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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Comet press towers, Rapida 105 B1 press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 March 2008
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The contract for Comet press towers and three sheetfed presses from KBA has been signed by Grupo Nacion in San Jose in Costa Rica.
The single-width Comet with heatset capability will be the second of its kind at Grupo Nacion, which commissioned its first Comet press four years ago The development, which includes Grupo Nacion's first sheetfed presses from the German press manufacturer, will make the complete press fleet at the company 100 per cent KBA
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The contract specifies three identical Rapida 105 B1 (41-inch) five-colour presses scheduled for delivery in May, July and September.
Each press will have a coater, double extended delivery, shaftless feeder, no-sidelay SIS infeed, automatic plate changing, Technotrans' Inkline ink pumping and board and UV and hybrid printing capabilities.
The Rapidas will replace four presses from other German manufacturers.
KBA said it won the contract following a comparison of various press types from Germany and the Far East, as well as fact-finding missions to German, Spanish and US users.
According to the company, Grupo Nacion chose Rapida 105s to address a mounting demand for in-line-coated UV and hybrid printed products.
Grupo Nacion added that it aims to expand its product portfolio with coated magazines and commercial products.
The CX board package will also allow it to address a growing demand for heavier stock.
All the presses will have Technotrans cooling systems to support low-alcohol printing and that reflects Costa Rica's environmental regulations, which have made low-emission printing an important issue.
To safeguard the presses' performance KBA is providing a service package that will embrace staff training, preventive maintenance and the supply of spare parts.
Along with the three sheetfed presses from KBA in Radebeul (Germany), Grupo Nacion has ordered from KBA's Wurzburg facility a two-tower extension to its current Comet press line, which will raise the total number of towers to 10.
That development will allow Grupo Nacion to increase the page counts of the four daily titles printed on the press.
Its two most recent launches - La Teja, a tabloid, and La vuelta en U, a university newspaper - are growing , along with its well-established titles, La Nacion and El Dia.
The heatset capability is used during the day to print a range of contract titles, amongst them magazines, Avon catalogues and flyers.
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