05.15.17
China Print 2017 opened its doors in Beijing on May 9 through May 13. And in the 200th year of its company history, the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA) unfurled a banner with its anniversary slogan “Origin & Future – 200 Years Koenig & Bauer” above a 1,000 square meter stand.
Packaging is a particularly fast-growing segment in China, and KBA is prepared to satisfy the arising market demands with offset, flexo, screenprinting and digital inkjet presses for folding cartons, corrugated board, hollow containers and metal substrates. Since 2016, this diverse product range has been supplemented further with rotary and flat-bed die-cutters from KBA-Sheetfed and KBA-Iberica, as well as marking and coding systems from KBA-Metronic, some of which are assembled at a local subsidiary in China itself.
During the live demonstrations on the KBA stand, the five-color Rapida 106 with DriveTronic SPC plate cylinder direct drives and the new half-format Rapida 75 PRO with six printing units, coater, extended delivery and essentially identical control and automation features are to be seen printing a series of poster and postcard jobs.
On the first day, the Rapida 75 PRO was officially handed over to its future owner Hucai Printing Co. Ltd. A first order for a press of this series from KBA was placed at drupa 2016. In the meantime, Hucai operates three half-format Rapidas.
Packaging is a particularly fast-growing segment in China, and KBA is prepared to satisfy the arising market demands with offset, flexo, screenprinting and digital inkjet presses for folding cartons, corrugated board, hollow containers and metal substrates. Since 2016, this diverse product range has been supplemented further with rotary and flat-bed die-cutters from KBA-Sheetfed and KBA-Iberica, as well as marking and coding systems from KBA-Metronic, some of which are assembled at a local subsidiary in China itself.
During the live demonstrations on the KBA stand, the five-color Rapida 106 with DriveTronic SPC plate cylinder direct drives and the new half-format Rapida 75 PRO with six printing units, coater, extended delivery and essentially identical control and automation features are to be seen printing a series of poster and postcard jobs.
On the first day, the Rapida 75 PRO was officially handed over to its future owner Hucai Printing Co. Ltd. A first order for a press of this series from KBA was placed at drupa 2016. In the meantime, Hucai operates three half-format Rapidas.