Edison Litho Talks Leadership, Big Presses at GlobalShop; Draws Crowd with Former Bears’ Star Player

“We’re proud to say that we have the largest presses in the world,” says Gross, referring to the Rapida 205. “And we feel we have made a great choice in technology, especially since the Rapida 205 won the prestigious PIA/GATF InterTech award in 2005.”

The KBA Rapida 205 81-inch six-color press features a maximum sheet size of 59.5 x 81-inches running at a speed of 9,000 sph. It gives Edison the ability to run paper and board stock ranging from 80 lb to 48 pt. Plus, it is the first press of this size to offer a wide range of features such as a fully-automatic plate changer, automatic blanket and impression cylinder washing systems, inline anilox coating system and drying options such as IR, UV, or hybrid. New technology and automation also includes KBA’s Densitronic quality control system, and inline perforating and slitting to the press. An automatic camera register control system provides an extremely efficient system for fast color registration on a press of this size.