HEIDELBERG GERMANY—  Heidelberg has announced its Shift summit a resounding success and plans to run the event again next year. The two-day event was held earlier September with more than 200 international guests in attendance.Key topics included automation, hybrid print production, and how firms were adapting to manage multiple small orders rather than longer run lengths. The International summit  examined current status of digitalization and develop potential solutions for automating printing industry workflows. Presentations by decision-makers and workshops in new Home of Print to focus on practical approaches and implementation. Printing industry managers still regard the digitalization and automation of business and production processes as one of their biggest challenges. The entire printing sector is in the midst of the digital transformation and many print shops are searching for solutions that will enable them to put the new technological possibilities to successful use in their business models. Surveys conducted by Heidelberger  among printing companies in all key markets worldwide confirm these findings.