Koenig & Bauer (KBA) delivered two Rapida 106 presses to Amcor Tobacco Packaging in September. The offset lines being installed at plants in Poland and Mexico employ 19 units and can handle complex jobs in a single run, KBA said.

“Customers want more flexibility and shorter runs. This is why more and more orders are moving from gravure to offset presses,” KBA said. The Rapida 106 at 34 meters is the world’s longest medium format press. Another Rapida 106 press at Amcor’s site in Rickenbach, Switzerland is being equipped with additional automation modules to raise it to the same technical level as the new presses, KBA said.