UBS Printing Group -- Forging New Paths

With the Rapidas 105s, Ashdown saw an advantage due to the fact that the KBA presses operate on bearings as opposed to bushings. With the printer's previous press lines, fiber optics also became an issue as the units grew older.

"Some of the main selling points for us are the way that the KBA press ink train is shorter and the fact that color changes are so much quicker," Ashdown remarks. "The quality of our products seem to be better and more consistent because of the shorter ink train and the way the computers talk. Makereadies are also faster on the KBAs because we don't have to go and readjust all the transverters. And we don't have to make any gripper pad height adjustments."