Alastair Hadley, general manager of sales, marketing and product management at Heidelberg Australia, told ProPrint: “The new CX machine is positioned between the XL 105 as the peak performance platform and the proven and flexible CD 102, which will remain the ideal choice for many customers in our market.

“However, the new Speedmaster CX 102 incorporates elements of the peak performance technology from the XL 105, and will be an interesting option for anyone who is impressed with the XL technology and wants to combine it with the benefits of the CD 102 platform.”

The non-perfecting press will be configurable with between four and eight units and handles the same plate and 720×1,020mm sheet size as the CD, but features a whole host of XL 105 technology. According to Heidelberg, more than 50% of the parts on the CX are either new or transferred from the XL 105.

The press on show at Ipex will be a five-colour plus coater running with Inpress Control closed-loop colour management system, according to Jürgen Grimm, Heidelberg senior vice-president product management.

Hadley said that the machine will be available in the Australian market in the fourth quarter of this year.

The first machine has already been installed at Heidelberg’s Wiesloch demo facility, a six-colour UV press with four Interdeck dryers, foil accessory pack and extended delivery. A CutStar inline sheeter is expected to be added in the near future.

Presently the firm has no plans to develop a Speedmaster SX using the same transfer of technology from the XL 105 to SM 102 platform, but Grimm said “if there’s a market opportunity there, we surely will”.

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