Dana Industries Invests in Koenig & Bauer Rapida 75 LED Press
- Published: November 16, 2018
DALLAS, TX | When well-known A-list retailers seek a world-class full-service print provider for their important retail solutions, they turn to Dana Industries. Established exactly 25 years ago, Dana Industries has grown its business from its base in Toronto to facilities in the U.S., China
As the retail marketing landscape continues to more intensely focus on its intended audience, Dana Industries has committed itself to
A major part of Dana’s quarter-of-a-century allure is its one-stop full-service total retail solution offering a skillful design team for innovative concepts,
With the tremendous explosion of growth at Dana, management decided that it needed a larger press than its current pressroom models including a Koenig & Bauer Genius 52 14 x 20-inch press. This fall, a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 75 PRO with LED-UV drying was commissioned at Dana’s 35,000 sq ft facility outside of Toronto. It is the first half-format press incorporating this innovative drying technology in the country. Dana purposely built a special 4,000 sq ft humidity-controlled print room within its facility to self-contain the new Rapida 75 PRO. The new Rapida 75 PRO expands the firm’s capabilities for both its customers and its own production.
“We could see a lot of value in the Rapida 75 PRO,” says Ricci. “We now have a 2 ½ bigger sheet size with the Rapida 75 PRO compared to the Genius. Its standard print format has grown to 20.4 x 28.9-inches. We’ll now be able to produce 80% of our work in-house compared to 20% before. This is a big step up for us.”
Due to the necessary increase in speed, efficiency, and makeready, Dana sought a press that could successfully handle its shorter run lengths and produce more runs with fewer plate changes. Its new Rapida 75 PRO answers those challenges with its One-Button-Job-Change feature, which provides a reduction in makeready times by up to 50%. All pre-selected makeready processes are carried out at the touch of a button in an optimized sequence according to time. Job and press settings can be loaded at the ErgoTronic console during production. This program for job changing makes operating the press easier and reduces makeready times even further.
With the requirement for additional color and more pop, Dana is satisfied that the new Rapida 75 PRO features the same ColorTronic ink ducts as those found in medium- and large-format
Ricci and his team were also impressed with the press design of the Rapida 75 PRO, which moves it even closer to medium-format models such as the Rapida 105 and Rapida 106. The ErgoTronic console is a standard feature equipped with the TouchTronic graphical user interface. Job management (console) and press operation (delivery screen) are no longer separate. Dana’s press operators will be xx with the user-friendliness of the Rapida 75 PRO’s touchscreen operation. All of the press’ functions are controlled with a maximum of two touches of a button.
“Let’s talk about the advantages of the LED-UV curing process,” says Ricci. “Not only does it bring tangible economic benefits, such as reduced energy consumption and significant material savings, but
As Dana Industries continues its leadership position as a full-service provider of total retail solutions, it will remain innovative and customer-focused by promising to be first-to-market with new solutions and exceeding its customer expectations. “Our goal is to drive sales for our retail customers while delivering value in the form of product information and enhancing brand presence. Our shelf talkers continue to be unique and appealing while representing one of the simplest yet effective tools to draw a consumer to a product. Our new Rapida 75 PRO will be a key component in providing that promise,” Ricci affirms.
Dana Industries is a full-service provider of total retail solutions. Since its 1993 launch, the firm has established industry leadership in shelf signage and store fixtures. Today, clients all over the world trust Dana as a one-stop solution—from concept, to design, to prototyping, to full conversion and in-store execution. As it enters its second quarter century, Dana is at the forefront of delivering retail innovation. Innovation designed to meet the very real challenges retailers face. Innovation has proven to move products from the shelf to the shopping cart. Innovation driving the evolution of the retail shopping experience.
Koenig & Bauer (US) is located in Dallas, Texas and a member of the Koenig & Bauer Group, which was established 200 years ago in Würzburg, Germany. Koenig & Bauer’s claim, “We’re on it.” gets to the heart of Koenig & Bauer’s values and competencies for all target groups. The group's product range is the broadest in the industry; its portfolio includes sheetfed offset presses in all format classes, post press die-cutters, inkjet presses and systems, flexographic presses, commercial and newspaper web presses, corrugated presses, special presses for banknotes, securities, metal-decorating, smart cards, glass
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