Koenig & Bauer announced the market launch of a brand new generation of its Rapida 145 and Rapida 164 large-format sheetfed offset presses. This new line has features that will enable the large-format Rapidas to consolidate their position as market leaders in this format class.
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The Rapida 106 X heralds a new era in eco-printing performance for the ARNOLD group, and its successful installation left everyone smiling (left to right): Dirk Winkler, head of print technology, product management and product marketing, Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed; Max and Andreas Arnold, managing directors of the ARNOLD group; Oliver Schönfeld, sales manager, Koenig & Bauer (DE).
The ARNOLD group, which is based in GroÃbeeren near Berlin, treated itself to a very special Christmas present at the end of last year. 23 December marked the start of production on a brand new Rapida 106 X from Koenig & Bauer. Right from the very first day, the eight-colour press with perfecting unit and an additional coater boosted output by 50 per c
Parksons notches a ton with Rapida Alongside its headquarters in Mumbai, Parksons Packaging, overseen by chairman Ramesh Kejriwal, operates five ultra-modern production plants at locations all over the subcontinent. With its newly installed Rapida 76, there are now exactly 101 printing and finishing units from Koenig & Bauer in production for the Indian packaging giant. At a ceremony to mark the commissioning of the Rapida 76, Dietmar Heyduck, Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed (second from right), honoured Ramesh Kejriwal, Parksons Packaging (centre), as an important partner
The first Rapida sheetfed offset presses started arriving at the company in 2005. At the time, Parksons was looking for presses to handle UV production. The Rapida 105, with its facility to switch dryer modules between multiple installation points was the industry yardstick in those days, not only at Parksons, but indeed for UV production through