PaperWorks Adds a KBA Rapida 142 Large-Format Press

DALLAS—Jan. 9, 2012—KBA North America announces that PaperWorks Industries, a leading North American integrated full-service packaging provider based in Philadelphia, will be adding a new 56˝Rapida 142 seven-color press with UV capabilities to its facility in Mt. Gilead, NC. The press is due to be delivered in the next few days with a mid-March start-up date after installation and press training.

“Our new KBA Rapida 142 will service our entire customer base of high-end packaging brands,” says Jim Downey, general manager of the facility. “It will provide us with the ability to offer even faster turnaround times and higher quality and allow us to be more responsive to our customers due to the unique features on press that we didn’t have before.”

These features, explains Downey, include UV capabilities as well as KBA’s unique QualiTronic Color Control closed loop in-line color density measurement and control system, the first of its kind in sheetfed offset.