Henan Daily Newspaper Group in Zhengzhou, China has singed a contract for a third Comet press line. The order follows the installation in 2001 and 2005 of two Comet press lines with a total of eight towers and four folders.

Sheetfed offset printers have the opportunity to capture new markets in packaging through the rise in use of new materials for packaging, says KBA

Major Chinese newspapers will soon be printed on presses fitted with innovative tools supplied by German offset printing systems suppliers, technotrans.

Well known waterless print business Fishprint has installed the country’s first KBA Genius 52UV waterless offset press. Fishprint is one of the leading companies in Australia in the use of environmentally friendly printing techniques, and calls itself a 100 per cent waterless printing company.

In November last year KBA took to the road for the third time in Malaysia and Indonesia to promote new advances in its sheetfed technology. The shows in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta were particularly well received, with attendance figures around 50 per cent higher than in previous years, according to KBA.

Rolling change in the media industry has been driving a need for intelligent alliances, and at this year’s Ifra Expo in Vienna KBA was a good example

Both commercial and newspaper web offset printers are being wowed with a series of press developments as manufacturers look to provide more to printers

KBA claims it has made a breakthrough with an environmentally friendly hotel key card, made of wood and printed with UV inks, which replaces the plastic ones employed worldwide, including the cards used in Copenhagen, the venue of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Beijing Daily Group has placed an order with KBA for a new Comet press line following a market comparison and a tour of inspection in Germany. Comprising three reelstands, three towers and one folder, the KBA Comet will go live next summer printing a free title launched last year for distribution in the Beijing underground.

Despite posting a group order intake that was 32.1 per cent below the drupa-enhanced figure for the same period last year, press manufacturer KBA has managed better than the 49 per cent plunge in the industry as a whole.

Amcor Cartons in Auckland has wound up its new KBA Rapida 105 to almost full speed this month after commissioning the press at its Penrose plant last month.

Despite posting a group order intake that was 32.1 per cent below the drupa-enhanced figure for the same period last year, press manufacturer KBA has managed better than the 49 per cent plunge in the industry as a whole.

Despite posting a group order intake that was 32.1 per cent below the drupa-enhanced figure for the same period last year, press manufacturer KBA has managed better than the 49 per cent plunge in the industry as a whole.

When Amcor Cartons Auckland asked for more consistency, more reliability, and more quality from its presses, KBA replied with the first new installation of a KBA 105 in the country

Amcor Cartons in Auckland has wound up its new KBA Rapida 105 to almost full speed this month after commissioning the press at its Penrose plant last month.

The new KBA Rapida 106 high productivity sheetfed press has made an impression in Australia, with Perth based Percival Print and Packaging the first company set to install the press

When Amcor Cartons Auckland asked for more consistency, more reliability, and more quality from its presses, KBA replied with the first new installation of a KBA 105 in the country

According to the Wall Street Journal’s September update of The Patent Board’s Patent Scorecard for manufacturers of heavy industrial equipment, KBA ranked 13th among the top 50, well ahead of its rivals.

According to the Wall Street Journal’s September update of The Patent Board’s Patent Scorecard for manufacturers of heavy industrial equipment, KBA ranked 13th among the top 50, well ahead of its rivals.

According to the Wall Street Journal’s September update of The Patent Board’s Patent Scorecard for manufacturers of heavy industrial equipment, KBA ranked 13th among the top 50, well ahead of its rivals.

According to the Wall Street Journal’s September update of The Patent Board’s Patent Scorecard for manufacturers of heavy industrial equipment, KBA ranked 13th among the top 50, well ahead of its rivals.

KBA is set to install its 1000th large format Rapida press following an order by German printer Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte last month. KBA says a five-colour Rapida 162a – for a sheet measuring 1200 x 1620mm – will go live this December in Wustermark, where it will print displays and packaging.

KBA is set to install its 1000th large format Rapida press following an order by German printer Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte last month. KBA says a five-colour Rapida 162a – for a sheet measuring 1200 x 1620mm – will go live this December in Wustermark, where it will print displays and packaging.

KBA is set to install its 1000th large format Rapida press following an order by German printer Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte last month. KBA says a five-colour Rapida 162a – for a sheet measuring 1200 x 1620mm – will go live this December in Wustermark, where it will print displays and packaging.

KBA is set to install its 1000th large format Rapida press following an order by German printer Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte last month. KBA says a five-colour Rapida 162a – for a sheet measuring 1200 x 1620mm – will go live this December in Wustermark, where it will print displays and packaging.

Frank Junker has stepped down as KBA’s executive vice-president for production after 50 years of service at the company’s Radebeul plant.

Frank Junker has stepped down as KBA’s executive vice-president for production after 50 years of service at the company’s Radebeul plant.

News Limited is now printing The Australian in Tasmania at its plant in Hobart, which features a single-width, double-circumference KBA Comet press line. The company adds the local printing will allow delivery to news stands earlier every day, and reduce air freight costs previously required to transport copies from the Melbourne print plant.