Equipment Manufacturers

KBA North America Press

KBA North America is a member of Keonig & Bauer group, one of the largest press manufacturers worldwide and has with the broadest press range in the industry. The parent company is Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) with facilities in Würzburg, Radebeul, Frankenthal and Trennfeld (all in Germany).

KBA North America is a leading supplier of sheetfed offset and digital offset presses located in Williston, VT. The company is the exclusive factory owned distributor of KBA Rapida and Karat printing presses manufactured in Germany. A member of the KBA Group, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of sheetfed, web fed, and digital offset presses, printing with lithography, flexography and gravure.

KBA is the oldest manufacturer of printing presses at 187 years old. A few fast facts about KBA presses: they produce 90% of the world’s currency, over 50% of the world’s folding cartons and packaging work and their commercial printing sector is growing quickly.

KBA is also digital with its 74 Karat digital offset press where full digital files and image plates are made directly on the press.

Known for flexibility, KBA presses can print on a wide variety of substrates - the complete range of paper, cardboard, corrugated and plastics including Lenticular. KBA’s flexibility also includes press configurations.

Here is a quick look at KBA's line of printing presses:

		KBA Genius Series – KBA's compact, versatile KBA Genius 52 is an innovative, cost-competitive production tool for short- and medium-run color in the popular format.
		KBA Performa Series – The Performa 66 & 74 are available as two-, four- or five-color models, all with the choice to change to and from perfecting mode, for the ultimate in flexibility and output.
		KBA Rapida Series – The KBA Rapida line of printers are a modern, high-performance sheetfed offset press for flexible and cost-effective print production. Proven design elements from the medium and large-format presses of the Rapida family have been accompanied by new solutions in the territories of automation, workflow integration and ergonomic operation. With a printing speed of up to 18,000 sheets/hr, the Rapida Series really gets down to business (models 74, 74G, 105, 105 universal, 130-162a, 185/205)
		KBA Corrugraph – KBA, one of the world's leading press manufacturers and a major player in the offset packaging market, is addressing the specialized needs of high-quality corrugated printers with a sheetfed flexo presses, known as the Corrugraph, whose board-handling capabilities take over where those of large-format Rapida offset presses.

For more information about any of your equipment needs, contact your Printing Press Financing representative for additional details.