Offset Printing

Second Six-Colour METALSTAR 2 UV-Line for BAODECO, China

From left to right: Mr. Gerhard Grossmann, Area Sales Manager KBA-MetalPrint, Mr. Walter Zehner, Chief Representative KBA China, Mr. Zhao Yuhui Managing Director O.R.G., Mr. Zhuang Jianjun General Manager Baodeco, Mr. Uwe Rust Managing Director KBA-MetalPrint, Mr. Martin Lengyel Manager Project Engineering Departement KBA-MetalPrint

Monday 05. January 2009 - Chinese steel maker Baosteel and their subsidiary Baodeco have signed a contract for a second METALSTAR 2 with KBA-MetalPrint, the world’s leading supplier of metal decorating solutions. The contract signing ceremony for this project took place on 5th July 2008 in the Kempinski Hotel Beijing.

The installation of the new six colour UV line will begin in 2009 at Huairou, close to the Great Wall heritage site of Mutianyu in the factory operated by Baodeco’s strategic partner O.R.G.
In 2004, Baosteel decided to offer their tinplate customers a full range of printing and coating through their new Shanghai based subsidiary Baodeco. From the word go, Baodeco decided to bypass traditional printing / thermal curing systems and go straight to the latest continuous-grip / UV curing technology. This allowed them to take advantage today’s efficient, high speed single pass production, advanced printing quality, reduced set-up time and energy savings of up to 80% compared with traditional metal decorators in China. Very quickly the first machine began running at full capacity so based on their total satisfaction with this system, Baodeco decided to purchase a second six-colour METALSTAR 2 UV-line.
The older designs of metal decorating presses have the inherent problem of reregistering the sheets before each deck. Mr. Zhuang, Managing Director of Baodeco explained that “KBA-MetalPrint’s single grip technology eliminates this fundamental problem, resulting in high efficiency, low spoilage production combined with reduced spares and maintenance costs when running 365 days per year”.