Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

If you’re using late-model flexo or offset equipment to produce packaging and labels, give yourself some extra points for being cutting-edge. Thanks to automation and other technical advances, the conventional processes have never looked or performed better.

Oak Printing, a printer of paper labels, has purchased an eight-color, 41˝ Koenig & Bauer Rapida 105 PRO. The company was drawn toward the automated capabilities of the press and its ability to handle a variety of substrates.

Hammer Packaging rolled out the red carpet recently, as Claus Bolza-Schünemann, president and CEO of Koenig & Bauer, visited the company's Rochester, N.Y. facility to learn how Hammer Packaging's KBA Rapida 106 press is assisting the company and its customers.

In 2017, printers and converters of folding cartons enjoyed an industry that offered stability and opportunities for growth. packagePRINTING's 2017 Folding Carton State of the Industry report outlines the packaging industry trends and forecasts folding carton converters need to know.

Heidelberg's Packaging Day event highlighted the company's latest solutions for package printing, including offset and digital printing technology. More than 300 visitors from around the world attended the event.

As part of Heidelberg's recent Packaging Day's event, Netherlands-based Acket drukkerij kartonnage and Belgium-based Smart Packaging Solutions demonstrated how they are utilizing the latest in Heidelberg's offset printing portfolio to create a variety of packaging.

D'addario, one of the world's leading manufacturers of guitar strings and other musical instrument accessories, relies on its in-plant printing operation to produce its quality, color-accurate packaging.

New technology in offset printing offers opportunities to cut costs and makeready times and to increase quality control, ultimately winning over new customers and satisfying existing customers. But first you need to know what options are available.

What does it take to keep an offset printing press performing consistently? It's a question I have been asked more times than I can count — and with good reason.

To celebrate its 200th anniversary, Koenig & Bauer (formerly KBA) hosted a celebration that culminated with a gala reception attended by nearly 700 guests and a special program featuring dignitary presenters such as Horst Köhler, the former president of Germany.