KBA North America has entered into a strategic alliance with Tensor International to jointly market Tensor’s equipment solutions to the semi-commercial, insert and newspaper print markets worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, KBA will actively promote Tensor’s single-width printing solutions.
Ideal for segments such as the book market, direct mail, magazines, newspapers, packaging and other industrial printing markets, the RotaJET L-Series from KBA will be unveiled at GRAPH EXPO 14 at the end of this month.
KBA North America has received enthusiastic reviews for its Service Select program and its technicians. The program is a complete line of customized service products designed to maximize the productivity and profitability of a customer’s KBA press, and proactively helps KBA customers identify critical function areas that may be influencing productivity using press historical data.
After six months, earnings of the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA) were up significantly on the first quarter and 2013. The company's Fit@All realignment has progressed well, and orders are up 2.6 percent, with 3.1 percent more sales than in the previous year.
KBA North America has announced an increase of printing press sales in the Midwest. Many of KBA's customers are long-time loyal devotees that are adding KBA presses for capacity reasons; others are new KBA customers that switched press manufacturers.
MINNEAPOLIS—DigiGraphics, an Imagine! Print Solutions-owned company since January of 2012, is changing its name to Imagine! Express Minneapolis and adding complete commercial printing and direct mail capabilities to its lineup of equipment and services.
Rand Graphics, a print specialist in point-of-purchase applications based in Wichita, KS, will be adding a second KBA press—a new six-color, 41" KBA Rapida 105 press with coater, UV, and a plastics package—to its arsenal. The new press is due for delivery early fall of 2014.
Last week, Koenig & Bauer (KBA) welcomed over 250 print pundits from 22 countries to a two-day open house at its sheetfed offset plant in Radebeul, Germany. Under the banner “Commercial Printing. Competence. Network. 2014” the visitors were updated on the hottest topics regarding commercial printing.
In his speech at this year’s annual general meeting, Koenig & Bauer (KBA) president and CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann mainly reported on the measures, goals and current status of the Fit@All program for the restructuring of the group started at the beginning of the year.
The newest drying technology from KBA North America provides significant advancements, benefits and savings for commercial and package printers. Called VariDry LED-UV, this low-energy system delivers a savings of up to 50 percent in power consumption and energy costs vs. conventional UV dryers.
