Lebanon : Arab Printing Press in Beirut have installed a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 106, a four printing units, inline coater, extended delivery and a perfecting unit for 2/2 production press. The new installation follows the Koenig & Bauer loyalist’s investment in an eight-colour Rapida 106 for 4-over-4 perfecting installed in 2014. Arab Printing Press, based in the industrial city of Sid El Bauchrieh, has been using Koenig & Bauer presses for decades. Given the positive experience with the predecessor press, in particular the extremely efficient and cost-effective production, enjoyed since 2014, it was only logical that the company chose this high-performance medium-format press again, said the company.
Arab Printing Press was founded in 1968 and today counts 110 employees. The company specialises in text books, labels, packaging and commercial work of all kinds. “The demands placed on the company’s machinery base are correspondingly diverse,” the company said.
Alongside the aforementioned eight-colour Rapida 106, the press hall also accommodates a two-colour Rapida 104 and a five-colour Rapida 105. The new Rapida 106 is thus the fourth medium-format press. Its enormous productivity enables the replacement of two older presses.
The Rapida 106 is designed to handle substrates from 0.04 to 1.2 mm at production speeds up to 18,000 sheets/hr. “As was already the case with the previous eight-colour model, the new press is able to change all the plates simultaneously thanks to DriveTronic SPC. Further outstanding automation features are DriveTronic Plate Ident and CleanTronic washing systems for the blankets, impression cylinders and rollers. Mention must also be made of EES (Emission Extraction System) and energy-saving VariDryBlue IR/hot-air dryers in the delivery”, said a KBA spokesman.