KBA FInancials Include Jump in Order Backlog

As an acknowledged driver of technological advances the group will be launching an array of new products and processes at the drupa trade fair in May, among them a web-fed inkjet press for the high-growth digital print market.

More shipments to Europe
A 34.3 percent rise in domestic sales trimmed the export level from 88.5 percent to 84.4 percent. The proportion of group sales generated in the rest of Europe climbed from 28.5 percent to 35.6 percent, with higher sales of both sheetfed and web presses contributing to the increase. Despite a gain in sheetfed orders, the proportion of the group total attributable to North America plunged to the exceptionally low level of 8.6 percent.