In a move aiming at future growth in the small format offset market, KBA’s Czech subsidiary KBA-Grafitec is entering a strategic alliance with Adast in Adamov, near Brno. Adast will discontinue the development, production and marketing of its own branded products to focus on providing KBA-Grafitec with parts and subassemblies. Other KBA production sites will also purchase from Adast where possible.
KBA-Grafitec has acquired Adast’s entire portfolio of product, patent and trademark rights. While Adast will continue to honour current guarantees for its presses, once these expire all further services and spare parts will be provided by KBA-Grafitec. No details of the financial arrangements were revealed.
KBA-Grafitec ceo Jens Junker says: “With drupa in the offing, and following the successful debut of the Rapida 75 B2 press developed jointly with our colleagues at KBA Radebeul, we anticipate a huge boost in sales of our small format presses. The rapid growth of the past three years has pushed us to the limit – neither we nor our suppliers have any capacity to spare. The alliance with Adast will give us both the extra capacity and the qualified personnel we need for future growth.”
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