KBA Demonstrates Advances in Makeready, Energy Efficiency and Closed-Loop Color Control #Ipex

At the Ipex press conference KBA marketing director Klaus Schmidt noted that some 150 Genius 52UV presses have been sold to date. And fifteen years after KBA-Metronic’s first waterless press, the fact that another major manufacturer has also discovered the strengths of this technology and launched the Anicolor press at Ipex 2010 is evidence that the Genius 52UV is on the right track. A wider adoption of waterless print production can only promote its cause, whether with or without UV. In the past fifteen years KBA has driven advances in this environmentally friendly technology almost single-handedly, with the 74 Karat, the Rapida 74G, the Genius 52UV and a newspaper web press, the Cortina. So some support is very welcome.

Green printing an ongoing issue for KBA
Due to space and cost limitations, at Ipex KBA has foregone the dedicated green printing zone it had on its stand at Drupa 2008. But that does not alter the fact that the group’s commitment to green print production dates back to Drupa 2000, where it was the first manufacturer to exhibit an emissions-reduced sheetfed offset press – the Rapida 105 – which was awarded eco-certification by the German equivalent of the health and safety executive. This accreditation has since been extended to all Rapidas from the 75 to the 205. Energy-efficient press technology, environmentally friendly waterless offset, alcohol-free wet offset and reductions in noise, dust and carbon emissions are an ongoing focus at KBA.