Boehmer Box of Kitchener, Ontario has installed a new 56″ KBA Rapida 142 press as part of a large investment in upgrading its equipment for carton packaging. The machine has six colour units, a coater, and KBA’s board package.
“Over the past year, we have invested close to $10 million in our facility as we continued to post a 20 percent increase in sales,” says Mark Caines, President and Chief Operating Officer of Boehmer Box. “Our new KBA Rapida 142 56-inch six-colour press is an essential part of the investment. We needed a new press that would provide the automation, fast make-ready, colour fidelity, and ability to easily integrate with our robust prepress department as well as our unique FM6 expanded colour printing technology. Our plan is to run this press to capacity where it will be operating 24/7 along with our existing 56-inch press. We’ll be much more efficient in make-ready and turnaround times because our new KBA press is running 45 percent faster than the press it is replacing.”
In addition to the Rapida as part of the $10 million investment is a new workflow system, various pieces of die cutting equipment along with an associated die-making facility, and a new Agfa Dotrix industrial inkjet printer were added. Among the goals stated by Caines is the ability to produce packaging runs as low as 5,000 copies.
The KBA press includes the Densitronic Pro system which allows direct measurements of colour (ink density as well as spectral and colourmetric values), dot gains, and trapping from the printed image. Variances are adjusted through a direct link to ink key controls. The Rapida has a top speed of 15,000 sheets per hour and features fully automatic plate changes.
Boehmer Box has 270 employees in its new 320,000 square foot facility in Kitchener, Ontario. The company was founded in 1874 and produces up to 700 million cartons a year.
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