KBA wraps up China road show

KBA has completed its seventh annual road trip through China, informing printers of the latest sheetfed offset trends in the printing industry.

The companu hosted six events in Tainan, Taipei, Dongguan, Kunming, Ningbo and Taiyuan covering ttopics suxh as inline finishing technologies for packaging production; migration-free printing as well as the introduction of the KBA RotaJET 76 digital web press; the medium-format Rapida 105 sheetfed offset press; and the new large-format Rapida 145 and Rapida 164 press series. Some event locations saw the 19-unit Rapida 106 with inert curing and cold-foil finishing capabilities at Amcor in Rickenbach, Switzerland.

As in previous years, printing houses opened their doors as part of the road show, offering practical demonstrations. Participants saw a live demo of a seven-colour Rapida 105 with coater and UV capabilities at Yunnan Junhe Printing Company. Ningbo Beike Packaging Company invited guests to see its new Rapida 145 in action, the first large-format press of this series in China. The printing firm received this press, showcased at China Print in May. The highly automated five-colour press with coater predominantly prints packaging and displays.

Along with Jürgen Veil, key account manager packaging at KBA and a well-known speaker at the road shows throughout China, Andreas Hatzelmann from KBA sales, Lianbiao Wang sales manager at KBA China and Andreas Friedrich general manager web sales and service (North/East Asia) were also on hand to present the latest innovations from KBA.

Between 80 and 200 print professionals, mostly from packaging printing firms, took part in the single events.

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