment. The Gallus Labelmaster augments the existing digital label printing portfolio – also developed in collabora-tion with Heidelberg and based on the Gallus Labelfire 340 – with a solution for high-quality packaging and label applica-tions. Gallus is set to launch the first series machines with a web width of 440 mm. Other, wider web widths will follow as development of the machine system continues. A Gallus customer is currently putting the first machine through its paces in an intensive field test programme and the first series deliveries are scheduled for the second quarter of next year.

In the new platform system, the Gallus Labelmaster is made up of modules that each comprise two printing units. These modules are available in three different variants – The basic version already covers all the required standards of the label printing. The “Plus” version allows greater flexibility and the “Advanced” version leaves almost nothing to be desired and is configurable for all needs in the level of automation. By opting for a modular system, Gallus is ensuring that label printers can satisfy prevailing market requirements and stay fit for the future at all times. And this for investment sums that were not previously possible for premium products.

This modularity is made possible by, among other things, a new locking system that makes it easy to change printing units accurately. The system positions the printing units on the base unit with absolute precision and locks them in place, thus ensuring 100 percent register accuracy from the moment the press is started up, regardless of what substrate is chosen. What’s more, the machine system supports a wide range of substrates, from paper and PE to PP and foil.

The developers at Gallus have also introduced a very special

World premiere: Klaus Bachstein, CEO of the Gallus Group, Ferdinand Rueesch, anchor investor of Heidelberg and Vice President of the board of directors of the Gallus Group and Stephan Plenz, Heidelberg Board Member start up the new label printing system Gallus Labelmaster.

feature to make the Gallus Labelmaster exceptionally user friendly. Summarised under the term “best-spot interaction”, the Gallus engineers have ensured that the press is simple and above all fast to operate across all sectors. The press can be controlled centrally via an HMI touch panel, although manual intervention is also supported, with operators able to make changes with ease and, more importantly, very quickly, thereby achieving extremely short setup times. The lightweight aluminium printing cylinders that have been specially developed for this machine type can be changed in just a few quick steps, thus ensuring that job changes can be completed with unparalleled speed.

However, it is not just setup processes that have been speeded up – the high printing speeds of up to 200 m/min on the press ensure outstanding operational cost-efficiency with absolute register accuracy. A short web path of just 1.1 m from printing unit to printing unit significantly reduces waste and an opti-mised ink duct for the chambered doctor blade needs just 250 g of ink and therefore keeps the associated costs low, in addition, the ink duct has been improved in ink spitting and foaming.

The newly designed flexographic printing unit - developed with the experience from the structural principles of the Heidelberg sheetfed offset printing - is driven directly by two servomotors and delivers premium Gallus quality from the start. Besides being fitted out with flexographic printing units, the press can also be equipped with a newly developed screen printing unit that enables users to make the most of high-end finishingoptions.

The register accuracy of the Gallus Labelmaster is particularly striking – whether the press is running at a low setup speed or being accelerated to a high maximum speed, the printed image is always in register, without the slightest correction necessary. This performance highlights the precision of the Gallus Label-master.

By developing this machine platform for label printing, Gallus has succeeded in giving the market a press for conventional label and package printing that offers virtually unrivalled flexibility. Thanks to the three module variants, this platform can be used to configure the right press for any business model – and all for an outstanding price-performance ratio coupled with the famous Gallus quality. Put simply, it is Gallus-like.

Gallus presents new machine platform for the growing label-printing market

Gallus Labelmaster: Less complexity – more flexibility in •conventional label printing for high-quality applicationsHeidelberg and Gallus use synergies with new technology •platform

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Heidelberg takes on more trainees in 2016

The overall recovery in the financial situation at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is also reflected in recruit-ment numbers for the new training year. The start of the new training year on September 1 sees a total of 90 young people launching their careers at the four German sites Wiesloch-Walldorf/Heidelberg, Brandenburg, Amstetten, and Ludwigs-burg – ten more than just a year ago.

