Heidelberg Showcases Ecosystem Based on Jetfire 50 at Hunkeler

Print shops are facing the challenge of having to process a growing number of short runs both efficiently and profitably in their production departments. That means keeping manual interventions to an absolute minimum. Integrating industrial inkjet printing into a digital ecosystem is important for the commercial market and the growth strategy of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg)c.

The market launch of the Jetfire 50 B3 sheetfed inkjet system unveiled at drupa 2024, which benefits from a link to Prinect technology, is going according to plan. Customers in Switzerland are soon to be the first to have their systems installed.

At the upcoming Hunkeler Innovationdays from Feb. 24-27, 2025 in the Swiss city of Lucerne, Heidelberg will be showcasing its digital ecosystem for end-to-end production based on the new Jetfire 50.

The company can be found in Hall 1 at Stand P 2, which it is sharing with Müller Martini AG. This is the first exhibition at which the system is being presented in the Heidelberg design. In a world premiere, Heidelberg will also be unveiling the Fireline nearline postpress solution with the Stahlfolder TH 56/66 models for automated end-to-end production in digital printing.

The Stahlfolder TH 56/66 Fireline for nearline postpress operations in digital printing enables highly automated processing of digitally printed sheets in a single operation, all the way through to the finished cut and folded print product. Cutting, creasing, and folding all take place in just one pass.

“In the industrial printing context, efficient and highly automated postpress operations are vital if production departments are to process a large number of highly diverse orders efficiently and ensure the profitability of digital print production. That makes our new Fireline postpress solution a key addition to the Heidelberg digital ecosystem, taking us a big step closer to end-to-end print production,” said Dr. David Schmedding, chief technology and sales officer at Heidelberg.