KBA's New Polish Operation - Agency Staff Absorbed

Koenig and Bauer (KBA) has opened a new subsidiary, KBA-Polska in Warsaw, to address the high-growth Polish market.

Koenig and Bauer (KBA) has opened a new subsidiary, KBA-Polska in Warsaw, to address the high-growth Polish market.

KBA said the development gives Poland a similar status to KBA's other major European markets - Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland and the UK - where the group has already established subsidiaries.

KBA-Polska has now taken over from KBA's previous agency, Deva-Print and the company now handles all sales and service activities for Rapida sheetfed presses and all sales of KBA web presses.

KBA-Polska also took over Deva-Print's premises in Warsaw.

KBA said that Oliver Becker, KBA-Polska's German managing director, is an experienced print professional, as he is working alongside his Polish wife, Mirosan.

Most of Deva-Print's sales and service staff have been kept on by the new subsidiary.

They include Jacek Nieszczerzewicz and Grzegorz Szymczykowski (sales) and Leszek Wostowski (after-sales service).

Oliver and Mirosan Becker are planning to maintain close ties with KBA in Germany to offer customers and prospects the best possible service.

KBA's customer base in Poland already includes such prominent names as Winkowski, the country's leading commercial printer, Graf Poz, Ellert and the Agora media group (Gazeta Wyborcza).

So far this year about 30 Rapida printing units and a number of Performa presses have been installed by KBA's Czech subsidiary, KBA-Grafitec.

The proximity of KBA's German sheetfed offset plant in Radebeul (near Dresden) and KBA-Grafitec's Czech production plant in Dobruska makes it easy for Polish printers to attend print tests and take advantage of KBA's customer services, added the company.

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