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KBA Japan has retrofitted its first press installation with an Eco-Eagle Cold Foil system solution from Graphic Art Systems at Taisei Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based packaging printer. Taisei can now offer its clients an in-house, value-added finishing technique for cold foil applications.

A recent episode of "Manufacturing Marvels" on the FOX Business Network highlights Huston Patterson’s KBA packaging technology and unique customer service. The segment was shot on location at Huston Patterson’s 110,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Decatur, IL, and shows the firm’s KBA sheetfed presses in action.

Preliminary sales for printing press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) for 2012 rose by over 10 percent to nearly €1.3bn; and a positive operating profit of over €30m before special items, more than triple that of 2011 (€9.9m). Operating and free cash flow were also significantly positive.

Following the entry into the promising digital print market at drupa 2012 with an inkjet web press produced at KBA’s main plant in Würzburg, the takeover of Flexotecnica in Tavazzano, near Milan, signals the entry into the growing print market for flexible packaging (especially films).

Koenig & Bauer (KBA) has taken a further step to align the company in the mid-term by extending its credit lines for cash use and guarantees by three years. “With this step we are taking advantage of the current favorable interest rate level and have provided ourselves with a solid financial backing in the volatile capital-goods industry,” says KBA CFO Dr. Axel Kaufmann.

WÜRZBURG, GERMANY—In response to the increased purchasing costs for materials, energy and other resource inputs, press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has announced a price increase of 2.5 percent for its sheetfed offset presses, effective April 15.

Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has announced a price increase of 2.5 percent for its sheetfed offset presses with effect from April 15, 2013. This step is viewed as part of KBA's extensive program of measures supporting stronger and sustainable profitability across all fields of business.

Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ February 2013 edition, featuring Meredith-Webb Printing and Conquest Bindery.

In the United States, KBA North America's 81˝ Rapida 205 sheetfed press is producing a variety of work at nearly 20 sites with unprecedented achievement. Two of these KBA customers have distinguished themselves by investing in the Rapida 205 twice with two of these 81˝ presses sitting side-by-side in their U.S. facilities.

Effective Jan. 1, 2013, collective special regulations—which were agreed to by KBA, employee representatives and representatives from IG Metall—came into place at the main plants in Würzburg and Radebeul, Germany. Introduced to alleviate fluctuations in capacity utilization, these amendments also serve to improve the profitability of the core sheetfed and web press business.