KBA says this ironically follows last year’s award for its largest machine, the Rapida 205 VLF press.
The Genius 52UV sheetfed offset press was one of 11 nominations out of 35 entries and the award will be presented in November.
PIA/GATF is the world’s largest graphic arts trade association, serving the interests of more than 12,000 member companies and representing an industry with more than $US161 billion in revenue and 1.2 million employees.
Inaugurated in 1978 to foster awareness and understanding of advanced graphic arts technology, the annual InterTech Technology Award honours excellence in innovative technology for the graphic communications industry.
The nomination criteria stipulate that the technology be recently developed, proven in industrial application and expected to have a major impact on the graphic communications industry over the next five years.
Ralf Sammeck, president and CEO of KBA North America’s sheetfed division says the Genius 52UV was the only offset press to gain such a distinction this year, only 10 months after it was launched in Chicago.
The compact Genius is the world’s only waterless, keyless UV sheetfed offset press and has the widest stock range in the B3 (20in) format: from 100gsm to 0.8mm (60lb to 32pt), from paper and board to plastics such as lenticular, ABS, PVC and PC.
The press prints in four or five colours with UV curing inks that harden rapidly and completely, thus allowing further processing immediately afterwards.
