Press release from the issuing company
The Radebeul facility of Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has entered into a partnership with montex-print ost druck- und papierverarbeitungs-maschinen gmbh & co. kg in Lindlar near Cologne (montex-print) to develop, manufacture and market new, high-performance sheetfed rotary die-cutters.
A corresponding agreement was signed by Ralf Sammeck, executive vice-president for the KBA sheetfed offset product house, and montex-print managing director Eberhard Fuchs in December 2013. Under the product name DC R105, montex-print will in future be distributing single- and double-unit rotary die-cutters based on the technical platform of the medium-format sheetfed press KBA Rapida 105.
KBA and montex-print ost see good market potential thanks to the high productivity of the new sheetfed rotary die-cutter DC R 105, for example in the growth segment of in-mould labels. Our photo shows Eberhard and Daniela Fuchs from montex-print ost with KBA marketing director Klaus Schmidt (left to right) at the KBA facility in Würzburg
montex-print has been repairing and overhauling used printing presses since 1978, and has built up a good reputation in the industry for the conversion of used sheetfed offset presses into rotary die-cutters over recent years. With the development of a new rotary die-cutter together with KBA, montex-print is now venturing the next step, but nevertheless without abandoning its current used-press business.
Managing director Eberhard Fuchs is convinced that the cooperation will bring benefits for everyone involved: “For all those customers who seek to generate additional revenue with flexible finishing of the most varied materials, formats and run lengths, we offer the best price-performance ratio thanks to the simple handling and extremely fast makeready. That applies, for example, to the fast-growing IML segment, but at the same time also for short-run packaging, self-adhesive labels and other special materials. The DC R105 is the perfect machine for such jobs!”
Print finishing has been an important topic at KBA for many years. In the past, this usually meant diverse coating technologies, cold foil transfer and the like. The cooperation with montex-print in the field of rotary die-cutting, however, is now set to further extend the already broad spectrum of finishing options – initially as an stand-alone offline solution after printing, but with the medium-term perspective of inline integration into a Rapida press in suitable cases.
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