At the beginning of last year, one of Morocco’s flagship companies – Fleximat S.A. – took delivery of the first medium-format press of the new KBA Rapida 105 PRO series to be installed in Africa. The six-colour coater press stands on 450 mm raised foundations to accommodate the higher piles which are typical in packaging printing, and is now producing alongside two further Rapidas in the recently built print centre in Mohammedia, approx. 40 km from Casablanca.
One year on and Abdelaziz Benchekroun, Directeur Général of Fleximat, is very positive in his assessment of the press. “The market launch of this press came at the perfect time for us. Our decision in favour of the Rapida 105 PRO was carried by the confidence that, even without exceeding our investment budget, we would be able to incorporate a number of interesting technical solutions which are otherwise only available in the highly automated Rapida 106 — such as fully automatic plate changing, facilities for non-stop pile change at the feeder and delivery and the energy-saving VariDryBlue dryer technology.”
In front of the new KBA Rapida 105 PRO (L to R): Mehdi Benchekroun, CEO, Noureddine Amalou, sales manager KBA-Sheetfed Solutions, Abdelaziz Benchekroun, President, and Pierre Monopoli, Graphic Evolution
