The KBA C16 was not purchased on an impulse. What clinched the matter was its impressive performance at an open house in Geldern last November, and a mature press concept based on intelligent automation. The C16 is the only press on the market which combines low production costs with environmentally friendly technology. This is partly achieved by press controls that streamlines production by automating press run-up and run-down, dramatically cutting waste, and partly by the ability to dispense with alcohol additives, which slashes solvent emissions.

The C16 boasts the fastest automatic plate changers on the market, which along with LogoTronic shorten makeready substantially. It also features the automatic roller bearings which are unique to KBA. These optimise roller settings and thus guarantee consistently uniform printing conditions while minimising maintenance input and reducing energy consumption.

The practice-proven LogoTronic Professional software mentioned above allows multiple KBA presses, both sheetfed and web, to be networked together. It converts production and administration data into meaningful statistics, while the capture of press and operational data provides much greater transparency at the control level.

(Fot.Shaking hands on the contract for a new C16 at a 1925-vintage double-cylinder web press in Würzburg: KBA sales director Kai Trapp (4th left) and MDM board member Nicholas Crewe, attended by (l-r) KBA sales manager Martin Schoeps, Matthias Groner, Alf Preuninger, MDM general director Vugar Ragimov and MDM CEO Shaun Hunter)