Koenig & Bauer Presents Modern Rapida Sheetfed Offset Technology at China Print

At the 11th Beijing International Printing Exhibition (China Print), which takes place in Beijing from May 15-19, 2025, Koenig & Bauer will be present with a stand covering more than 1,000 square meters in Hall 2. The focal point of the presentation is a Rapida 105 with eight printing units and coating equipment, which will be demonstrated several times a day in practical live shows.

The Rapida 105, which was showcased at the previous China Print as a six-color version with a coating tower, now features two additional printing units and extra equipment. The exhibition machine (max. sheet format of the demonstration machine 780 x 1,050 mm) is equipped with, among other things, an additional package for carton printing and equipment for UV/mixed operation. This equips printing companies for today’s and future challenges – both in packaging printing and in commercial and label printing applications.

The presentation of the Rapida 105 is primarily aimed at users in the packaging sector. In addition to the production of various packaging types, the production of posters is planned, which traditionally attracts great interest from the trade fair audience.

The production of seven-color printing with an expanded color gamut (CMYK+OVG) will be shown, as well as fast changeovers between individual print jobs. A second focus is digital packaging production with the VariJET 106. Packaging samples in seven-color digital printing and comparison samples in sheetfed offset were produced in advance. This allowed print specialists to see for themselves that there are no longer any differences between the two processes in terms of print quality and color gamut.