Komori says it has achieved much during drupa24, including significant sales of presses to key customers from all over the world, and many from India. Chennai-based RS Graphics is one of those key buyers of the first Komori press at the Dusseldorf event. Another company that has booked a Komori press during drupa is Chennai-based Kora Pack.
RS Graphics, a five-decade-old commercial printing and packaging converter known for the production of print and packaging products such as marketing collateral, labels, cartons, and tags, for customers from diverse sectors, has booked a new Komori Lithrone GL740+C UV IR – a 7-color plus coater 40-inch press with UV and IR curing. “This is the first brand new Komori press to be installed at our production facility,” says VB Sridharan, managing partner at RS Graphics.
He explains, “After our extensive search for an offset press capable of boosting print quality to a new level, we eventually embarked on the purchase of a Komori Lithrone GL740 with UV coater. We pre-planned the purchase to be made at drupa 2024. We specifically chose this press because its features and capacity suitably matched our requirements. Speed, print quality and overall productivity make the Komori GL740 an ideal choice for us.”
The Komori Lithrone GL740 prints at a maximum printing speed of 16,500 sheets an hour, stably handling a broad range of ultra-thin and thick sheets up to 750 x1050 mm. Jitender Rohilla, general manager, sales, Komori India, says RS Graphics’ purchase of its first Komori press at drupa24 signifies the value and trust customers from India place in the brand and its presses.
RS Graphics has comprehensive equipment for pre-press, press and post-press, with devices and machines from Kodak, Heidelberg, Mitsubishi, Zhongke, Esko, and Bobst at its state-of-the-art 90,000-square-foot facility. “After all, our new Komori Lithrone GL740 is to boost our UV printing to higher grammage substrates,” concludes Sridharan. Komori’s key products and innovations were presented in Hall15 Stand E2 at drupa.
Kora Pack orders Lithrone GL-640+C UV IR
Headquartered in Chennai with its production plant in Andhra Pradesh, Kora Pack was established in 1986 as a screen printer catering to small jobs. A year ago, it had installed a Komori Lithrone GL740, a seven-color press with UV coater. “We were fully satisfied with the press as we eventually could do make-ready within 10–15 minutes. Our waste reduced to 100–120 sheets against the earlier wastage of 400–500 sheets,” says Prasad Kora, managing director of Kora Pack.
Kora adds, “After our increasing trust in Komori, we decided to bring home our second (Komori) press, which happened to be a Lithrone GL-640+C UV IR that we booked at drupa 2024. We are excited to announce the expansion of our Komori portfolio with the purchase of the new Komori Lithrone press.”
Jitender Rohilla says the new six-color press that Kora Pack has ordered is an advanced model designed to enhance efficiency and productivity in packaging printing. It can print 16,500-sph (sheets per hour) in a maximum size of 750x1050mm.
This story is based on press releases from Komori India
