KBA and Vegra Team Up For Consumables Distributorship

WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America, a leading press manufacturer, announced an exclusive distributorship in the U.S. and Canada with Vegra, an international company specializing in the development of high-quality and environmentally-friendly products for the graphic arts industry. The new consumables line, which can be ordered online through http://consumables.kba-usa.com, includes fountain solutions, coatings, washes, and varnishes, and is designed to work with all printing press manufacturers and available to all printers, regardless of their press models.

“We are pleased to announce this exclusive distributorship with Vegra,” says Ralf Sammeck, president and CEO of KBA North America. “This furthers our goal of addressing the needs of our customers. Now we are not only providing the best presses on the market but we’re able to deliver the industry’s best consumables. Vegra is a very innovative firm that is continually introducing new products needed by printers all over the world.”

The pressroom consumables Web site displays the products being exclusively distributed by KBA, including a variety of ink additives to help a printer remedy ink accumulation, adjust consistency, and improve drying with good rub resistance. Maintenance products include a cylinder preservant to protect plate, blanket, and back pressure cylinders from corrosion and a fully synthetic corrosion inhibiting oil for felt ring lubrication. Also, there are washes for use in automatic washing systems for cleaning blankets and rollers of conventional and energy curable inks. Rounding out the line is a full range of special effect varnishes and coatings.