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KBA pays a dividend of 40 cents per share for 2012; Successful trade shows boost sheetfed order intake; Persistent investment reluctance in web presses; Restructuring process not yet complete; Focus on further diversification in print-related growth markets; Similar sales and pre-tax earnings to 2012 expected.
6,000th Rapida printing unit in large-format goes to Scotland.
Group sales up 10.9% at EUR 1,293.9m; Sheetfed orders jump by 17.1%; Order backlog below record prior year, but higher than 2010; Operating profit at EUR 43.1m, more than quadrupled; Strong cash flow and high net liquidity; Solid balance sheet with a 40.2% equity ratio; Objective for 2013: moderate rise in earnings with similar sales; Focus on growth markets, such as digital printing and packaging.
KBA plans acquisition in growing flexible packaging market.
Rapida 145 welcomes “big sister” KBA Rapida 164
Singapore-based Tien Wah Press (TWP), part of Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing Group, pushed the button on a highly automated ten-colour Rapida 106 perfecting press with coater in its production plant in Johor Bahru (Malaysia) in December 2012.
Rapida 106 with unusual configuration
Brisk sales of sheetfed presses at major trade fair; good response to launch of digital and packaging presses; order backlog at end of May above prior year; higher earnings anticipated than in 2011; sales and profit projections for 2012 reaffirmed.
At drupa in Dusseldorf (May 3–16), Muller Martini will present new production systems and demonstrate the possibilities for optimizing existing systems at Stand C21 in Hall 14. Digital solutions from Muller Martini will also be displayed at the stands of HP and KBA.