Australia-based packaging producer Streamline Cartons has invested in first sheetfed offset press, KBA Rapida 105 solution for UV print and finishing.
The new press, which features six printing units, inline coating tower and full equipment, is planned to be delivered in January 2017 with production scheduled to begin by the end of February.
Streamline Cartons operations manager Joshua Harris said: “Rapida presses have a reputation for quality, robustness and the highest production standards.
“The experts from Germany and Dave Lewis from KBA Australasia have been more than helpful in assisting our implementation of in-house print production.
“They have shown that they understand our background and what we want to achieve. After meeting the KBA team at drupa, we already signed a letter of intent at the show.”
In order to meet the customers demand, the Rapida 105 is specifically tailored including raising the press onto a 450 mm plinth to accommodate higher piles, an enlarged sheet format of 78x 105cm, maximized substrate flexibility and facilities for inline quality control with QualiTronic ColorControl.
Joshua added: “We have informed our customers that we will in future be able to offer direct printing onto microflute board up to 1.6 mm, for example, and that has certainly caught their interest. In the past, this was simply not possible and we had to laminate instead.”
Streamline has developed additional high-rack storage for 160 pallets in order to accommodate the new press. The company is seeking further finishing options.
