Sheetfed Offset--Running With The Big Dogs

For now, press manufacturers are keeping their ears to the ground. Robert McKinney, marketing director for KBA North America, Sheetfed Press Div., hears the constant call for greater press productivity, which comes back to quicker makeready times.

Primary Focus
"Everything we have done has been geared towards the reduction of makeready times through automation," McKinney says. "Every place that it's possible to automate the makeready function and CIP3 integration—all washup systems, automatic plate hanging systems—that has been our key emphasis."