One of the most exciting sheetfed presses the UK has received in recent years is to be commissioned by the London-based Alito Color Group. This printing line, with a total value of up to 3 million pounds (US$5.8 million), will consist of a 12-unit KBA Rapida 105 reversible duplexer and the latest RS 105 web-cutting unit. It further strengthened Alito Color's leading position in the high-quality color printing market and made the Group a commercial printer with the largest number of Kobold's advanced presses in the UK. The new Rapida 105 reversible double-sided press is the first 12-unit Gobola press in the UK and is the first press in the world to operate online with the RS 105 single-cut device.
Alito Color already owns the 10-color and 8-color Rapida reversible duplexer and a Rapida 105 six-color printer equipped with a coating unit and a cardboard printing unit. The pressroom is equipped with the DensiTronic S density and spectral quality control system and Ciplink data networking equipment, and this new web cutting single-sheet machine will be the second printing device to serve the KBA printer.
“Our KBA printing machine has excellent color printing,†said Terry Brady, chairman of Alito Color. “The stable quality has earned us new orders and new customers, which proves that this exciting new investment is A correct choice."
The new press will be operated at the new modern model factory at the center of the Olympic Village in London in the Alto Color, a steel frame and glass structure that covers an area of ​​40,000 square feet (3,700 square meters). Commenting on the impact this investment will have on Alito's market position, sales and marketing director David Collins said: “Adding this 12-color press to our large KBA fleet will greatly increase our printing capabilities. It will enable Alito Color to provide competitive core business products to its customer base. Having a printing capacity of 6 colors per side on a 350 g/m2 substrate will greatly improve our commercial printing and direct The status of mailing products in the field of printing."
The impact of printing on the environment is also a very important factor for Alito. This is an important factor to consider in the construction of the facility, the selection of the Gaobao press, and the management of waste products and waste management.
Christian Knapp, Managing Director of KBA UK, is pleased to announce the cooperation with Alito Color. He said: “Terry Brady and David Collins have always promised to stand at the forefront of competition and have outstanding quality, flexibility and productivity. The long-running Rapida press will inevitably bring greater competitive advantages to this tried and tested color print supplier."
Alito Color is a general-purpose commercial printer with close cooperation with financial markets, advertising agencies, major retailers, facilities management companies, direct mailings markets, and television and entertainment.
The new generation of Rapida 105 press series at the drupa 2004 exhibition is one of the highest sales for KBA in the world, and its sales in the UK are rapidly increasing. Rapida 105 offers excellent print quality and substrate flexibility, and achieves maximum output ratings of 18,000 sheets per hour for frontal printing and 15,000 sheets per hour for reversible duplex printing.
Reprinted from: Gao Bao