The focus on growth markets, such as conventional and digital packaging printing, is a key element of Koenig & Bauer’s strategy. With its decision to re-enter the market with presses for corrugated board, the company officially unveiled its intentions to the market at the FEFCO Technical Seminar 2017 in Vienna. A short time later, the Klingele Group was confirmed as the first company to order the CorruCUT high board line rotary die-cutter.
“After Koenig & Bauer announced its return to the corrugated market at drupa 2016, we followed their developments closely,” says Jan Klingele, Managing Partner of the Klingele Group. “The concept presented by Koenig & Bauer and the many new technical ideas embodied in the press sealed our decision in favour of the CorruCUT.”
Klingele has ordered a six-colour press with a working width of 2800mm for its Delmenhorst box plant. The press is in every respect a completely new design – from the feeder, via the printing units and rotary die-cutter to the delivery. The CorruCUT also incorporates a number of special features such as a vacuum-belt feeder without infeed shaft, a new solution for anilox roller exchange and an overhead vacuum delivery. The new CorruCUT will first be set-up and tested at the Koenig & Bauer manufacturing plant in Würzburg, and is then scheduled for delivery in early 2019. In addition, the two companies have already concluded an agreement on further presses in the future.
