CORNERING THE SHEETFED MARKET

McKinney also forecasts strong large format press sales for 2002. "The downsizing trend to 40˝ formats has come to a screeching halt," he relates. "Makeready is now the same on larger and smaller formats because of automation; crew sizes are now the same because of automation; and converters can realize double the productivity—but not at double the cost. KBA is selling 64˝ presses today like I never imagined 5 years ago."