Company development
Company development of an innovative printing company
As a Swabian company, we are always working on improvements to produce our customers’ printed matter in the best possible way. This endeavour is confirmed not only by satisfied customers, but also by innovation awards.
Year |
Company development |
2023 |
Company website now also available in English: www.hdruck.com/en/ Foil printing website (tags, displays, labels, wobblers, etc.): www.folien-drucken.de |
2022 |
New UV offset printing press 5-color UV Speedmaster with inline die-cutting unit as a special design. SinaJet digital cutting plotter for die-cutting, grooving and perforating smaller quantities. |
2021 |
New device for the production of individual watermark print templates (company logos, coats of arms). Website with information on security papers and copy protection: www.sicherheitspapiere.de |
2020 |
Digital UV printer for outdoor and personalised stickers as well as transparent opaque white stickers. Modern design for our company website www.hdruck.com and our portal for printing colleagues and advertising agencies www.druck4kollegen.de |
2019 |
High-quality printing press for digital printing with foil stamping. Website with information on watermark paper and watermark printing: www.wasserzeichen.de |
2018 |
Our boss Helmut Herrmann takes his well-deserved retirement. Willi Vöhringer and Martin Wessely continue to run the business successfully. New: www.plastikkarten-drucken24.de – www.mousepad-drucken24.de |
2017 |
The new sticker website shows our convincing product range: www.aufkleber-drucken24.de |
2016 |
We are producing over 100,000 mousepads again. Mousepads with calendars are particularly popular. |
2015 |
Plastic card printer for extras such as writing fields and coding. Heike Wessely takes over the bookkeeping from Margot Herrmann, who is taking well-deserved retirement after more than 25 years. |
2014 |
In July our calculation portal for print colleagues goes online. |
2013 |
Our own solar power plant supplies over 50% of our electricity needs. Willi Vöhringer and Martin Wessely become managing directors on 1 July. Company founder Karl Herrmann dies on 30 August at the age of 88. |
2012 |
Extension with approx. 400 sqm for production and warehouse. NEW: Plastic card production and LFP printer/plotter for film labels. |
2011 |
Succession plan: Willi Vöhringer and Martin Wessely become partners. |
2010 |
New digital printing press – optimal for foil printing in small quantities. |
2009 |
VR Innovation Award – Special Award for Crafts – Baden-Württemberg. |
2008 |
Fully automated CTP platesetter and PDF workflow from Heidelberg. Fully automated brochure line with 40 stations (up to 160 pages). 1st prize in the Innovation Contest 2008 – with security paper. |
2007 |
Open House event on the occasion of the 50th anniversary. |
2006 |
Latest 5-colour UV printing press SM52 with waterless technology, UV interdeck drying, coating unit and integrated inline die-cutting unit. Process standard offset certification according to ISO. |
2005 |
Second watermark unit for Speedmaster SM52 five-colour press. |
2004 |
Digital printing in professional offset quality with hp indigo. |
2003 |
Production of individual watermarks for image and security papers. Start of mousepad production |
2002 |
Development and realisation of the “e•facts” UV print sample sheets. Awarded 1st prize at the Innovation Competition 2002. |
2001 |
Five-colour UV printing press GTO52 in waterless technology with UV drying and and UV inline coating unit. CTP technology for chemical-free printing plates. |
2000 |
Change of name to HERRMANN Druck+Media GmbH. |
1996 |
Start of digital colour image processing. Our “DTP trainee” becomes national winner. |
1995 |
UV dryer installation for printing on foils and synthetic materials. |
1994 |
Five-colour printing press with perfecting. First MAC for classic phototypesetting. |
1993 |
New building on the outskirts of Sonnenbühl-Genkingen with approx. 600 sqm production area. |
1990 |
Phototypesetting system with digital imagesetter, start with greyscale image processing. |
1989 |
Handover of the company with meanwhile 3 employees to son Helmut. |
1988 |
New GTOZ-52 two-colour offset press with perfecting device. |
1985 |
Photo typesetting system with data storage and data archiving on 8-inch floppy disks. |
1972 |
Collaboration of son Helmut, start with photo typesetting and offset printing. |
1961 |
Heidelberg cylinder OHZ for large-format printed matter. |
1956 |
Karl Herrmann establishes a book printing business in his own residential building in Genkingen. |
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