HEIDELBERG GERMANY—  Heidelberger has delivered the two longest sheetfed offset presses ever produced to  packaging manufacturer WestRock. The longest, delivered to WestRock’s Poland facility, is a 42 metre, specially adapted custom configuration of a Speedmaster XL 106 with a total of 20 printing and coating units.The record-breaking presses supplied to WestRock can print  eye-catching packaging. With its large number of printing and coating units, the highly flexible long Speedmaster XL 106 configuration is suitable for handling a wide range of packaging applications with striking coating and metallic effects as well as sustainable products – completely inline, double-sided, and in a single pass. A trend is emerging, particularly in folding carton and label printing, toward customized, long press configurations. Around half the sheetfed offset presses HEIDELBERG sells and installs go to packaging customers.The trend toward ever more sustainable packaging, such as folding cartons, is driving demand. Cartons are increasingly replacing plastic packaging in everything from food and cosmetics to pharmaceuticals.