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　　Andrew Tan Woon Chay, managing director and CEO of Linocraft (l), and Stefan Segger from KBA, in front of the biggest sheetfed offset press in the Asia Pacific region
Size matters: Andrew Tan Woon Chay, managing director and CEO of Linocraft (l), and Stefan Segger from KBA, in front of the biggest sheetfed offset press in the Asia Pacific regionKBA  Packaging  printing - offset 

　　After installing the Asia Pacific region’s biggest sheetfed offset press, a KBA Rapida 185, Linocraft Printers in Johor Bahru, Malaysia says it has cut production and delivery times for existing customers and attracted new accounts.

　　Andrew Tan Woon Chay, managing director and CEO of Linocraft, says “The Rapida 185 is a logical consequence of our company development and an expression of our satisfaction with KBA. We were looking for attractive, cost-effective technology that would address our packaging production demands one hundred per cent. KBA’s specialists provided invaluable support. Originally we had planned to install a Rapida 205, which has an even bigger format of 150 x 205 cm. But in the end the Rapida 185 proved to be more appropriate for our needs. It, too, has enormous growth potential and a number of unique features that distinguish us from our competitors.”

　　The Rapida 185 six-colour coater press with a sheet size of 130 x 185 cm, the company’s second KBA press, joins a five-colour Rapida 105 with coater.

　　Established in 1972 as a printer of books and commercials, Linocraft has evolved into a full-service print and packaging provider, associated with shareholders of Malaysia’s biggest logistics group, Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Berhad. In 2000 it expanded into packaging printing, which has become its primary business. Tan Woon Chay says, “A few years ago the ratio of commercial to packaging was 80:20, now it is 20:80. Packaging printing has become our biggest product line, and with the high-performance KBA presses we have achieved global standards.”

　　He adds that the Rapida 185 can print high-volume packaging for electrical goods much faster and more cost-effectively than smaller presses. He says, “Prior to installing the new KBA we printed large items of packaging in multiple parts and then had to glue the lid and base onto the main body: now, with the 185’s 2.4 square metres of sheet, we can print everything in one pass.

　　“During the selection procedure one of our top priorities was to raise the bar in quality monitoring. That is why the Rapida 185 is equipped with DensiTronic Professional density measurement and control. We are planning to add QualiTronic Professional inline colour measurement and control so as to further enhance our efficiency in quality control and documentation when the investment is appropriate.”

　　The Rapida runs in two shifts, six days a week. He says, “We have transferred a lot of jobs from another large-format press to the Rapida 185 because it is better, faster and more efficient. We print six to seven jobs per day, with an average run length of 30,000 units. Our new Rapida 185 has fulfilled all our high expectations in terms of colour stability, product quality, makeready times and production speed.”

[时间：2011-06-29]