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CO2 Monitoring by ClimatePartner Product From KBA North America: In a collaboration project with ClimatePartner, Koenig & Bauer AG is the first printer manufacturer to offer environmentally minded customers an individualized and easy-to-use solution for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions generated by printing production runs.

KBA was one of ClimatePartner’s early industry partners. The two companies have been working together since 2008. Effective immediately, KBA will be offering their own online platform in co-operation with the environmental protection consultancy out of Munich. Printing shops can use the platform to calculate the CO2 emitted in their printing production runs, which could then be neutralized by participating in certified climate protection projects.

Printing shops registering at http://www.climateneutralprinting.com/kba an enter data relevant to emissions and obtain the information on their printing shop’s individual carbon footprint, enabling them to henceforth print in a climate neutral manner. Furthermore, knowing a printing shop’s carbon footprint is the starting point for making improvements in environmental protection. The Würzburg printer manufacturer is hoping to sensitize their customers to the challenges presented by climate change.

Klaus Schmidt, Director of Marketing and Communication at KBA: “Climate neutral printing is one of many services offered by KBA for sustainable printing production. We hope to support our customers not only with highly energy efficient printing equipment and our commitment to waterless offset printing in environment friendly production, but also to help them to select the best printing substrate and finishing processes with respect to environmental protection. That’s why we’ve made the decision to come together with ClimatePartner to create an online platform for climate neutral printing.”

This new service will be launched in German and English. At ClimatePartner, the collaboration with KBA has been very well received: “Having a partnership with KBA is an important milestone for us.” explains Moritz Lehmkuhl, founder and CEO of ClimatePartner GmbH.

The platform for climate neutral printing is now being actively offered simultaneously in Europe and the USA.; Expand for more details on this Product

Goss Magnum Compact Press System Product From Goss International Americas: Recognizing changing habits of readers and emerging opportunities for printers, Goss International is launching a first-of-its-kind, highly automated 2x1 web offset press for the production of newspapers, books and semi-commercial publications. The new Goss Magnum Compact press system boasts a range of design features packaged to deliver fast makereadies, simplified operation and run-length flexibility.

KBA Rapida 164 Product From KBA North America: At drupa last year, KBA celebrated the official launch of the Rapida 145, its latest series of high-performance large-format presses in format VI (106 x 145 cm).

In the meantime, almost 40 customers have taken delivery of the new presses, which are engineered for production speeds up to 17,000 sph. At the beginning of 2013, but without pomp or a special welcome party, the Rapida 145 was joined by its almost identically equipped and automated “big sister”, the KBA Rapida 164 in format VIIb (120.5 x 164 cm). With a maximum production speed of 15,000 sph (with high-speed package) and extremely short makeready times, KBA has once again redefined the yardstick for this format class. The new Rapida 164 supersedes the vastly successful Rapida 162 and 162a series, which could rightly be described as institutions on the book printing and packaging markets. They were first presented in 1995 and had received several technical makeovers over the intervening years. With the Rapida 164, practically all the automation solutions and highlights of the medium-format makeready world champion Rapida 106 are now also available in format VII.

KBA Rapida 105 Perfecting Press Product From KBA North America: The medium-format Rapida 105 was unveiled by KBA in November 2011. This new sheetfed offset press has significant differences to previous generations.

The Rapida 105 is based on the same technological platform as the high-tech Rapida 106 that, with a maximum output of up to 20,000 sph and its makeready times, defines the benchmarks in medium format. Its intelligent automation concept, various configurations and optional features available combined with a maximum production speed of 16,000sph (17,000sph with the HS speed enhancement package), the internationally successful Rapida 105 targets printers with limited in-vestment budgets. Since Drupa 2012, the new press has been available and sold as a long perfecting press for 4-back-4 and 5-back-5 printing. Its sheet travel systems and maximum sheet format makes its superior to presses from other well-known manufacturers, who still print with single-size impression cylinders without washing units.

BaumPrint 18 Press Product From Baumfolder Corporation: Baum (Booth 3200) will be running the BaumPrint 18 Press live in the BAUM booth and new features will be highlighted during the show. The BaumPrint 18 press will be printing live jobs in and our BaumPrint 18 automated press line. BAUM will also be highlighting our latest additions to the extensive line of BAUM hopper loaders and material handling equipment solutions.

