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Competitive tensions

Ooh, I do love a good spat. Noses at Manroland Sheetfed seem to be seriously out-of-joint about KBA offering to service Manroland presses. Opportunistic? Being opportunistic is what business is all about, isn't it? Spotting opportunities and taking advantage of them. I don't really see opportunistic...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 04-10-2012
Masses of Drupa must-sees

With just 37 days to go until Drupa opens its doors, it seems that every passing week brings news of yet another must-see exhibit. Last week I attended KBA's pre-Drupa press event, held prior to its traditional pre-show customer open house where KBA gets to display its wares to a captive audience...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 03-26-2012
Contract printing conundrum

It was super-interesting to visit Bedfordshire the other week to see "Westferry Luton", Richard Desmond's new newspaper printing plant. One of the interesting things being the name, of course. I hadn't realised the Westferry name would live on beyond the docklands location era. That's...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 12-13-2011
Manroland machinations

Speculation surrounding what will happen next at Manroland is throwing up some mind-boggling prospects. I read one report that mooted a solution involving a mega-merger between Manroland, Heidelberg and KBA to make some sort of ultimate behemoth in German printing equipment manufacturing. Can you even...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 12-12-2011
Perfect storm capsizes Manroland

It is surely inconceivable that Manroland will not continue in some form. Surely??? That said, up until Friday it seemed inconceivable that this bastion of the German equipment engineering industry with a history stretching back more than 160 years would be allowed to fall into insolvency. It just shows...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 11-28-2011
Executive search can be hit and miss

So, farewell then Helge Hansen, KBA president and chief executive, and turnaround expert. The youthful looking Helge is actually coming up to 65 and reckons it's time to put his feet up. He leaves at the end of next month. Shall miss him, he was a breath of fresh air and seemed to be exactly the...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 09-27-2011
KBA takes a different tack

Feeling a bit giddy following the plethora of partnership announcements over the past week - it's certainly been a fascinating few days in the annals of industry alliances. I'm particularly intrigued by KBA's tie-up with RR Donnelley , whereby the press manufacturer has taken a different...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 03-03-2011
Much of interest in all PrintWeek's pages

Many things have caught my eye in today's issue of PrintWeek, and apart from the sparkling editorial content and sharp new-look, it was a welcome boost to see so many adverts and indeed advertising spreads. For a moment I felt like I had travelled back in time to the days of more plentiful promotional...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 02-11-2011
Competition in VLF hotting up

Here's a plant list to conjure with: one eight-colour KBA Rapida 162a; one six-colour KBA Rapida 162a; two five-colour KBA Rapida 162as; one four-colour KBA Rapida 162a. Can you guess where it is yet? Gold star to everyone who immediately piped up with "Butler Tanner & Dennis of course"...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 12-07-2010
Good enough colour

A huge parcel arrived for me last week. I was almost as excited by the contents as if it had contained, say, a diamond-encrusted iPad. But then I do need to get out more. The box in question arrived from KBA's headquarters in Germany and contains samples of the so-called ‘semi-commercial' type...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 07-05-2010

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