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Since 1963.

Spektar Printing House begins with one Heidelberg press and one promise — quality that doesn't depend on run size.

01. TIMELINE FROM FOTOIZDAT TO WEB2PRINT

Six decades of print.

1963

State Print House

Spektar Printing House is the successor of the State Print House "Fotoizdat".

1998

Spektar Printing House

The new company Spektar JSC is established and over the years becomes a modern printing house meeting all requirements for high quality and service.

2006

Construction

Spektar begins building its new facility in the Druzhba 2 district.

2007

Opening

Over 6,000 sq.m house the latest-generation Heidelberg sheet-fed presses, a bindery with Heidelberg, Polar and Muller Martini finishing equipment, and a prepress department with CTP Heidelberg and Prinect workflow software. A Man Uniman 4/2S web press handles newspaper production. The workforce reaches 120.

2007

Heidelberg St. No. 7

Sofia City Council officially renames the street. Our address is literally named after our machines.

2016

Prinect & corporate commitment

We roll out Heidelberg Prinect — Prinect Portal proofs, Version Control, B2B for corporate clients.

2025

Web2Print & B2C

We launch an online platform with a real-time calculator — our first direct B2C channel in 62 years.

2026

200 kW of sun

1,500 m² of rooftop becomes a 200 kW photovoltaic plant. By day the machines run directly on solar energy.

02. MACHINE PARK HEIDELBERG · POLAR · MULLER MARTINI · KOLBUS

The machines never sleep.

OFFSET · B1

Heidelberg SM 102-8P

Sheet-fed offset press. 8 printing sections with a perfector after the 4th — double-sided 4+4.

Speed12,000 sheets/h
Max format1020 × 720 mm
Colours8 (4+4 double-sided)
Details
OFFSET · B2

Heidelberg SM 74+8P

8 printing sections with a perfector. Double-sided printing for mid-run magazines and catalogues.

Speed15,000 sheets/h
Max format530 × 740 mm
Colours8 (4+4 double-sided)
Details
OFFSET · B2

Heidelberg SM 74+5

4 colour sections + 1 coating section. Mid-run books and brochures, spot colours and UV coating.

Speed15,000 sheets/h
Max format530 × 740 mm
Colours4 + coating
Details
WEB · NEWSPAPERS

Man Uniman 4/2S

Web press with 3 print sections and 1 folder. Tabloid 8–64 pp., 1+1 to 4+2 colours.

Speed25,000 cph
Formattabloid 290 × 420 mm
Paper45 g/m²
Details
PREPRESS · CTP

CTP Suprasetter

2 Heidelberg Suprasetter units with the Prinect Integration 2026 RIP. Direct file-to-plate exposure for offset plates.

RIPPrinect Integration 2026
Outputthermal plates
Details
PREPRESS · WORKFLOW

Prinect Integration

Heidelberg Prinect Integration 2026 workflow — order intake, imposition, approval, RIP, contract proofing, production tracking and data exchange with the presses.

Details
FINISHING · FOLDING

Heidelberg StahlFolder

Five Heidelberg Stahlfolder folders for signatures and leaflets. All standard schemes — parallel, cross, gate.

Format1020 × 720 mm
Speedup to 8,000 sheets/h
Equipment4 buckle plates + 2 knives
Details
FINISHING · SADDLE-STITCH

Heidelberg ST 250

Automatic saddle-stitch line — three-knife trimmer and stacker.

Sections7 signatures + cover · manual feed
Folded signature (untrimmed)min. 168 × 93 – max. 480 × 320 mm
Folded signature (trimmed)min. 160 × 90 – max. 474 × 305 mm
Details
FINISHING · CUTTING

Polar 115X

Automated straight-knife guillotine with paper loading and pallet unloading.

Configurationfeed · jogging · straight knife · Transomat
Max. cut format1020 × 720 mm
Details
FINISHING · PERFECT BIND

Muller Martini Pantera

Automatic EVA hot-melt & PUR perfect binding line for softcover products.

AdhesiveEVA · PUR hot-melt
Three-knife trimmerMuller Martini Merit S
Sections12 signatures + cover · manual feed
Details
FINISHING · THREAD-SEW

Muller Martini Ventura

Thread-sewing machine — sewing signatures for luxury editions and catalogues.

Untrimmed formatmin. 120 × 80 – max. 320 × 510 mm
Min. offset8 mm
Max. signature thickness4 mm
Details
FINISHING · HARDCOVER

Kolbus CaseMaker DA260

Casemaker for hardcovers and displays.

Unfolded formatmin. 205 × 140 – max. 670 × 390 mm
Rigid spinethickness 1 – 4 mm · width 6 – 90 mm
Flexible spinethickness 0.3 – 0.6 mm · width 6 – 90 mm
Details
FINISHING · HARDCOVER

Kolbus BF 512

Casing-in line for hardbound books — full production cycle.

Spinestraight or rounded · headband
Book blockmin. 100 × 100 × 2 – max. 280 × 375 × 80, 285 × 375 × 40, 300 × 375 × 30, 305 × 370 × 30 mm
Open casemin. 210 × 105 – max. 660 × 385 mm
Details