Heidelberg sells its 1000th Speedmaster CX 104 – to Chinese packaging company

Print Solutions

The impressive price-performance ratio of the Speedmaster CX 104 makes it a popular choice among a wide range of customers and the bestseller in the product portfolio of Heidelberg.

Now, the company has announced that the 1000th press in this series has rolled off the production line and is destined for the Hoifu Group, a Chinese packaging printer with around 2500 employees.

The 1000^th press is a 14 unit special configuration equipped for UV printing, which will start operating at a new site in Yancheng, where it will be integrated into the company’s end to end Prinect based workflow.

‘Besides exceptional technology, Heidelberg also offers excellent service support that goes a long way toward ensuring we achieve our productivity and quality targets in high end packaging production,’ said Ou Shun Chou, chairman of the Hoifu Group.

‘The Speedmaster CX 104 is our global bestseller, and special long configurations – particularly for premium packaging production – are a Heidelberg specialty,’ revealed Dr David Schmedding, chief technology and sales officer at Heidelberg. Long presses combine a whole host of different processes in a single in line operation, meaning end products are available faster and the logistical outlay is minimised.

Once commissioned, the new acquisition will be one of three Speedmaster CX 104 presses in the Hoifu Group’s Yancheng site’s production department. The company also operates further Heidelberg sheetfed offset systems at other sites.