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News Release from: KBA
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 March 2007
Rotary Press Donation For Moscow Print
University
German press manufacturer, KBA has donated a printing unit of its Compacta 215 rotary commercial offset press range for training purposes to Moscow's State University of Printing Arts.
German press manufacturer, KBA has donated a printing unit of its Compacta 215 rotary commercial offset press range for training purposes to Moscow's State University of Printing Arts The printing unit will be installed in a laboratory built for KBA and will offer the next generation of Russia's managers the opportunity to discover the modern printing press industry in a practical way, said KBA
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The university is the only institute of technology that trains specialists for Russia's publishers, printing houses, book traders and other related industries, added the company.
It has 6,000 registered students, spread across five faculties with a total of 30 academic chairs.
An interesting feature is the high proportion of female students (approximately 75 per cent) who have chosen to study printing.
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KBA said it has enjoyed a close relationship with the university for many years, providing support for training Russia's polygraphic elite.
KBA has just donated the university KBA said that the Compacta 215 was the first rotary commercial offset press to be fitted with the company's Drivetronic shaftless AC drive, which is now standard on modern web offset presses.
The Compacta 215 also includes the Minigap system with the blanket plates, which is claimed to reduce the non-printing area to just 6mm and has been adopted by other manufacturers for their own applications, such as on six-blanket-wide newspaper presses.
The certificate marking the donation of the Compacta 215 printing unit was handed over to Dr Alexei Fedorovitch Benda, professor and prorector of the university, during a visit by Christoph Muller, KBA's rotary press sales, marketing and service director.
Also at the meeting, KBA sales director, Dr Peter Jargstorf, was thanked for his many years of service on the board of trustees of the university, whilst Christoph Muller was appointed as a new member of the board of trustees at the institution.
Each year, more than 1,000 new students apply to the Moscow institution, which enjoys a nationwide reputation.
It has many international relationships, chief amongst them is a student exchange programme with a university in South Korea.
The university began in 1930 with the founding of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, which at that time consisted of only three faculties.
The faculty of mechanics and mechanical engineering opened a few years later and the university began to train specialists in the main fields of printing and publishing.
Over the course of its 77-year history, the university has become one of Russia's most renowned academic and scientific institutions with a highly-qualified teaching staff, said KBA. Request free introductory details about products from KBA ...
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