Rapida presses enhance environmental credentials

Four Rapida 106 presses with a total of 26 printing units will be on their way to 07 Gruppen in Oslo (Norway) in November and December.

The KBA presses include a four-colour straight version, a five-colour with coater and an eight-colour machine with perfector for four over four production.

The fourth press, a further eight-colour perfector for four over four, will follow in spring 2009.

All the presses will incorporate automatic plate changing, Drivetronic SIS sidelay-free infeed, a board-printing capability and modifications to allow alcohol-free print production.

They will also be linked in pairs to Densitronic Professional density and spectral imaging control systems complete with Densitronic PDF Scanner, a new software package that was unveiled at Drupa.

In addition the two eight-colour press lines will have Drivetronic SPC dedicated plate-cylinder drives to allow simultaneous changing of all 16 plates.

Their specifications are said to be similar to those of the Rapida 106.

A printer of books and commercials, 07 Gruppen also provides web-based printing and design services.

It is the product of a merger last year of four independent printing companies.

Today the group runs two production plants in Oslo and one in Aurskog.

The four-colour and five-colour Rapidas will be installed in Oslo, the two eight-colour presses in Aurskog.

According to KBA, for 07 Gruppen, environmentally-friendly print production is a prime objective and it has achieved FSC accreditation.

It is also a promoter of ecological book production, campaigning against the import of books from eastern Europe and Asia, the transport of which generates twice the volume of carbon emissions as production in Norway.

The new Rapida presses' alcohol-free production, in-line quality control and automation, which are claimed to help trim make-ready times and waste, represent a further step towards ecologically sustainable print production.

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