KBA Sees Perceptible Upturn in Printing Press Sector

Successful trade fairs in England and China
Hansen was pleased with attendance figures and the investment climate at the Ipex international trade fair last month in Birmingham, UK, and at the CHIPF packaging exhibition earlier this month in Beijing, China. Most of the contracts sealed at these two shows were for sheetfed presses. So far this year KBA has sold 20 large-format presses to book and packaging printers in China alone, underscoring its pole position in this format class. The market leader in newspaper presses and specific niche markets such as metal decorating and security presses, last year KBA boosted its domestic and its international standing in the biggest sector of all, sheetfed presses.