drupa 08 exceeds KBA’s expectations
For Koenig & Bauer AG
(KBA), drupa 08 was a great
success. Despite the
challenging business climate in
certain key markets, the attendance
figures and the proportion of both
foreign visitors and trade
professionals exceeded all
expectations. The web press division
landed contracts for a single-width
KBA Continent and six Compacta
commercial presses for 16 to 48 pages.
For newspaper printers from Europe
and overseas, KBA’s ultra-compact
and highly automated Cortina and
Commander CT presses were the
focus of attention.
Their range of compact presses has
now been expanded beyond the
waterless Cortina to include the
Commander CT (compact), a wet
offset press that delivers a raft of
benefits over conventional tower or
satellite presses. Standing just 4.5m
(14ft 9in) high, the Commander CT
represents a major advance in
ergonomics, cost efficiency, flexibility
and quality, enabling newspaper and
semi-commercial printers to respond
with agility to evolving market
demands.
The Commander CT and the Cortina
are the only two newspaper presses
in the global marketplace to feature
StepIN towers that split down the
centre at the touch of a button for
easy access and maintenance.
Convenient lifts on both sides of the
towers reduce walking
distances. Other features
common to both press
types are their fast yet
highly reliable KBA
PlateTronic automatic plate
changers, revolutionary
KBA NipTronic cylinder
bearings with optional
remote adjustment of the
printing pressure, and
KBA RollerTronic
automatic roller locks,
which have proven their efficiency
a thousand times over and in terms
of functionality and precision are far
superior to other automatic locks.
The only difference between the
Cortina and Commander CT is in
the printing process: the Cortina is
both keyless and waterless,
whereas the Commander CT has
optimised spray dampeners and film
inking units with ink keys and three
forme rollers. The doublecircumference
Commander CT is
available as a doublewidth (4/2) or
triple-width (6/2) version engineered
for full colour on both sides of the
web, with the option of printing 2/
2 on two webs.
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