KBA North America

As it bolsters the staff of its fast-growing flexographic printing division, KBA North America named Preston Neetzel as its new technical sales manager for KBA-Flexotecnica.

Marrs Printing & Packaging will add a new fully-automated six-color KBA Rapida 106 press with coater and board package this summer. The press will lead to increased pressroom optimization with its fast makeready capabilities.

Tom Fitzgerald has been appointed by KBA to a newly created position of overseeing development, implementation and management of sales and marketing for postpress products from KBA's new subsidiary KBA-Iberica.

KBA North America has been named the North American exclusive distributor for the newly acquired Spanish medium- and large-format flatbed diecutter manufacturer Iberica AG S.A. by its parent company, Koenig & Bauer.

Advance Paper Box Company/Packaging Spectrum, a premier full-service packaging company since 1924, is reaching new levels of efficiency with a newly-installed seven-color, 57˝ KBA Rapida 145 press.

KBA-Sheetfed has developed the Rapida RSP 106 as an offline finishing system for luxury packaging, high-quality promotional material and corporate publishing based on the renowned Rapida platform.

Throughout drupa 2016, digital and conventional press suppliers demonstrated how by working together, they can provide the best solutions for their customers' needs.

In an effort to continue its expansive growth in the packaging, retail and entertainment markets, The Garvey Group has become the first printer in North America to own three 81˝ KBA Rapida 205 presses.

With a new press and a refreshed vision, Dee Paper Box Co. seeks to expand its folding carton expertise.

KBA-Flexotecnica will unveil its new NEO XD LR HYBRID CI flexo press at drupa 2016. The press is engineered to work with solvent and water-based inks, plus UV-LED and EB ink curing systems.