DALLAS—KBA North America announced that Hanover Packaging, a packaging firm based in Hanover, Pa., is installing a new KBA Rapida 106 41-inch six-color sheetfed press with conventional and UV capabilities during the summer of 2009.
KBA North America, a global press manufacturer based in Williston, Vermont, and Dallas, Texas, is expanding its partnership with KBR Graphics Ltd. by naming the Canadian firm as its new exclusive Canadian distribution channel for all KBA sheetfed press products, service, and parts for Canada, excluding British Columbia. KBR will officially take over its new position on May 1, 2009.
KBA North America announced that Accurate Box Company Inc., located in Paterson, N.J., has improved its automation and productivity with a new KBA Rapida 162 64-inch 7-color sheetfed printing press.
KBA North America, a global press manufacturer based in Williston, Vermont, and Dallas, Texas, announced that its new centralized headquarters location is nearing completion and on track for the company to move in spring 2009.
RIVER FALLS, Wis.—Print UV 2009 has booked a return engagement March 8-10 at the new Encore Wynn Las Vegas. Following the success of the inaugural Print UV conference in 2008, organizers of this year's event are putting the final touches on an educational and networking program designed to promote the growth of UV printing throughout the graphic arts industry.
WÜRZBURG, Germany—According to The Patent Board's latest Patent Scorecard for the heavy industrial equipment industry—which was published on Jan. 21 in the Wall Street Journal's Market Data Centre—press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer ranks seventh among the top 50 and has thus moved up a place since the last Scorecard was issued in May 2008.
WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America has developed a new Webcam demonstration, training, and application testing program for its current and future customers.
WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America, a global press manufacturer based in Williston, Vermont, announced that Ultimate Paper Box Co., a City of Industry, Calif. packaging manufacturer, is moving into the large format printing market with two new KBA Rapida 162a 64-inch six-color plus aqueous coater sheetfed presses. Delivery of the first press took place in late May with a planned start-up date in July 2008. The second Rapida 162 64-inch six-color press with double extended delivery and full UV capability will be delivered in 2009. “As our business has grown, we have continued to invest and add larger and larger presses to accommodate the
WILLISTON, Vt.—KBA North America, a global press manufacturer currently based in Williston, Vt., will be moving its corporate headquarters to Dallas, Texas in the summer of 2009. KBA sheetfed and web divisions will be under one roof at the new location, along with the sales, service, and parts departments, as well as the corporate demonstration center. “We’ve been headquartered outside of Burlington, Vt. for more than 20 years,” says Holger Garbrecht, KBA North America president and CEO. “But with our continued growth in all market segments it is the ideal time for us to move to a more central location to better serve our
Back in 1979 when Joe Elphick, president and CEO, and his partner (since retired) founded Colonial Carton Company (CCC) in New Jersey, the two probably didn’t picture a 72,000-square-foot facility in North Carolina, with an additional 40,000 under construction. They probably also did not foresee almost losing the company’s building and almost all its equipment after a fire. However, joining the Independent Carton Group (ICG) helped ensure that the company would not only rise from the ashes with some of the latest technologies available, but also that there would be no loss of business or productivity when the unthinkable occurred. Having a contingency plan
