With a misconception that printing and digitalisation are opposites, Heidelberg suggests that as of today, the industry is more digital than ever. With around 13,000 machines and systems worldwide connected to the company’s cloud, print shops can benefit from the evaluation of machine data in the form of benchmarking, performance improvements and active machine monitoring.
David Schmedding, chief technology and sales officer at Heidelberg, says, ‘What began 20 years ago at Heidelberg with the connection of the first printing press to the internet has opened up unimagined technical possibilities. Today we are planning the AI-controlled print shop of tomorrow, which can run shifts autonomously at comparatively low cost. And Heidelberg will provide important building blocks for this with software, machines and robotics.’ ....read more here