A holistic approach for best customer solutions – Koenig & Bauer Durst Digital Packaging Print

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.