Offset Printing - UV/LED Curing

Held from June 24-26, KBA’s LED-UV and Traditional UV Conference shared practical knowledge on cutting-edge UV sheetfed offset.

This 2015 Gold Ink Awards entry, titled "Barnard Pocket Folder" was entered into the Folders category by MOSAIC in Cheverly, Maryland. This promotional welcome package was designed for new students at Barnard College, promising them "a college experience most only dream of...in the city that never sleeps." What makes this piece stand out are the clever diecuts and striking bright yellow, blue and black colors that were used to capture the New York City skyline.

Nearly 1,000 people turned out for two days of KBA’s open house in Wurzburg, Germany.

Over 500 customers came from all over the world for three days of celebrations to mark the opening of the Print Media Center Commercial, which covers an area totaling over 4,700 sq. m. and offered visitors practical demonstrations of integrated print production with a constant focus on customer benefits.

J&J Printing is now the first printer in the Kansas City area to offer instant LED-UV curing.

Colonial Printing in Warwick, Rhode Island, has installed a new six-color Lithrone G40 (GL640) with H-UV, retiring two older presses.

Manroland Sheetfed has introduced its Low Energy Curing (LEC) UV technology for Roland offset presses.

Air Motion Systems and KOMCAN, the agent for Komori in Ontario and Western Canada, have partnered to offer Air Motion Systems' LED UV and UV curing technologies to KOMCAN customers. "Canada has been a fantastic market for AMS for almost two decades. The adoption rate of LED UV in the sheetfed market has been key to the outstanding growth of our technology," said Steve Metcalf, president and CEO of Air Motion Systems.

As the fastest-growing drying technology, VariDry LED-UV from KBA provides significant advancements, benefits and savings.

Soon after installing a new KBA Rapida 106, the management team at Cenveo wanted to show off its versatility and productivity.