During a visit to the Würzburg demo center: (back row, l-r) Ingo Lehnhoff, managing director Swiss Krono Tex Germany; Christoph Müller, management board member Koenig & Bauer; (front row, l-r) Bernd Hillebrand, sales manager Koenig & Bauer Digital & Webfed; Hendrik Hecht, managing director Swiss Krono Tex Germany; Frank Oldorff, project manager Swiss Krono Tex; Sebastian Dicke, product development Swiss Krono Tex; Oliver Baar, digital business development & marketing for Koenig & Bauer Digital & Webfed
Swiss Krono is investing in a RotaJET 225 from Koenig & Bauer for its production facility in Heiligengrabe in the north of Germany. This is the fifth press to be sold to a customer active in the growth market of digital decor printing. Within this category, Swiss Krono is the second producer of wood-based materials to invest in Koenig & Bauer’s digital printing solution.
The new RotaJET 225 for Swiss Krono in Heiligengrabe
“With the two different machine classes (L and VL) and three web widths (138cm, 168cm and 225cm) of our RotaJET, we can offer our customers market- and region-specific solutions for the most varied decor applications. We are especially pleased that Swiss Krono has opted for a RotaJET 225,” says Koenig & Bauer board member Christoph Müller. The new digital web press will be entering production in Heiligengrabe in the summer of 2020. Ingo Lehnhoff, managing director of Swiss Krono Tex in Germany says, “The RotaJET 225 from Koenig & Bauer supports the highly efficient realization of shorter runs and we can now bring new decors and products to the market faster than ever before.”
The Swiss Krono Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of wood-based products for interiors, flooring and building materials. The group currently employs a staff of 5100 at its manufacturing sites in Switzerland, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia and the USA. In FY 2017-18 fiscal year, the company generated sales of CHF 2.0 billion. The group’s products are distributed to over 120 countries worldwide.
In 2024, we are looking at full recovery and growth-led investment in Indian printing
Indian Printer and Publisher founded in 1979 is the oldest B2B trade publication in the multi-platform and multi-channel IPPGroup. It created the category of privately owned B2B print magazines in the country. And by its diversification in packaging, (Packaging South Asia), food processing and packaging (IndiFoodBev) and health and medical supply chain and packaging (HealthTekPak), and its community activities in training, research, and conferences (Ipp Services, Training and Research) the organization continues to create platforms that demonstrate the need for quality information, data, technology insights and events.
India is a large and tough terrain and while its book publishing and commercial printing industry have recovered and are increasingly embracing digital print, the Indian newspaper industry continues to recover its credibility and circulation. The signage industry is also recovering and new technologies and audiences such as digital 3D additive printing, digital textiles, and industrial printing are coming onto our pages. Diversification is a fact of life for our readers and like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.
India is one of the fastest growing economies in nominal and real terms – in a region poised for the highest change in year to year expenditure in printing equipment and consumables. Our 2024 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock – to emphasize your visibility and relevance to your customers and turn potential markets into conversations.
