KBA-Kammann GmbH, KBA-Flexotecnica S.p.A. to Exhibit at K 2016

At K 2016, Oct. 19-26 in Düsseldorf, Koenig & Bauer subsidiaries KBA-Kammann GmbH and KBA-Flexotecnica S.p.A. will be showcasing their broad portfolio of print and finishing solutions for flexible packaging and hollow containers. This will be the first time that they have shared a joint stand.
 
 As a leading manufacturer of screen printing, hot stamping and digital press systems for the direct decoration of luxury hollow containers made from glass, plastic or metal, KBA-Kammann GmbH has always viewed the plastics market as an important field of business. This year’s fair has thus been chosen as a fitting occasion at which to unveil the new K20 family. The successor to the successful K1 product series sets new standards in terms of flexibility, speed, quality and ease of operation in direct decoration.
 
The K15 CNC series offers high-performance infeed and delivery robots, modern camera systems for flexible and precise register control irrespective of the product shape, screen printing on tapered articles, hot stamping in stroke or roll-on mode, printing/marking of the article base and contact-free digital printing on glass, plastic and metal containers.
 
Direct decoration based on screenprinting is cost-intensive and has faced increasing competition from other emerging decoration technologies such as flexo, offset or labeling in recent years. Building upon a traditionally strong market position in screenprinting, KBA-Kammann plans to expand its interests to embrace digital technologies and hybrid applications. Given the possibilities of digital print with regard to individualization, personalization, ultra-short runs, etc., the company sees good prospects in markets currently dominated by other processes.
 
KBA-Flexotecnica S.p.A. has been a familiar name to K visitors since the late 1990s with its CI flexo presses for flexible packaging. In June 2016, the company showed its new flexo web press NEO XD at drupa, with high-quality print using water-based inks on food packaging films.
 
Just four months on, K 2016 will be experiencing yet another premiere with the laminating machine EVOLAM. This new machine permits the efficient use of solvent-free adhesives and scores with high performance, low consumption and convincing cost-effectiveness.
 
For the next development stage, it is planned to enable the simultaneous application of different adhesives or coatings with EVOLAM – traditionally using solvent- or water-based adhesives, and in the near future with new solutions on the basis of EB and UV coatings and laminations.