KBA North America

WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America announced that Edison Litho & Printing, one of the largest large-format litho printers in the Northeast, has purchased its second KBA Rapida 205 81-inch—a six-color sheetfed press with coater and custom plastics package—making it the only printer in North America to operate two of the largest presses in the world in the same facility. In addition, Edison is also operating a KBA Rapida 162 64-inch six-color sheetfed press with aqueous coater, which was installed in January 2007. The newest KBA Rapida 205 81-inch press will be delivered to Edison’s facility in spring 2008. “Our sales growth has been nothing short

WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America announced that Edison Litho & Printing, one of the largest large-format litho printers in the Northeast, has purchased its second KBA Rapida 205 81-inch—a six-color sheetfed press with coater and custom plastics package—making it the only printer in North America to operate two of the largest presses in the world in the same facility. In addition, Edison is also operating a KBA Rapida 162 64-inch six-color sheetfed press with aqueous coater, which was installed in January 2007. The newest KBA Rapida 205 81-inch press will be delivered to Edison’s facility in spring 2008. “Our sales growth has been nothing short

WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America, a global press manufacturer is reporting double-digit sales growth at Colonial Carton Company, a leading pharmaceutical folding carton manufacturer located in Clayton, N.C., thanks to the printer’s use of two KBA Rapida 105 41-inch sheetfed presses: a four-color and a seven-color press both equipped with the unique KBA Qualitronic II inline sheet inspection system that takes pictures of each sheet for full copy control and produces 18,000 sheets per hour. “Our duo of KBA presses is helping us bring in a host of new customers who give us value-added jobs with specialized coatings,” says Joe Elphick, president and CEO of

WÜRZBURG, Germany—Press manufacturers Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) in Germany and Officine Meccaniche Giovanni Cerutti S.p.A. (Cerutti) in Italy have signed an agreement transferring to Cerutti for an undisclosed sum all KBA’s intellectual property rights (know-how, industrial designs and patents) relating to rotogravure printing presses for magazines, catalogues and decorative paper. KBA will design and manufacture the folders for all new Cerutti publication rotogravure presses. In addition KBA will continue to provide after-sales service for the rotogravure presses it sold up to the date of the transaction. The agreement will allow the two groups to optimise the development and manufacture of their products and

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—KBA North America, a leading press manufacturer based in Williston, Vt., announced that Imagine! Print Solutions—a fast-growing printer serving seven national print segments—has installed a KBA Rapida 105 Universal 41-inch sheetfed press this summer. With the installation of the six-color perfector with UV capability in June 2007, Imagine!’s total number of KBA sheetfed presses now numbers six. The new press is equipped with full automation packages, including auto plate loaders, auto wash-up and a scanning spectrophotometer. “Our philosophy is to maintain a high level of service and print quality for our customers,” said Bob Lothenbach, Imagine!’s founder and president. “That means having the

SEWICKLEY, Pa.—Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) recently announced the recipients of the 2007 InterTech Technology Awards. For over a quarter of a century, recipients of this prestigious award have not only had a major impact on the graphic communications industry, but they also consistently prove to be successful in the commercial marketplace. The independent panel of judges deliberated over technology submissions ranging from printing presses to software solutions to ancillary services. A recurring theme with 2007 InterTech nominations was green printing, and numerous submissions contained solutions to minimize the environmental impact of printing. Great strides in technology were also demonstrated in

WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North Americawill be holding a two-day in-depth seminar on UV curing inks and coatings on July 24-25, 2007 at its corporate office and customer center in Williston, Vt. The firm has lined up a long list of experts and will be providing in-depth instruction and analysis on a variety of aspects regarding this topic. The topics to be covered include drying systems, an explanation of hybrid presses, combination printing rollers, UV inks/hybrid inks in relation to conventional printing processes, pre-press adjustment for UV, finishing requirements, UV consumables, plastics and non-porous substrate overview, new applications, special effects, and the future outlook for this

WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America is offering another comprehensive five-day seminar on lenticular printing and prepress work scheduled for May 29 to June 1. The professional development seminar, held at KBA’s headquarters, brings together KBA’s lenticular, printing, and marketing experts with owners and press operators of the award-winning KBA Genius 52 UV press. Lenticular printing is a special technique that involves printing an image on the back side of lenticular plastic, allowing the eye to simultaneously view alternating sections of multiple images to give the impression of 3-D, flip, or motion. “After our first seminar in late 2006, we decided to hold a second seminar

WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America is offering another comprehensive five-day seminar on lenticular printing and prepress work scheduled for May 29 to June 1. The professional development seminar, held at KBA’s headquarters, brings together KBA’s lenticular, printing, and marketing experts with owners and press operators of the award-winning KBA Genius 52 UV press. Lenticular printing is a special technique that involves printing an image on the back side of lenticular plastic, allowing the eye to simultaneously view alternating sections of multiple images to give the impression of 3-D, flip, or motion. “After our first seminar in late 2006, we decided to hold a second seminar

MARIETTA, Ga.—KBA North America, a leading press manufacturer based in Williston, Vt., announced that Color Spectrum Network, a manufacturer of printed folding cartons located in Marietta, Ga., has ordered a specially-configured Rapida 105 41-inch eight-color sheetfed press configured with a coater, dryer, dryer and coater with extended delivery and plastics packaging kit in an all U.V. environment. The press is due to be delivered to Color Spectrum Network in June 2007 and be fully-operational by August 2007. “Our new KBA Rapida 105 will further our offerings as a provider of high-end cartons and rigid boxes, and allow us to reach greater degrees of difficulty