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KBA Reports 46% Q1 Revenue Increase

Orders for packaging presses account for 70% of sales.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

This year started well for the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA). At €258.8m group revenue in the first quarter was up 46% on the prior-year figure of €177.3 million. All three segments posted considerable gains in sales, with new presses for growth market packaging printing climbing to over 70% of the total.   Incoming orders of €266.3 million were slightly higher than revenue this quarter. Accordingly, order backlog at the end of March stood at €582.4 million, an increase on the figure from the...

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