Packaging firm buys printing press

A KBA Rapida 106 has been purchased by Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging because of its ability to handle lightweight paper stocks used on leaflets and labels.

The printing press is part of a £2.5 million spend on the firm's site in Greenford, Middlesex, and was also chosen due to its speedy makeready times. The B1 six-colour press, including one perfecting unit, will help boost the firm's capacity to turn around approximately 550 million items a year.

"We conducted extensive trials and set demanding targets to achieve specific makeready and turnaround times. After rigorous assessment, the KBA press was the most impressive," said general manager Roy Brindle.

"It was imperative that we could offer the assurance to our customers that any reverse print would be in perfect registration. The KBA press did everything we wanted it to, including the ability to run lightweight sheets, often 40 gsm or below," he continued.

""The new press will provide a significant uplift in capacity and improve production efficiency," Mr Brindle said. "It will also enable us to respond to a growing market demand for larger leaflet formats, allowing us to offer more options to our customers. "

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