GOOD DESIGN AWARD

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Award-winning item: sheet-fed printing press [Speedmaster XL 162]
Business Owner: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Germany
Domain/Category: Industry - Devices and equipment for manufacturing and logistics
Company: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Germany)
Award Number: 08B06052
Outline of Good Design Award winners: Outline of Good Design Award winners 2008

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Outline: The new Speedmaster XL 162 is a sheet-fed offset printing press for large formats. The main target groups are premium-class industrial packaging printers. HEIDELBERG is breaking new boundaries with the press, designed for the 7b print format (max. sheet size 1210 x 1620 mm).
Producer: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg (Germany)
Director: Mr. Eckhard Koebler, Senior Manager Industrial-Design, RD-DP2, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Designer: All designers from the Industrial-Design Department of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
More information: http://www.heidelberg.com/www/html/en/content/products/sheetfed_offset/70x100/speedmaster_xl_145_162,overview
Market release pending: 2008/5/29

Evaluation

The design gives us the impression of dignity as a top-level printer in the world. The geometric form well expresses the sense of accuracy that the machine has. It copes with 7B format.