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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Rapida 205, Genius 52 UV, 74 Karat, Perfoma 74
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 August 2005
World's Biggest Sheetfed Press At Print
'05
At the Print 05 in Chicago, KBA and its Vermont-based US subsidiary, KBA North America Sheetfed Division, will be showcasing sheetfed offset technology and integrated workflows on stand 4045.
At the Print 05 in Chicago, KBA and its Vermont-based US subsidiary, KBA North America Sheetfed Division, will be showcasing sheetfed offset technology and integrated workflows on their stand - 4045 During the six days of the fair five presses will print and coat 40 different jobs on substrates ranging from paper and board to plastic film
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Print samples off what KBA claimed is the world's biggest sheetfed offset press, a size nine (80") Rapida 205, which recently won a GATF award and is already in action at a number of North American printing plants, will also be on display.
A five-colour version of a B3 (20.5") Genius 52 UV press manufactured by KBA-Metronic will demonstrate its high-speed job changes and low start-up waste of a claimed 10 sheets or less.
The press will print high-grade film but can just as easily print paper and board between 0.1mm and 0.8mm (4pt - 32pt) thick.
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KBA is showing two B2 (29") presses.
One is its 74 Karat digital offset press which, like the Genius 52, delivers a claimed high image quality in waterless, keyless offset on a variety of substrates.
An integrated coater option has become the preferred configuration for virtually every model sold, said KBA.
Pre-press providers and agencies have successfully used it to move in to press, and digital printers to expand their portfolio in to high-quality offset.
The other B2 press demonstrated will be a Perfoma 74, which will make its debut in the USA.
Manufactured by KBA's Czech subsidiary, KBA-Grafitec, the press will be a five-colour version with coater.
The Performa 74, with its claimed maximum output of 13,000 sheets per hour (sph) and intelligent automation, primarily targets printers on a limited budget who are looking for good, plain quality in preference to a lot of fancy options, added the company.
KBA's B1 (40") press at Print 05 will be the high-performance Rapida 105 unveiled at Drupa 2004.
The rated 18,000sph press will be demonstrated as a six-colour coater version, the most popular choice among US printers.
To date 60 presses in various configurations, including a 15-unit version, have rolled off the production line.
Some of them are now in the USA.
In the US packaging and display sector it is large-format presses that dominate and here KBA has notched up a number of installations that have made it the market leader, claimed the company.
Four years ago KBA North America showed a size seven (63") Rapida 162a but this time it has opted for a Rapida 142 six-colour coater with delivery extension because the press's productivity and substrate flexibility are winning orders number of commercial printers as an alternative to medium-format long perfectors.
According to KBA it's North America subsidiary is the fastest-growing sheetfed offset press supplier in the United States.
Orders for Rapida and Karat presses were up by 40 per cent last year and that is reflected in the sales figures for 2005.
Print '05 in Chicago runs from September 9-15. Request a free brochure from KBA ...
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