OPEN FOR INNOVATION HEIDELBERG DRIVES PRINTING INDUSTRY'S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITH NEW INNOVATION CENTRE

摘要

The new Innovation Center(IVC)of Heideiberger Druckmaschinen AG(Heidelberg)for the graphic arts industry is now’Open for Innovation’at the Wiesloch-Walldorf site.A former production hall has been converted to create the industry's most state-of-the-art development centre.By opening the new facility, Heidelberg is looking to accelerate the digital transformation at print shops and its own company.”The digitisation of the graphic arts industry is progressing at top speed and we are actively driving this process with our’Heidelberg goes Digital’strategy,so our new Innovation Center plays a key role in safeguarding the future of Heidelberg and the industry in a number of ways.Our technology leadership is continuing to grow thanks to the expertise of the centre's highly skilled workforce of around 1,000.What's more,we are increasing the speed of the entire industry's digital transformation.The IVC's proximity to our production operations also encourages an agile,multidisciplinary development process,"explains Stephan Plenz,member of the heidelberg Management Board responsible for Digital Technology."The Innovation Center is the new hub of our company and the future high-tech campus we are gradually creating at our Wiesloch-Walldorf site,"he adds.