PEPIO Offset Gravure Press Product From Komori America Corporation: Komori Corporation announced the launch of the PEPIO offset gravure press line, designed for the manufacture of printed electronics (PE). With its long history in the design and development of web and sheetfed offset presses, as well as high precision intaglio printing technologies for the securities and currency markets, the design of specialty gravure presses for the PE market was the next logical addition to the Komori press line.

Presstek 75DI Enhancements Product From Presstek, Inc.

Presstek (Booth 3117) is showcasing its automatic perfecting and UV curing options for its 75DI digital offset press. Details of these two options include:

Automatic Convertible Perfecting. A perfecting device on the 75DI can be automatically converted between normal printing and perfecting. Up to 10 towers can be included in the perfecting configuration. Perfecting is possible at up to 15,000 sheets per hour, making the 75DI one of the fastest perfecting presses in the industry.

Speedmaster XL 75 Product From Heidelberg USA: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) unveiled the world premiere of the Speedmaster XL 75 with Anicolor inking unit technology at drupa 2012 in Düsseldorf. Anicolor technology in the 35 x 50 cm (13.78 x 19.69 in) format has been enjoying market success since 2006. More than 1,000 printing units have been installed worldwide and this innovation is now being extended to the 50 x 70 cm (19.69 x 27.56 in) format. Heidelberg is now also offering Anicolor inking unit technology on the high-performance Speedmaster XL 75 platform. Compared to a press with conventional inking unit, the benefits of Anicolor can be summed up as "90-50-50", that is to say Anicolor inking unit technology results in 90 percent less paper waste, 50 percent shorter makeready times, and 50 percent higher productivity. Thanks to extremely fast and stable inking-up, OK sheets are often achieved after just ten sheets. This makes the Speedmaster XL 75 Anicolor a particularly good option for customers who are looking to achieve cost-efficient production of short and very short runs in the 50 x 70 cm format for commercial and packaging printing applications. It is also ideal for web-to-print applications with gang forms that require simple standardization and consistently high quality.

Speedmaster XL 106 Product From Heidelberg USA: At drupa 2012, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) unveiled the Speedmaster XL 106 - the new flagship of its Peak Performance Class. Since the Speedmaster XL 105 made its debut at drupa 2004, it has been setting standards in terms of production speed, print stability, and output and has become a market success, with over 1,200 units installed worldwide. As the logical successor to the Speedmaster XL 105, the Speedmaster XL 106 represents a new performance class for industrial commercial, label, and packaging printing. Operating at speeds of up to 18,000 sheets per hour in both straight and perfecting modes, it achieves exceptional productivity and processes a wide range of substrates up to 1.0 mm (0.039 in) thick (in perfecting mode, up to 0.8 mm/0.031 in thick). Thanks to the larger 75 x 106 cm (29.53 x 41.73 in) sheet format, the maximum print format of 74 x 105 cm (29.13 x 41.34 in) can now be utilized in its entirety, which means a larger punching margin for packaging printers and more repeats per sheet for web-to-print gang forms. The Speedmaster XL 106 achieves new dimensions in productivity thanks to extremely straightforward operation and the interplay between preset functions, ink presettings, simultaneous plate changing with AutoPlate XL, and Prinect Inpress Control. All this makes the press another 20 to 30 percent more productive than the Speedmaster XL 105. Depending on the particular job structure, it can produce between 60 and 80 million sheets a year with ease and change between 90,000 and 100,000 printing plates a year on an eight-color press.

KBA Varius 80 Product From KBA North America: The new Varius 80 is a modular, variable-format web offset press. It implements the same waterless technology as the Genius 52, with short-train inking units and UV drying. This combination achieves excellent print quality on flexible, non-absorbent substrates with very low start-up waste.

KBA Rapida 76 Product From KBA North America: In the half-format segment, the 15,000sph, 530x750mm (20.86x29.53 inch) Rapida 75E unveiled at Ipex 2010 has been upgraded in terms of sheet travel, feeder, delivery, and many other technical details. It is now offered with the new ErgoTronic console, QualiTronic inline color measurement and control system, and a UV accessory package. It is also now available in a four-back-four perfector version.

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