Tech guide: B2 sheetfed printing

B2 offset presses are the bread and butter of commercial printing. Here are some of the best.

20 June, 2014

KBA lifts sales and revenue but stays in red

KBA has posted significant sales and revenue increases but unlike Heidelberg did not turn a profit.

20 May, 2014

Heidelberg and drupa face off in game of bluff

Extraordinary development as print industry re-aligns; press giant and exhibition organiser wait to see who blinks first in game of who needs who the most.

9 April, 2014

Litho world bouncing back

A new boutique niche, joining a hub, or trading-in several ageing press juggernauts for a smart, new bells-and whistles line can all inject new life into an offset printing business.

3 April, 2014

KBA inkjet web press to target books, magazines and commercial print

Press manufacturer KBA’s high-volume inkjet web press, due to be unveiled at Drupa in May, will be aimed at the book, magazine and commercial print sectors.

6 March, 2012

KBA on track with Wurzburg plant expansion

KBA has held a topping-out ceremony for its new $19.3m foundry in Wurzburg, Germany which the manufacturer claimed would allow it to produce large press parts “much faster and more efficiently”.

5 October, 2011

KBA’s Hansen to step down early

KBA president and chief executive Helge Hansen has asked to step down from the post some months ahead of his retirement.

27 September, 2011

KBA to cut 700 jobs in response to declining web fortunes

KBA warned that activity in the web sector remained critically low as it announced a further 700 job cuts across three German manufacturing sites.

20 June, 2011

Huge rise in press orders pushes KBA into pre-tax profit

Offset press sales look to be recovering from the lows of the GFC, as KBA reported a pre-tax profit of EUR 15.3m ($21m) in its 2010 full-year results, up from EUR 2.9m in 2009.

30 March, 2011