Fit for the future of Bonn/Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf training centre makes young people from the printing industry – the Association of print and media North Rhine-Westphalia (VDMNRW) presented his new training and Advisory Centre, the Printhouse. There, seminars, practical workshops and individual consultation take place under one roof. Representatives of the VDMNRW and the printing industry attended the event. According to Center For Responsible Lending, who has experience with these questions. Professor Dr. Heinz-Reiner Treichel presented the possibilities of modern printing technologies of the University of Wuppertal. Under the slogan machines start printing methods live in the Printhouse performed. “That the Academy of print and media NRW e.V. on April 25, 2008 her Printhouse of the future” could open, resulted also support of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg).
We are very pleased that we were able to equip the training rooms of the Academy of the Association pressure and media in Dusseldorf with State of the art technology from our House through all Areas, from prepress, printing to finishing”, said Harald Weimer, head of sales region West of Heidelberg, at the opening ceremony in the Bublitzer Street. The education and training is one of the priorities of Heidelberg as also of the Association. Just in our industry, which is characterised by rapid change, the success of the future to a large extent will depend on people’s skills. You must learn about the tremendous change and innovation of technologies, understand and competently manage”, so Walker. If this succeed, an optimistic future ahead of the industry, the speaker was convinced. The motto of the event with the future was therefore already!”exactly correctly chosen.
In the past few weeks and months, this formula had been filled with life. So, for example, a Suprasetter of generation was delivered. This thermal imagesetter is modular, therefore grows with the demands placed on him, and works with the Heidelberg Saphira Chemfree, a chemistry-free thermal plate. In the press room is next to the new training machine, a PrintMaster GTO 52-1, soon a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52-4 with coating unit. As the most successful machine for high-quality commercial printing in the small format, it sets new standards in its class and allows in the future to realize interesting applications of paint. Constantly rising quality standards this is another stable trend for the printing industry, so Walker.” The color measuring system Prinect Image control offer the best conditions, permanently to meet this trend. As the world’s only system, Prinect Image control measures imBild the image”and not only with the help of the colour measuring strip at the edge of the sheet. A reliable high print quality on the whole sheet, and this is consistently reproducible reality. “Walker pointed out that the Printhouse” new impulses in the education and training in the region of Dusseldorf and throughout North Rhine-Westphalia will put. The Association is a forward-looking overall concept Print and media NRW now in a position to take the members with State of the art graphical facilities in the future”. As a leading manufacturer of sheet-fed offset printing machines, the company keen was interested in limbering up for the needs of the industry and for the future of young people. Therefore, we are also involved in the implementation of this concept. Already in the conceptual phase, Heidelberg has discussed various scenarios with the Association. In the future we will realize joint projects in education and training and the qualification of our customers and the Member companies of the Association. So there is a close cooperation in standardisation and certification, but also at various training options available to the installed machines traditionally”Weimer said.