In summer, the entire technical workflow in offset printing is restructured. The existing Heidelberg Prinect environment is upgraded to the latest version and expanded with the Businessmanager management information system (MIS). This required extensive server upgrades.
In parallel, in-house plate production is equipped with a Heidelberg Suprasetter 106 computer-to-plate (CtP) imagesetter, which, with a capacity of 42 plates in a maximum format of 1140 × 930 mm, can produce more than double the number of plates per hour compared to the previous system.
A Heidelberg Versafire CP complements toner-based digital printing. The feeder can handle sheets up to 700 mm in length. In addition, colour corrections can now be made directly on the machine for the first time.
At the end of the year, Jürgen Kern retires. His sons André Kern and Holger Kern remain in management, continuing to lead the company as a sixth-generation family business.