The market for finished print products is booming like never before. Ever more sophisticated inline finishing options are becoming a standard in the print industry. New high-quality finishing technologies have prevailed in the market and are now being used by printers all over the world. The development partnership between Koenig & Bauer and ACTEGA, a relationship that already stretches back over eight years, is part of this success story.
The cooperation will continue into the future, as the two companies have agreed to extend their partnership for another three years with effect from 1 November. As in the past, a significant focus will be placed on aspects such as:
- Provision of starter kits with products for inline finishing for the commissioning of all newly installed Rapida presses;
- An agreement covering quality assurance and joint further development of a range of products;
- Combined marketing activities – presentations in the context of trade fairs, user events and print demonstrations, as well as the production of print samples.
Many of the agreed activities and measures aim to provide direct benefits for the users. This means that ACTEGA will remain a development partner for Koenig & Bauer in future – for example, in work to optimise finishing processes used in LED-UV production. Coatings from ACTEGA are in constant use in the press demo centre operated and are presented there within the framework of customer events. This enables ongoing quality control processes and continued optimisation of the products for use on high-performance sheetfed offset presses from Koenig & Bauer.
Visual and haptic effects in the highest quality are being produced ever more frequently on Rapida sheetfed offset presses with corresponding inline coating facilities; and further new effects and coating qualities are certain to follow.
Left to right: Dirk Winkler (Koenig & Bauer), and Jan Franz Allerkamp (ACTEGA).
Jan Franz Allerkamp, head of the business line Paper & Board, ACTEGA, said, “Extending the partnership agreement allows us to continue our successful cooperation. Together, we are defining future standards in terms of production speeds and finishing options for high-quality packaging and other print products. Working alongside Koenig & Bauer, we are helping to create a perfect balance between sustainability and finishing.”
Dirk Winkler, head of process and print technology and product management, Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed, condluded, “Our cooperation with ACTEGA has allowed us to advance the development of a whole series of finishing technologies over the past years. I am already looking forward to continuing this process, which benefits our users directly.”
