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Newspaper Production

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  • 2017-10-04 13:30
    29.09.2017 – Just a few days after its 200-year anniversary celebrations, which Koenig & Bauer AG took as a worthy occasion on which to relaunch the Koenig & Bauer brand, the business unit KBA-Digital & Web Solutions will be making its first market appearance under the new corporate design at the forthcoming IFRA World Publishing Expo (WPE) in Berlin. Read more ...
  • 2017-09-27 14:52
    Würzburg, 27.09.2017 – The festive week for the 200th anniversary of Koenig & Bauer AG in Würzburg drew to a close with more than 13,000 visitors at the Open Day on 23 September. 650 guests from all over the world attended the official ceremony in the Vogel Convention Center (VCC), with the former Federal President Horst Köhler as main speaker and short presentations by three CEOs of renowned printing companies. Many customers and business partners visited the spruced-up main factory in Würzburg and experienced historical and modern printing presses in action. The week of celebrations had begun with an international press conference at which the company, which has successfully adapted to a changing print market, presented its ambitious goals and strategies for the future, as well as its new market appearance. Read more ...
  • 2017-09-26 11:17
    21.09.2017 – When it was time for The New York Times to expand the palletizing area at their printing plant in New York, it was a natural step to send a request to the Swedish manufacturer Schur Packaging Systems AB. After six Winrob III palletizers from Schur have already been successfully in operation for more than ten years and The New York Times has now decided to invest in two additional Winrob III systems. Read more ...
  • 2017-09-25 14:15
    September 20, 2017 – manroland’s service encompasses the entire range of service offerings of the company. That means comprehensive support, be it consultation on optimal spare and wear parts in original quality, training, classic repair service, upgrade and automation solutions or maintenance of the printing systems. All of that is now covered by the new comprehensive service contracts. Numerous African customers have already made the decision to invest. Read more ...
  • 2017-09-22 11:47
    Würzburg, 22.09.2017 – With almost 700 guests from all over the world, Koenig & Bauer celebrated its 200th anniversary in the Vogel Convention Center (VCC) on 21 September. Many of the participants took the opportunity to visit the parent plant in Würzburg. In addition to state-of-the-art production facilities and the new Demo Center for digital and flexo printing presses ‒ soon to be equipped with machines ‒ they experienced historical and current printing presses in production from the broad portfolio of the oldest printing press manufacturer. A circular motion press from the year 1868 printed an engraving of the company's birthplace, the monastery Oberzell, a Super Olof Intaglio III press printed a specimen banknote, the Genius 52UV from KBA-NotaSys printed a security document, the digital web press RotaJET L printed, among other things, a 2.2m long poster of the Würzburg-born basketball star Dirk Nowitzki, who plays in Dallas, USA, since many years. And the world's largest inkjet press, the HP T1100S, produced for HP by Koenig & Bauer, printed a 2.8 m wide topliner for corrugated board. Read more ...

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