12 Sep 12 Heidelberg India Pvt. Ltd.

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Heidelberg India conducts an Open-House and a Seminar in Coimbatore.

Printers from across the country witnessed a live demo of the China assembled Heidelberg Speedmaster SM74-4H. 350 gsm packaging job demonstrated at 15,000 iph on the Heidelberg Speedmaster SM74-4H Key personnel from Heidelberg India gave insights into Heidelberg solutions in an interactive seminar.

At an average, 50 jobs are produced and two million business cards are printed and delivered in a day, says Dr. Thilak Kumar, Managing Director, Sree Maruthi Printers, Coimbatore on the productivity of their newly installed Heidelberg Speedmaster SM74-4H.

On 31 August 2012, Heidelberg India and Sree Maruthi Printers conducted an open-house where live demos were carried out on the China assembled Heidelberg Speedmaster SM74 press. Three make readies with varied stock thickness ranaging from 125 gsm to 350 gsm were carried out. Printers from all over India were amazed to witness a live production of varied jobs with remarkably short make-ready times, very high productivity and versatility. One of the highlights of the demo was a 350 gsm packaging job running at 15,000 iph and within the next ten minutes the press was producing a 150 gsm commercial job. After the live demo, Heidelberg India conducted a seminar titled "HEI PRODUCTIVITY at Grand Regent Hotel.

Mr. Venkataraman Ganesan, Regional Sales Manager, Heidelberg India, welcomed the gathering and highlighted the importance of delivering value to the print products and mentioned that sustaining growth in a competitive environment is one of the major challenges faced by any printing industry today. Heidelberg has the solutions to overcome this aggressive business trend and help printers remain competitive. Mr. Udo Fiebiger, Regional Business Manager, Heidelberg Asia Pacific, gave insights into the press solutions from Heidelberg, particularly the SM 74 offset press assembled in Heidelbergs factory in China.

Mr. Peter Rego, General Manager-Sales, Heidelberg India and Mr. Saseendran Baskaran, Assitant General Manager-Sales, Heidelberg India, touched upon noteworthy subjects in their

presentations and besides other things, gave an overview of the products launched at DRUPA 2012, too. In the last session of the seminar, printers were exposed to various finance options available, enabling them to procure latest technologies.

(From left) Mr.Thilak Kumar (Managing Director, Shree Maruthi Printers) with Mr.Udo Fiebiger (Regional Business Manager - Heidelberg Asia Pacific), Mr. Peter Rego (General Manager Sales, Heidelberg India) and Mr. Venkataraman (Regional Sales Manager Heidelberg India).

Mr. Peter Rego, General Manager-Sales, Heidelberg India and Mr. Saseendran Baskaran, Assitant General Manager-Sales, Heidelberg India, touched upon noteworthy subjects in their presentations and besides other things, gave an overview of the products launched at DRUPA 2012, too. In the last session of the seminar, printers were exposed to various finance options available, enabling them to procure latest technologies.

"Coimbatore has been an important market for us. The market has grown in the past few years at a fast pace especially with the emerging industries like real estate, label, textile and FMCG. Commercial printing has seen a fast growth in this region. Printers in Coimbatore are more conscious about the quality printing and we have many printers like Shree Maruthi, Kalaikathir Achagam, Hi-tech Offset, Ace data and Chromaprint, pioneering the adoption of brand new state-of-the-art equipments from Heidelberg," said Mr. Venkataraman Ganesan. Contd on page 3 2/3

The Open-House and the Seminar was attended by printers from all over the country and turned out to be very successful. Key personnel from Heidelberg India also attended the event and interacted with many printers on a one-to-one basis.

Namrta Dhar National Marketing Manager Heidelberg India Pvt. Ltd. namrta.dhar@heidelberg.com

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