RR Donnelley, KBA Partner For Digital Print Platforms

CHICAGO, Ill.—RR Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD) and Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) of Wurzburg, Germany announced an agreement to develop, manufacture, and sell next generation piezoelectric digital inkjet printing solutions to the packaging, securities, commercial, and newspaper segments. Under the terms of the agreement, RR Donnelley will license its Apollo and other digital imaging technologies to KBA, which will incorporate them into its press offerings.

"RR Donnelley and KBA have long been leaders and innovators in our respective industries," said Thomas J. Quinlan III, RR Donnelley's president and CEO said. "We look forward to having the combined R&D resources of nearly 1,000 engineers and imaging scientists bring forward the next generation of digital imaging technologies."

This relationship will benefit the customers we serve today and enable RR Donnelley innovations to be introduced to customers in segments that we do not yet address."