- Anniversary: Heidelberg and Spanish distributor Hartmann celebrate 50 years together
- Investments planned to boost productivity and support industrial printing
- Growth in packaging and label markets and in customized presses for commercial printing
Founded as a small print shop in 1900, the family-run Alzamora Group now consists of three units that specialize in commercial printing, cardboard packaging, and plastic packaging and operate worldwide. Group sales in 2013 amounted to over EUR 20 million. At the end of last year, Anna Alzamora and Jordi Llovera signed a purchase agreement for a Speedmaster XL 145 for the cardboard packaging operation Alzamora Packaging. The first machine of its kind in Spain will be installed in summer 2014 at the Sant Joan les Fonts site where it will provide customers with attention-grabbing premium-class special cartons. Various advance tests convinced Alzamora of the potential and high quality of the Speedmaster XL 145.
www.alzamora.com
Egisa from Barcelona has been producing high-quality packaging for brand organizations in the jewelry, perfume, cosmetics, foodstuffs, and spirits industries for over 50 years. The family-owned company with its team of over 150 employees produces premium products for worldwide export. Its Speedmaster CD 102 five-color and six-color presses (each with coating unit) have recently been joined in the pressroom by a new eight-color Speedmaster XL 106 with three coating units. This special configuration can handle all conceivable surface finishing requirements and generate added value for customers. The Speedmaster XL 106 also scores highly when it comes to short and very short runs, which are in increasing demand, short makeready times, and stable and reproducible quality.
www.egisa.com
First Diana X 115 folding carton gluing machine on the Spanish market in production at Gráficas Zokoa packaging print shop
www.zokoa.com
Family-run Impremta Pagés, located near Girona in Catalonia, has been supplying customers with books, brochures, flyers, catalogs, postcards, and calendars of all kinds for over 65 years. The 45 employees use a total of 24 printing units from Heidelberg, including a ten-color Speedmaster SM 102. The company’s motto “Quality, speed and cost-effectiveness” sits well with its commitment to investing in state-of-the-art technology. A new Varimatrix 105 CS die-cutter was recently installed and has already proved itself a success thanks to its versatility, fast job changes involving many different jobs, and its high profitability.
www.impremtapages.com
Educa Borras, located in Sant Quirze del Vallés near Barcelona, is a leading producer of jigsaw puzzles, magic sets, and educational games. The materials it uses include wood, paper, and cardboard. The company handles everything from start to finish – from the initial idea right through to the design and manufacture. Founded in 1894, Educa Borras now has a workforce of over 140 and sells to customers in 75 countries worldwide. The company’s export share is around 40 percent. Business is doing well and to support a future increase in production Educa Borras decided to invest in a five-color Speedmaster CD 102, thereby ensuring top quality, maximum flexibility, and short makeready times. The company is also well equipped to handle future peaks in demand, since most of its annual production takes place in just two months of the year when it supplies games and jigsaw puzzles for the Christmas period.
www.educaborras.com
Figure 1: The first large-format Speedmaster XL 145 in Spain is going to Alzamora Packaging. The photograph shows Anna Alzamora and Jordi Llovera (left) from Alzamora and Sergio Egea (second from left) and Juan Hurtado from Hartmann at the contract signing.
Figure 2: Packaging print shop Egisa is boosting its productivity and surface finishing options with a customized eight-color Speedmaster 106 with three coating units. The members of the Labori family are proud of this major investment.
Figure 3: Packaging print shop Gráficas Zokoa is using the first Diana X 115 folding carton gluing machine on the Spanish market.
Figure 4: The Pagès print shop is proud of his new Varimatrix 105 CS die-cutter:
(from left to right) Sergio Egea from Hartmann, the sons Eduard and Albert, Joan Hurtado, Hartmann, daughter Anna, Josep Pagès, General Director and his wife Paquita Pibernat.
Figure 5: Educa Borras uses a five-color Speedmaster CD 102 to produce the games and jigsaw puzzles it exports to over 75 countries worldwide.
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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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Hilde Weisser
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