KBA’s Frankenthal Press Plant Celebrating Its 150th Jubilee

2011: realignment offers fresh opportunities
The realignment of KBA’s web press plants to a diminished market has not yet been completed. Following prolonged industrial action, in June this year an agreement was signed on further adjustments at the Frankenthal factory and a new business plan. This entails splitting the plant into two limited companies: an engineering entity, which will remain attached to the parent, and a manufacturing entity, which will be independent and thus able to bid for non-press-related contracts. To ease the transition the parent guarantees a sizeable number of contracts until 2016.