July 2025 - Koenig & Bauer Durst Digital Packaging Print

A holistic approach for best customer solutions

Guest blog by Markus Weiss, CEO of Koenig & Bauer Paper & Packaging

With nearly two decades of experience in the printing sector, I bring a deep understanding of digital transformation and its potential.

Now as CEO of Koenig & Bauer Paper & Packaging Sheetfed Systems, my priority is to position Koenig & Bauer as a comprehensive solution provider and Trusted Advisor. This includes developing innovative business models that drive the complementary use of offset and digital printing in the packaging and commercial printing industries.

Whereas offset printing remains the leading technology in packaging and commercial printing, digital printing is becoming increasingly important.

The optimal combination of both technologies opens up new growth opportunities for our customers and shows that their joint use will shape the future of the printing industry.

This is especially true with increasing numbers of innovative solutions in the prepress and postpress adding to the possibilities.

Our aim is to make our customers even more successful and helping them to differentiate from competition. This is why we provide our customers with holistic system solutions encompassing PrePress (software), Press (offset and digital), and PostPress (finishing), enabled by intelligent automation and leveraging AI for maximum production efficiency.

With the VariJET 106 – a joint development between ourselves and Durst Group – we provide a very good and unique technical solution for folding carton markets.

My personal opinion is that it is super-critical to be getting run lengths up to 7.000 sheets per hour on the VariJET 106 and develop even more new applications.

The VariJET 106 has an important part to play in the future, albeit one piece of the jigsaw.

I look forward to expanding the boundaries of what is possible in complementary printing and our comprehensive automation solutions, and to positioning us as a leading comprehensive solution provider and strengthening our position as THE Trusted Advisor in this dynamic market.

28. July 2025

Enhancing security with VariJET

General News, Innovation

Guest blog by Dr. Carolin Müller, Product Management, Protection Technologies Koenig & Bauer Vision & Protection

In a fast-moving world where the only constant is change, here’s a sneak preview of a new product we’re officially unveiling this autumn.

And why specifically Koenig & Bauer Durst’s LinkedIn platform? Well, in addition to being asked to provide input for this blog, the VariJET 106 is of huge interest for this new protection product called ‘Aegis’.

Brands producing luxury goods and otherwise exposed – for example, pharmaceuticals, tobacco or confectionery – are wary of fraud or counterfeiting issues and need to assure their customers of the integrity and traceability of high-value purchases.

The Koenig & Bauer Vision & Protection industry-recognised protection technology is called Stegano, which ensures products are protected by hidden data. My colleague, Marc Hunsänger, provided an insight here.

Now we’ve taken this a step further with our ‘Aegis Protect’ that will be officially unveiled in September, which will include a series of high-profile roadshows in the UK, Europe and North America.

In essence, Aegis Protect is an easy-to-apply varnish protection. Every varnish provides added value, is not recognisable but is optically readable and has the security features integrated, not added.

It secures like a vault but without any visible lock. Decoding is carried out by verification checks with the open platform ava (a verification app), which is technology agnostic and multi-factor ready.

We’re already working with some of the Koenig & Bauer Durst customers who need to enhance security for their own clients.

We see Aegis Protect as being extremely important for the VariJET 106 – and can help sales.

And one of the spin-off benefits is that the amount of varnish required for jobs is significantly reduced because, with Aegis, there is raster manipulation.

Find out more about the VariJET here: VariJET 106 – Koenig & Bauer Durst Digital Packaging Print

Find out more about Stegano here: https://www.koenig-bauer.com/en/products/p/stegano

The product name Aegis stems from the modern use of the word for protection and support, often symbolizing a shield or defence in various contexts. It has its roots in ancient mythology, primarily linked to Greek culture. See here for more details.

23. July 2025

Label-free packaging thanks to digital print with the Delta SPC 130

General News, Innovation

Mondi has expanded its portfolio with a high-performance digital printing solution, enabling customised, high-volume packaging following the acquisition of Schumacher Packaging’s Western European operations.

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18. July 2025

Open House Event Featured in the Folding Carton Industry Magazine

Events, General News

Koenig & Bauer recently hosted an Open House event, where it showcased solutions for expanding business models for packaging production.

Live presentations from highvolume production, through medium runs to short-run segments were demonstrated, as well as acting as a platform for in-depth exchange with experts from various Koenig & Bauer business units.

It was the chance to see the company’s complete solutions for folding carton production for packaging printers, converters, and commercial printers.

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14. July 2025

Inspirational insights underscoring the power of innovation

Events, General News

Guest blog by Thomas Goeke, Customer Experience and Marketing, Koenig & Bauer

Knowledge sharing, a celebration of achievements and future-forward approaches with partnerships based on trust… all among the overwhelmingly positive feedback to our recent Open House.

A heartfelt thank you to all the attendees at our ‘Expand Your Business Model’ event over two weeks at our Sheetfed division headquarters in Radebeul, Germany.

I have a strong belief in the need to inspire customers and provide value with our total one-stop shop approach.

It wasn’t just a showcase for die-cutting, folder-gluer and offset and digital printing processes, we were able to communicate our complete value proposition as a trusted partner.

Guests were able to see live demonstrations of integrated, innovative technology in an inspiring environment covering solutions in folding carton, label, commercial, and corrugated board sectors.

We covered everything from high-volume to short-run production, digital and showed the myKana digital ecosystem portal, including AI-supported products that add tangible added value for product optimisation.

One of the undoubted highlights was the “From Zero to Carton Hero” in 15 minutes, the timeframe it takes to complete a folding carton production value chain from sheet to finished product.

And of course, the VariJET digital production machine from Koenig & Bauer Durst was another!

Witnessing the positive reaction from a fully focused audience every day was truly awe-inspiring.

As a one-stop solutions provider, we enable our customers to be successful.

We help them to look beyond products, understand the pain points and develop a profitable business model to help them grow with good guidance.

If you missed our “Expand Your Business Model” Open House, you can find out more here or here.

2. July 2025