KBA North America

Held once every four years, drupa has historically been a bellwether of product development cycles.

This year started well for the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA). The firm reported a positive first quarter with €2.1m EBIT and €0.6m EBT.

Sussex, Wisconsin-based Color Ink began as a commercial printer more than three decades ago, but after seeing local companies turning to outside graphic design firms to develop their packaging, Color Ink decided it was time to enter the packaging market. The company has made a big splash, not only producing packaging, but producing the products to be packaged.

Using unique technology, the KBA Rapida sheetfed press delivers higher production and more hourly net output. About a dozen presses are in full production among some of the best known and highly respected printers in the country where this lightning-fast speed is being met on a daily basis.

Through a web service retrofit/rebuild program offered by KBA, the pressroom at Toronto’s Metroland newspaper has received an upgrade.

Kevin Tuschl has been named regional sales manager for KBA North America’s KBA-Flexotecnica division.

At drupa, KBA will show innovative products and processes in digital, flexo and offset printing.

The Rapida 75 PRO from KBA will be unveiled at drupa 2016. This new press closes the gap to the highly automated Rapida 76.

At drupa, KBA-Flexotenica will showcase its CI flexo NEO XD LR Hybrid.

Under the brand KBA 4.0, KBA will utilize digital transformation for data-based business models in customer service at drupa.