Category: Offset and CtP

  • KBA shows off new Rapida 105 Pro

    KBA has shown off a new version of its Rapida 105 press at last week’s Print China show, though it won’t be officially available until June. The new 105 Pro fits in between the proven Rapida 105 and the high-end Rapida 106.

  • KBA releases 2014 figures

    KBA has published its figures for the full financial year for 2014. These show group sales of €1.1bn, on a par with the figures from the previous year. There was a slight rise in sheetfed offset press sales, mainly in the folding carton and metal decorating markets from €608m in 2013 to €610.1m.

  • Heidelberg adds UV to Anicolor 75

    Heidelberg has shown a UV version of its Anicolor Speedmaster XL75 perfecting press at a customer event at its Wiesloch-Walldorf site. It’s an obvious step given that one in every four of the conventional Speedmaster XL 75s are ordered for use with UV inks.

  • Goss updates NYT press

    Goss International has worked with Innotech to retrofit two existing Goss Colorliner press lines with a custom-configured Innotech Panorama Gatefold System for The New York Times.

  • Heidelberg claims reorganisation on track

    Heidelberg has confirmed its first half figures with EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) increased from €31 million to €53 million.

  • Heidelberg to host Open House event this week

    Heidelberg is hosting a head to head between two Speedmaster B2 presses, one running LE-UV and the other conventional, as part of its Hei Tech Challenge Open House.

  • Glunz & Jensen to adopt UV LED

    Glunz & Jensen is to use UV LED curing for its flexo platemaking units, with the first such products available in the first quarter of 2015.

  • KBA to add LED UV curing option

    KBA has teamed up with Air Motion Systems, a leading developer of UV LED curing systems, to offer a drying solution that can be integrated with KBA’s VariDry system complete with full operational consolidation at the press console. It can be specified on new presses, from the B3 Genius all the way up to the…

  • New digital metallic process announced

    Leonhard Kurz has launched its Digital Metal product, a system for applying metallic layers in the digital printing process.

  • New inkjet and toner presses from Canon

    Canon has announced a couple of new production printers. This includes a new high-speed inkjet printer, the ImageStream 3500, which appears to be based around the ColorStream 3000 series but with a new type of ink.

  • Heidelberg updates CombiStar press units

    Heidelberg has announced a new CombiStar combination unit for conditioning the dampening solution and controlling the temperature of the inking unit on its presses.

  • Muller Martini holds web offset open house

    Muller Martini is hosting an open house at its Maulburg facility in Germany to inaugurate its new Print Technology Center and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Muller Martini Printing Presses.