Allied Printing Services Inks Drupa Contract for New KBA Rapida 106 Press
Full UV high-speed 20,000 sph press will become fourth KBA model on its pressroom floor
At Drupa, Allied Printing Services, a full service commercial/financial printing firm located in Manchester, CT, agreed to purchase its fourth new KBA Rapida 106 41-inch six-color high-performance press equipped with UV and conventional coating and running speeds of 20,000 sph. John Sommers, president and CEO of Allied Printing Services, met with KBA executives in early June to ink the contract. The new press will be delivered in the fall of 2016.
“Allied is proud to reinvest in our company by offering our customers state-of- the art technology throughout every department,” said John Sommers, president and CEO of Allied Printing Services. “We are excited to install our fourth KBA Rapida 106 press in the last four years. We have seen increased demand for UV printing and coating. We have reacted to our customers’ needs with this capital expenditure which will increase our UV capacity, giving our customers exactly what they are asking for while allowing for increased productivity and flexibility in press approval schedules. Our relationship with KBA continues to grow. They are an excellent partner, reflecting the pride and commitment we share with our customers each and every day.”
The new KBA Rapida press will join three additional high-performance KBA Rapida presses that print sheet sizes up to 29x41" at Allied’s 285,000 sq ft facility. One of its KBA machines is a hybrid UV press, with the ability to run and cure UV inks in any unit with overall and spot UV coating. Its current fleet of KBA presses has inline color management and register control to ensure consistent quality, can handle a wide range of printing substrates from lightweight plastics to heavy board, and provides Allied with faster turnarounds with automated inline systems such as color control, automatic register, and auto plate changing; and a direct pro-environmental impact.
