Type Aktiengesellschaft Industry Printing press Products Printing press Founded 1817 | Traded as FWB: SKB Area served Worldwide Headquarters Würzburg, Germany | |
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Key people Claus Bolza-Schünemann (CEO and chairman of the executive board) Stock price SKB (ETR) € 55.62 -0.07 (-0.13%)16 Mar, 5:35 PM GMT+1 - Disclaimer Founders Friedrich Koenig, Andreas Friedrich Bauer Subsidiaries KBA-Flexotecnica S.p.A., Kba-metronic Gmbh Profiles | ||
Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) (FWB: SKB) is a German company that makes printing presses based in Würzburg. It was founded by Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer in Würzburg in 1817, making it the oldest printing press manufacturer in the world still in service.
95% of the banknotes used in the world are printed on printers made by KBA-NotaSys SA, a division of KBA.
Printing capacity
The table lists the maximum number of pages which the various early 19th century press designs of Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer could print per hour, compared to earlier hand-operated screw presses. The table includes those designs which were constructed by the pair in England before the establishment of their company upon their return to Germany.
References
Koenig & Bauer Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA