Schlaefli and Maurer: New location, new large-format sheet-fed printing press
Schlaefli and Maurer plan to revitalize the market starting in January 2010 with the first XL 145 sheetfed press for commercial printing to be installed in Switzerland. The new printing facility in Uetendorf near Thun will be presented in collaboration with media artist Chantal Michel.
Media artist Chantal Michel accompanies the process of evaluating, ordering, delivering, installing and commissioning the new printing equipment as part of a cultural sponsorship by Schlaefli & Maurer AG. The 200-ton Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 145 large-format press will be transported to Switzerland in twelve heavy loads at the beginning of December. Following installation and testing, the new press will be available for the first print jobs from mid-January 2010. The other facilities in the new Uetendorf printing center will also be ready for production start-up by the same date.
Image: Chantal Michel and the printers, Part. II (The first printed sheet).
