Phil Vedda, owner of Phil Vedda and Sons Printing Company, will be presented with a certificate documenting the purchase, with the installation of the new five colour press with coater scheduled for later this year.

The 23 x 29-inch press will replace a MAN Roland 300 and primarily will be used to produce four-color work. Vedda says it is much more than a replacement, it’s a major step into the print shop’s future. “We’re moving into a new facility soon and now is the best time to upgrade our equipment,” says Vedda. “The superior service we’ve received from Heidelberg in the past played an important role in the purchase of our latest press and we’re highly satisfied with our existing Heidelberg prepress, sheetfed offset and bindery equipment. We hope that the new Speedmaster CD 74 will further expand our four-color capabilities and increase productivity.”

The Speedmaster CD 74 was introduced to the international market at drupa 2000, and the first serial presses were shipped in early 2001. At that time, the straight press was offered with a maximum of eight printing units plus coater. In 2002, Heidelberg began offering the CD 74 with a double coating unit. The perfecting press with a maximum of six units plus coater and the DuoPress configuration became available in 2004. Today, the press is manufactured as a long perfecting press with up to 10 printing units plus coater, offering the largest range of configurations for the half and three-quarter size press.

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