KBA organised its first-ever seminar tour to China and Taiwan from 12th to 20th October, as a platform from which to convey information on the latest technical and process developments in the European printing industry. The venues for the events included Dongguan, Shanghai, Kunming, Xi’an, Beijing and Taipei.
At the well-attended seminars in fittingly prestigious locations, KBA and its partners provided information on the latest technologies and processes, and on their applications in the printing industry. Alongside technical innovations and new methods, an overview was given of the current trends affecting a constantly changing print branch and its associated fields. The 190 years of experience which KBA has gathered in printing press manufacture, its innova-tive strength, the close cooperation with renowned partners and users, and a readiness to develop more than just "off-the-shelf" solutions establish optimum prerequisites for the implementation of future-oriented business concepts.
Broad spectrum of topics KBA also offers a whole range of products and services tailored to the individual needs of customers not only in China, but indeed throughout Asia, enabling these customers to maximise the eco-nomic efficiency of their production processes or to escape the ever increasing pressures of competition through specialisation and differentiation. The following topics were thus placed in the foreground during the seminars:
- Digital printshop and company networking with KBA LogoTronic professional
- DriveTronic SPC direct drives with simultaneous plate changing
- Rapida configurations for packaging printing in medium and large formats
- Inline finishing with and without UV technology
- The latest automation modules and innovations in sheetfed
offset
- Hybrid finishing and brand protection in sheetfed offset
In addition, a number of other developments were presented for the first time in China, for example the VariDry dryer technology and concepts for comprehensive inline quality control. In China, too, customers from many branches are tightening up the quality and service demands placed on the industry, and forward-thinking print professionals have long since extended their sights beyond the national boundaries, and to Europe in particular, in order to stay tuned to the latest technical and technological possibilities. Against this background, KBA saw the seminar tour as a vehicle for practice-oriented technology transfer for the dynamically expanding print industry in the growth centres of the Far East. And many of the seminar participants also expressed the wish that the fruitful discussion of European and global trends be continued in the future.
Such seminars are furthermore an ideal opportunity to make contacts and to exchange experience at regional level. Walter Zehner, managing director of KBA China: "The Chinese print industry has developed outstandingly over the past few years. This process will continue, and an ever greater emphasis will be placed on the questions of quality. As a renowned international manufacturer, we are in a position to make a valuable and meaningful contribution."
At the well-attended seminars in fittingly prestigious locations, KBA and its partners provided information on the latest technologies and processes, and on their applications in the printing industry. Alongside technical innovations and new methods, an overview was given of the current trends affecting a constantly changing print branch and its associated fields. The 190 years of experience which KBA has gathered in printing press manufacture, its innova-tive strength, the close cooperation with renowned partners and users, and a readiness to develop more than just "off-the-shelf" solutions establish optimum prerequisites for the implementation of future-oriented business concepts.
Broad spectrum of topics KBA also offers a whole range of products and services tailored to the individual needs of customers not only in China, but indeed throughout Asia, enabling these customers to maximise the eco-nomic efficiency of their production processes or to escape the ever increasing pressures of competition through specialisation and differentiation. The following topics were thus placed in the foreground during the seminars:
- Digital printshop and company networking with KBA LogoTronic professional
- DriveTronic SPC direct drives with simultaneous plate changing
- Rapida configurations for packaging printing in medium and large formats
- Inline finishing with and without UV technology
- The latest automation modules and innovations in sheetfed
offset
- Hybrid finishing and brand protection in sheetfed offset
In addition, a number of other developments were presented for the first time in China, for example the VariDry dryer technology and concepts for comprehensive inline quality control. In China, too, customers from many branches are tightening up the quality and service demands placed on the industry, and forward-thinking print professionals have long since extended their sights beyond the national boundaries, and to Europe in particular, in order to stay tuned to the latest technical and technological possibilities. Against this background, KBA saw the seminar tour as a vehicle for practice-oriented technology transfer for the dynamically expanding print industry in the growth centres of the Far East. And many of the seminar participants also expressed the wish that the fruitful discussion of European and global trends be continued in the future.
Such seminars are furthermore an ideal opportunity to make contacts and to exchange experience at regional level. Walter Zehner, managing director of KBA China: "The Chinese print industry has developed outstandingly over the past few years. This process will continue, and an ever greater emphasis will be placed on the questions of quality. As a renowned international manufacturer, we are in a position to make a valuable and meaningful contribution."
