Parksons Packaging orders two Rapida 106 presses

The order is for an 8-color press and a 7-color press, both with coater. The first is scheduled to arrive at around the turn of the year and the second in the first quarter of 2015.

The 8-color Rapida is planned to go live at the company’s plant in Pantnagar. It will join an existing 6-color Rapida 105 with coater and a 6-colour Rapida 106 with twin coaters already in operation. The new Rapida 106 features board and film-handling kit and is configured for UV mixed operation. It will be typically equipped for packaging printing with automatic nonstop systems and pile logistics, and the press will be raised by 450mm (17.7in). Other features include automatic plate changers, CleanTronic multi combined blanket, impression cylinder and roller washing systems for ink changes as well as CleanTronic UV. Furthermore, ErgoTronic ColorDrive and ErgoTronic ACR monitor control print quality online. Essential preset data is transferred to the press via LogoTronic CIPLinkX.

The almost identically configured 7-color press will be installed at the Parksons Packaging plant in Daman next to an existing 6-color Rapida. An additional 6-color Rapida is in operation at the company’s site in Pune.

In the last two years the company has installed four medium-format Rapidas. At its three sites in Daman, Rudrapur und Pune the company predominantly produces packaging for the food and beverage but also for pharmaceutical products, and the electronics industry.

Pictured (from left): Adiya Surana, managing director of KBA sales partner IPM; Ramesh Kejriwal, chief executive officer of Parksons Packaging; KBA sales director Dietmar Heyduck; KBA sales manager Bhupinder Sethi; and KBA key account manager Jürgen Veil