Press Release
Koenig & Bauer develops new cutter for gravure presses

BurdaDruck invests in a new cutter for broader order portfolio

•	Innovation in gravure printing
•	Large retrofit at BurdaDruck

Würzburg, 26.06.2018
Koenig & Bauer has developed a new cutter for gravure presses. As a result, print shops with gravure presses can now significantly expand their order portfolio. BurdaDruck (Hubert Burda Media), one of Europe’s most high-performance gravure printing companies, is investing in this new development. Heiko Engelhardt, managing director at BurdaDruck: “The concept of expanding the cutter convinced us right from the start. As Koenig & Bauer also offers many other services for gravure presses and has extensive know-how in this field, we are convinced that we have the right partner at our side.“
The new cutter is to be installed this year as part of a retrofit to the existing press fleet at the Burda printing site in Vieux-Thann, France. “This investment enables us to offer our customers an even larger product portfolio in the future. We can also produce small volumes from eight pages, glued with a two-page jump. The format variability of gravure printing enables considerable savings in paper consumption through optimum formats, which is a major requirement of our customers as paper prices are increasing,” says Ingo Raab, sales manager at BurdaDruck.

Photo 1:
Shortly after signing the contract at BurdaDruck in Offenburg: (l-r) Reiner Dluschek, sales manager KBA-Digital & Web Solutions; Heiko Engelhardt, managing director BurdaDruck; Ingo Raab, sales manager BurdaDruck
Photo 2:
The new cutter from Koenig & Bauer will be installed at BurdaDruck’s site in Vieux-Thann, France

Press contact
KBA-Digital & Web Solutions AG & Co. KG
Henning Düber
T +49 931 909-4039
M henning.dueber@koenig-bauer.com

About BurdaDruck and Hubert Burda Media
BurdaDruck is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media Holding. BurdaDruck is a full-service print and media service provider, from content, layout, graphics and re-production to print production and distribution of print products. With plants in Offenburg, Nuremberg and Vieux Thann in France, BurdaDruck is one of the most efficient gravure printing companies in Europe. The internationally active parent company Hubert Burda Media is one of the largest media and technology companies in Germany with sales of over €2.6bn (2017) and currently almost 12,000 employees worldwide.

About Koenig & Bauer
Koenig & Bauer is the world’s second-largest printing press manufacturer with the broadest product range in the industry. For 200 years, the company has been supporting printers with innovative technology, tailor-made processes and a wide array of services. The portfolio ranges from banknotes, via board, film, metal and glass packaging, through to book, display, coding, magazine, advertising and newspaper printing. Sheetfed and webfed offset and flexo printing, waterless offset, intaglio, simultaneous perfecting and screen printing or digital inkjet – Koenig & Bauer is at home in virtually all printing processes and is the market leader in many of them. In the financial year 2017, the approximately 5,600 highly qualified employees worldwide generated annual sales of more than EUR 1.2 billion.

Further information can be found at www.koenig-bauer.com