11.11.21
In its core business, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is seeing a growing global recovery that is making customers keen to invest in the latest technologies and solutions. The Swedish packaging printer Gafs Kartong (Gafs), which is based in Värnamo, is set to take delivery of what is already the 1,000th printing unit of the new Speedmaster CX 104 that Heidelberg unveiled in the summer.
Founded as a packaging board supplier in 1947, Gafs now has a 22-strong workforce and generates sales of more than €4 million. The Speedmaster CX 104-6+L with newly developed coating unit in the Push to Stop configuration is supposed to be supplied together with a Suprasetter 106 platesetter and will arrive before Christmas.
“Our new universal press, the Speedmaster CX 104, is proving to be a big hit on the market,” says Stefan Hasenzahl, head of product management at Heidelberg. “Even before the global market launch this summer, we had orders for over 500 printing units – a figure we’ve doubled in the space of just three months,” he adds.
The new press is replacing a Speedmaster CD 102 at Gafs.
“We scrutinized and compared both digital and offset options, but the arrival of the Speedmaster CX 104 on the market put an end to our search,” Annelill Annvik, one of the owners of Gafs Kartong, said. “Significant improvements in makeready times and quality control, combined with integration into the workflow, make us very confident about the benefits and progress for the entire company.”
Founded as a packaging board supplier in 1947, Gafs now has a 22-strong workforce and generates sales of more than €4 million. The Speedmaster CX 104-6+L with newly developed coating unit in the Push to Stop configuration is supposed to be supplied together with a Suprasetter 106 platesetter and will arrive before Christmas.
“Our new universal press, the Speedmaster CX 104, is proving to be a big hit on the market,” says Stefan Hasenzahl, head of product management at Heidelberg. “Even before the global market launch this summer, we had orders for over 500 printing units – a figure we’ve doubled in the space of just three months,” he adds.
The new press is replacing a Speedmaster CD 102 at Gafs.
“We scrutinized and compared both digital and offset options, but the arrival of the Speedmaster CX 104 on the market put an end to our search,” Annelill Annvik, one of the owners of Gafs Kartong, said. “Significant improvements in makeready times and quality control, combined with integration into the workflow, make us very confident about the benefits and progress for the entire company.”