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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Rapida 105, Performa 74 presses
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 April 2008
Malaysian Print Growth Leads To KBA
Press Sales
KBA has claimed it is building a strong reputation amongst Malaysia's sheetfed offset printers with its Rapida and Performa presses.
Following the company's success in the country's newspaper sector, with the installation of several large-scale Commander press lines for leading daily publication, the New Straits Times, the company said that its team at KBA Asia Pacific in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore has followed up with sales of an eight-colour Rapida 105 press for four-over-four perfecting to Art Printing Works It has also sold seven Rapida 105 universal presses to SSP Industries with deliveries of five-colour coater presses of the Rapida 105 universal series to Linocraft Printers in Johor Bahru and Tung Lim Press in Shah Alam
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Performa 74 from KBA-Grafitec, which has been installed at Compugraphic Forms in Butterworth near Penang, according to the company further underlines the increasing demand for modern press technology from KBA in all areas of Malaysia.
KBA added that such success indicates that the previous dominance of the Japanese press manufacturers is diminishing even though the Japaense Yen provides exchange rate advantages.
The company said that one example of its machines being selected to help a firm's growth is at Tung Lim Press, which focused on the market for books, brochures, labels and posters were limited but has increasingly moved forwards in the printed packaging sector.
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Tung Lim Press's products are said to be in high demand amongst industrial and consumer-trade customers.
The new five-colour Rapida 105 universal, with its in-line coating facility, is expected to further accelerate that expansion.
Tung Lim Press managing director, Derek Wong, commented: "With its flexibility to handle such a wide variety of substrates, this press offers many new possibilities for us to respond to special customer wishes in commercial and packaging printing.
Demand is growing strongly and we will probably be investing in another Rapida press very soon." In addition, Compugraphic Forms in Penang is also said to be satisfied with its new B2 perfector press, a KBA Performa 74.
Compugraphic Forms produces business forms and security documents, serving industrial clients, banks and insurers.
At times, its production ran simultaneously on eight continuous forms presses but when that market declined direct mail was identified as a potential new foothold.
Company proprietor Steven Ling commented: "The KBA Performa 74 is the right press to support our entry in to this new market.
It combines economic efficiency and performance with automation and simple handling.
Our direct mailing division, which is in the meantime active throughout Malaysia and beyond, will continue to grow.
With the Performa 74, we believe we have good chances for further success.".
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