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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Commander CT, Cortina
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 October 2006
Ifra Success For KBA - Compact Web Press
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For Koenig and Bauer (KBA), the Ifra Expo 2006 newspaper trade fair was an unmitigated success, claimed the company.
For Koenig and Bauer (KBA), the Ifra Expo 2006 newspaper trade fair was an unmitigated success, claimed the company The focus of attention at this year's event was a new compact wet offset press, the KBA Commander CT
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Nov 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Commander CT is the same height (3.9m or 13feet) as the waterless, keyless KBA Cortina that was previewed in Amsterdam in 1999 and which is now in operation at seven European printing plants.
The Commander CT also has the same level of automation, including KBA Platetronic automatic plate changers, which KBA claimed to be unique in the global newspaper market.
It also has KBA's Niptronic automatic bearings for push-button adjustment of the nip pressure from the console.
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During Ifra, 180 newspaper professionals took the opportunity to attend an evening production run on the Cortina at Dijkman Offset in nearby Diemen (Germany).
KBA said that a growing number of coldset printers whose jobs include multiple split-run editions or challenging quality specifications, see the compact waterless press as a viable alternative when investing in new equipment.
The company added that a total of eight Cortina presses have been sold to printers in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland.
Shortly before Ifra opened KBA also announced an additional order for the first Cortina in Scandinavia, where, for environmental reasons, waterless offset is more common than in the rest of Europe.
The waterless, keyless Cortina, with its claimed short make-ready, reduced manning requirements, minimum start-up waste and claimed 60lpc and FM screens, will also remain a major focus of KBA's research, development and marketing activities, added the company.
KBA said that it is firmly convinced that the Cortina and the process standardisation it embodies are a stuiable basis for print automation.
On the final day of the Ifra show Dijkman Offset placed an order for an additional four-high tower, reelstand and folder for its existing Cortina press line.
Contracts for extensions to Colora and Comet presses in the UK and Spain were also signed during the fair.
For the seventh time in succession, KBA users ranked high in new admissions to the International Newspaper Color Quality Club for the 2006-2008 session, carrying off 16 of the 50 awards from a total of 181 submissions by 38 newspaper publishing houses worldwide.
The prize-winners included regional German newspapers (Heilbronner Stimme, Darmstadter Echo, Frankischer Tag, Saarbrucker Zeitung, Wilhelmshavener Zeitung), high-circulation national titles in Europe and overseas - Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Germany), Kronen Zeitung and Kurier (Austria), Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland), Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Concentra Media's Metro (Belgium), Wegener Grafische Groep's de Stentor (Netherlands) and The Straits Times (Singapore).
Other winners included contract titles such as the Coopzeitung printed by Basler Zeitung (Switzerland). Request a free brochure from KBA ...
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