KBA-Sheetfed and Actega Coatings & Sealants form strategic alliance for in-line finishing

The cooperation covers water-based, UV, HR-UV and UV LED coatings, with the primary objective of ensuring the availability of high-quality coating systems for KBA's high-performance sheet-fed offset presses. This will see Actega products, which have been tested on Rapida sheet-fed offset presses, carrying the ‘Approved and licensed varnish by KBA’ seal of quality. Already during commissioning, the use of correspondingly approved products under uniform conditions will serve to establish application standards. This, in turn, will safeguard both finishing quality and high performance in the in-line coating process. 

All users who obtain their coating products through the Actega sales network will benefit from the predefined product standards, as new products will already be tested and optimized for use on Rapida sheet-fed offset presses.

The new cooperation agreement further intensifies KBA and Actega's existing partnership and places activities on an even higher, strategic level. KBA and Actega will be cooperating at global level, with the plans to date including joint product and sales training, print demonstrations at KBA, at trade shows and at customer events, the development of appropriate starter kits to be supplied with new presses, and continuous further development of the products concerned. To this end, regular tests will be conducted on the Rapida presses installed at the KBA customer centre.