Koenig & Bauer and Actega renew partnership
ACTEGA products are in daily use in the Koenig & Bauer customer centre, much to the delight of Mario Hesse from the Koenig & Bauer purchasing department, Björn Fandrich, vice-president for Paper & Board Europe at Actega, Dirk Winkler, head of print technology at Koenig & Bauer, and Jan Franz Allerkamp, head of the business line Paper & Board at ACTEGA (left to right), seen here at the Rapida 106 X. Image: Koenig & Bauer
Koenig & Bauer and Actega have agreed to extend their current eight-year 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, e.g. 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 reliable 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 by the press manufacturer 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. Further new effects and coating qualities are certain to follow.
Jan Franz Allerkamp, head of the business line Paper & Board at 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 at Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed, commented: “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.”