Equipment
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With short investment cycles and as a reference customer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Kern produces using state-of-the-art technologies on a modern machinery park, always at the cutting edge. Here you can find an overview of our technical equipment.

1. Prepress
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- Heidelberg Suprasetter 106 fully automatic platesetter with FM screening technology and Auto Pallet Loader (APL)
- Epson Stylus Pro 9900 professional proofing system
- Heidelberg Prinect workflow with MetaDimension and SignaStation
2. Digital printing
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- Canon varioPRINT iX3200 production inkjet digital press
- Canon imagePRESS V1350 digital press system
- Canon imagePRESS C710 digital press system
- Xerox Nuvera 314 EA black & white laser production systems
- AstroJet S1 inkjet complete system
3. Large format printing (LFP)
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- Durst Rho P10-160 UV flatbed printer for direct-to-substrate printing
- Zünd Digital Cutter G3 XL-3200 digital cutting system featuring milling creasing through-cutting kiss-cutting and V-cutting
- 2 Epson SureColor S80600 roll-to-roll solvent printers 162.6 cm print width
- HP Latex 1500 roll-to-roll latex printer 320 cm print width
- Summa S-Class S2 160T-2E professional vinyl cutter 160 cm cutting width
- 2 Kala Mistral 1650 hot and cold laminators 160 cm width
- Fotoba Roll Cutter XLD 170 automatic X-Y roll cutter
Textile printing
- DTF printing system XP600-Pro with PE600-Pro fixing unit and DTF cutter CUT-600
- Secabo TPD7 premium transfer press
- Secabo TCC smart cap press
4. Sheetfed offset
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- Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 5C + coating UV with Prinect Inpress Control including Cito inline die-cutting and perforating
- Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 8C 4/4 with Prinect Inpress Control and Mabeg roll sheeter RS 106
- Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor 5C + L
5. Print finishing
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- 2 Original Heidelberger Tiegel OHT letterpress (relief printing) blind embossing hot foil stamping and die-cutting
- Original Heidelberger Zylinder OHZ blind embossing and die-cutting
- D&K Europa system laminating machine
6. Postpress
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- 2 Polar 137 XT high-speed cutters including Transomat and Autotrim
- 2 Heidelberg StackStar C robots for automatic stacking
- Buhrs 1000 polybagging machine with inserting placing collecting and wrapping
- Automatic paper drilling line Dürselen Corta PB 09
- Binderhaus beam creasing machine
- Minipack Sealmatic 54T L-sealer with shrink tunnel
- Hang 4-spindle paper drilling machine
- Renz Punch 500 heavy duty punch
- Renz Autobind 500 wire-o binding machine
- Turnbands friction feeders knife shafts plow fold station hot glue cold glue timed cutting timed perforation tip-on and self-mailer production
Brochure and book production
- Kolbus KM 610 perfect binder with 20 stations and camera system for barcode matching of content and covers
- Müller Martini Primera MC saddle stitcher with 8 stations plus cover feeder and image recognition for matching at every station
- Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 450 saddle stitcher
- Horizon Mark III saddle stitcher
- Horizon Collator VAC 100 gathering towers with 20 stations
- 2 Hugo Beck systems for inline shrink-wrapping of packages
Folding
- 2 Heidelberg Stahlfolder BH 56
- Heidelberg Stahlfolder CH 56
- Heidelberg Stahlfolder KH 82
- 3 Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH 82 8
- Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH 82 p-Folder for signature production with shingled stream delivery
- Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH 82 6/6/4
- Heidelberg Stahlfolder Ti 36 for miniature folding
- Horizon AF-406T6S
- Various Palamides Delta and Alpha systems for inline vibrating pressing and bundling
Direct mailing production
- Buhrs BB700 multi-enveloping system with camera reading selective enveloping and documentation
- Buhrs BB700 multi-enveloping system with system channel camera reading selective enveloping and documentation