Traditionally the largest training site is the Wiesloch-Walldorf plant with 61 new trainees, including 12 students at the DHBW (Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University) in Mannheim. Last year’s total was 54 new trainees. There are also two chef training places at subsidiary Heidelberg Catering Services GmbH. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG provides training in 14 different technical and commercial careers and, in conjunction with the DHBW, also offers just under a dozen dual study programs. Overall, 341 young people are currently in training at Heidelberg throughout Germany (including 216 in Wiesloch-Walldorf).

“We’re delighted to be able to report a renewed upward trend in recruitment numbers,” explains Andreas Blum, head of professional training at Wiesloch-Walldorf. In his view this is particularly pleasing as the chances of being taken on per-manently are now once again very good. “Almost everyone completing the program currently receives an offer from us after his training/studies,” says Blum: “That’s great for the young people and important for Heidelberg.” He notes that the demand for skilled workers is growing in all areas of the company. He says this applies in particular to logistics, where

• 90 new training places in the new training year, ten more than in 2015 • Improved chances of permanent jobs • Collectively agreed funded year for five refugees from November onwards

almost all trainees have been taken on, even in the last few difficult years.

Twelve future mechatronics engineers are undergoing aspecial form of training at the Wiesloch-Walldorf and Brandenburg sites. As well as the traditional course content in the professional training regulations, the trainees also complete special training modules that prepare them for their future work as service engineers.

Collectively agreed funded year for five refugees fromNovember onwards

At the start of November, the 12 usual interns beginning their collectively agreed funded year will be joined for the first time by five young refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and Nigeria at the Heidelberg site in Wiesloch-Walldorf. As well aspractical training, the young refugees will be attending college for at least two days a week. One of these days is earmarked for intensive German classes. Provided they perform well, the five asylum seekers have a real chance of being able to start a traditional training course at Heidelberg as a mechatronics engineer, industrial engineer, print media technologist, or warehouse operator.

If you’re interested in training/studying at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, you can find information at Company > Career at www.heidelberg.com.

61 young people are starting their careers at the German Wiesloch-Walldorf site on September 1.

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Markus Hach, Head of Postpress and Lettershop at Kern GmbH

POLAR D 115 PLUS Cutting Machine

Compucut® (PLUS only) - Transfer of prepress data to generate cutting programs externally > reduces set-up time to almost zero

Barcode (PLUS only) - Enables automatic loading of the appropriate cutting program

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Kern GmbH very satisfied with POLAR cutting machine D 115 PLUS

It became necessary to extend the cutting capacity when not only the digital printing facilities underwent furtherexpansion, but also when a Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor was taken into operation.

The existing CuttingSystem 200 was no longer sufficient for the resulting print volume. The printing shop therefore started searching for a fast and inexpensive solution. Kern initially thought about investing in a pre-owned machine.

However, after discussing requirements with POLAR, an interesting alternative became available.

At the time POLAR was looking for a company that would test the practical viability of the newly developed D 115 cutting machine in field tests. “For us this offer was a stroke of luck,” commented André Kern, remembering the talks with POLAR. In December 2015 the POLAR D 115 cutting machine was therefore installed at Kern GmbH.

According to Kern this was the right decision, instead of investing in a pre-owned machine with almost the same conditions. The D 115 cutting machine serves its purpose completely. Kern sometimes uses the machine in a double shift.

The company is also completely relaxed when it comes to the cutting quality. The machine has the same cutting precision as its larger Polar brothers.

Both companies were fully satisfied with the field tests.The POLAR D 115 cutting machine was then officiallypresented to the public at drupa and met with an enthusiastic response from customers from around the world.

The first D 115 cutting machine has been installed at Kern GmbH in Saarland (Germany). Due to the increase in cutting requirements, the company decided to supplement its existing cutting system with a pre-owned machine. After consideration, however, Kern decided to change its plans and purchased a new cutting machine, the POLAR D 115 PLUS.

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