175 years of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen: Company starts anniversary year with growth strategy (part 1)

Heidelberg, January 8, 2025 (APA) - Growth strategy: medium-term sales potential of more than € 300 million • Growth drivers in the core business: packaging, digital printing

Software and lifecycle business • Industrial business: focus on further expansion • 175 years: the company has been shaping the printing industry for decades with technological innovations, quality and reliability • Numerous anniversary activities throughout the year Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) is entering its anniversary year 2025 with a growth strategy: March 11, 2025, marks the 175th anniversary of the com-pany's founding. What began over a century and a half ago as a bell foundry in Frank-enthal in the Palatinate region of Germany, has since developed into a leading global technology company and total solutions provider for print shops and packaging appli-cations. HEIDELBERG is tackling the challenges of the future with a clear growth strategy. "To expand our market position, we are increasingly tapping into growth potential in our core business in packaging and digital printing as well as in the software and lifecy-cle business," says Jürgen Otto, CEO of HEIDELBERG. "We will also continue to ex-pand our offering in the growing green technologies market. This includes key areas such as high-precision mechanical engineering, the automotive industry, charging infrastructure and software, and new hydrogen technologies." In total, HEIDELBERG sees growth potential of more than € 300 million in sales for all strategic initiatives by the 2028/2029 financial year, while at the same time consolidating performance and increasing efficiency. • Packaging market has seen significant growth since 2014 HEIDELBERG is benefiting from the constantly growing global demand for packaging. The end customer market for packaging has grown by more than 6o percent worldwide over the past ten years. In cooperation with Solenis, HEIDELBERG is responding to the global trend away from plastic and foil towards paper-based packaging and will in future offer solutions for print-ing recyclable packaging, particularly for the food industry. The company al-ready generates more than 50 percent of its turnover in the packaging segment. And the trend is clearly upward. • HEIDELBERG seizes opportunities in growing industrial digital prin-ting According to market estimates, the global digital printing market accessible to HEIDELBERG, including service and consumables, will grow from around EUR 5 billion today to EUR 7.5 billion by 2029. HEIDELBERG has significantly ex-panded its offering, including through its cooperation with Canon. This will significantly increase sales of digital printing solutions. Incoming or-ders already confirm this from the next financial year. • International business with high potential HEIDELBERG sees a lever for more sales growth in its strong international presence in around 170 countries worldwide, with one of the largest global sales and service networks. The company will continue to expand this inter-nationalization, particularly in growth markets such as Asia, the USA and emerging markets. HEIDELBERG has the best prerequisites for this, particu-larly in China, thanks to its local production and partnership with MK Master-work. More than 85 percent of the company's business is already conducted outside Germany. • Focus on expanding industrial business in the Technology segment Another focus is on HEIDELBERG's industrial business to open up new product areas, markets, and industries. To this end, the company has ex-tensive skills, expertise and resources that are currently already being used outside the printing industry, particularly in the fields of high-precision me-chanical engineering, the automotive industry, electromobility and hy-drogen. The company is also increasingly offering its expertise and installed capacities to other companies in order to efficiently industrialize or manufac-ture their products. (continues) Kiadó: APA/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG ------------------------------------------------------------------- A Nemzeti Közleménytár oldalán található közlemények nem képezik az MTI hírkiadás részét, az MTI által szó szerint továbbított tartalomért minden esetben a közlemény beadója a felelős. A közlemények forrásmegjelöléssel (NKT) szabadon és korlátozás nélkül felhasználhatók. Az NKT szolgáltatással kapcsolatban további információt az nkt@dunamsz.hu elektronikus levelező címen kaphat.