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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Rapida 105 press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 October 2006
Eight Rapida Press Meets Book Printing
Demands
Three million hardback books and three to four million paperbacks come off the presses each year at Star Standard Industries (SSI) in Singapore and its Malaysian subsidiary, SSP Industries in Kluang.
Three million hardback books and three to four million paperbacks come off the presses each year at Star Standard Industries (SSI) in Singapore and its Malaysian subsidiary, SSP Industries in Kluang To keep pace with demand from publishers in 28 countries SSI commissioned its eighth Rapida 105 press since it switched to KBA in 2003 - an indication of the 105's mounting popularity in Asia-Pacific markets, believes KBA
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 24 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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SSI, which was established in 1965, is out to expand its global market share and to that end it is investing heavily in new equipment.
Aside from the quality and performance of the high-speed Rapida, what tipped the scales in favour of KBA was the opening of a branch office in Singapore by regional subsidiary KBA Asia Pacific, which improved the service the company provides, added the company.
The new five-colour Rapida 105 universal at the main production plant in Singapore follows five four-colour and two five-colour versions in Kluang - three of them acquired in little more than a year.
Timothy Chen and his counterpart in Malaysia, Teo Choon Beng, are unanimous in their conviction that switching to the more robust and user-friendly Rapida 105 universal medium-format presses will enable the group to achieve its objectives, commented KBA.
The results of print tests and the experience gained in Kluang have persuaded Chen to install more KBA presses at SSI's main plant in Singapore, replacing the entire fleet over the next five or six years.
A KBA seminar in Singapore on exploiting the potential of in-line coating has provided a valuable insight in to how the group's range of products goods and services could be expanded still further.
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