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UV also extends the range of inks and coatings that can be printed. An interesting area that KBA is going to feature is the increased integration between the press and RFID tags on paper to move closer to computer integrated manufacturing, while the RFID tags themselves are another application open to sheetfed printing using uv technology. “It’s about bringing processes that have been done off line into the press in order to shorten production cycles,” explains KBA’s Klaus Schmidt. Recent developments have included printing on plastics using a corona unit ahead of the printing towers to improve adhesion between ink and substrate.