Report 36 d,e,f,s,i.qxd:Report - KBA

Sheetfed Offset | Environment
Heider Druck is the printing
arm of Joh. Heider Verlag, a
publishing house which was
established in 1889 and brought
out a daily newspaper for Bergisch
Gladbach and the surrounding region
the following year. Despite the
fact that this was sold off to the Kölnische
Rundschau in 1952, among
locals the name Heider is still synonymous
with newspapers. Now a
publishing, printing and media enterprise,
Heider has long since expanded
its web-based portfolio to
include freesheets, trade and federation
publications, magazines, supplements
and telephone directories
etc. It has also moved into sheetfed
with brochures, magazines, books,
calendars and many other commercial
products. The publishing
house’s media activities primarily
focus on ad acquisition for print
customers. Heider sees itself as a
service provider to a customer base
embracing publishers, federations
and advertising agencies.
Cutting energy consumption
with coldset
The two KBA newspaper presses
which are currently in the press hall
– a two-tower Journal installed in
2002 and a Colora tower added
four years later – are used to print
freesheets. Today Heider can print
coldset copies with a maximum of
64 pages in the Berliner format or
48 pages in full colour. The presses
were the first step towards enhancing
energy efficiency, since their
energy consumption is relatively
modest compared to heatset: in fact
when printing a 48-page product in
the Berliner format they consume
Frank Wipperfürth of the North Rhine-Westphalian
Print and Media Federation presenting
the PSO certificate to Guido Heider in 2009
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Others may have a tiger in their tank – Heider has one on the fifth printing unit of the high-speed Rapida 106, symbolising the
company’s commitment to conservation and performance
Heider Druck proves that sustainability can be compatible with performance
Greener print production
in sheetfed and web
German print enterprise Heider Druck in Bergisch Gladbach makes no secret of its driving passion, and this is reflected
in its logo, “Ecological printing”. The owners have been vigorously greening up their production chain since the turn
of the millennium. New technology promoting this goal has broadened their options for conserving natural
resources while at the same time enhancing efficiency and profitability.
as much as 85 per cent less energy
per operating hour. Not unnaturally,
coldset production imposes a restriction
on the range of stock that
can be used because only uncoated
and recycled paper is suitable. However,
this is in keeping with Heider
Druck’s environmental goals and
Hans-Martin, Guido and Roberto Heider (l-r front) couldn’t be happier with their first
KBA sheetfed press
led to the second step on the road
to green print production: FSC and
PEFC accreditation to support sustainable
forest management.
Next step:
greening-up sheetfed
The next step the company took towards
reducing its carbon footprint
was to fire up a new Rapida
sheetfed offset press in May 2009.
Once again the press of choice was
a KBA, not least because in 2000
the Rapidas were the first offset
litho presses worldwide to be
awarded the German Industrial
Safety Council’s “emission tested”
environmental certificate. The
18,000sph Rapida 106 five-colour
coater press at Heider has run alcohol-free
right from the start. The
risk that operators might add IPA to