On May 30th, officials from BG, the German environmental standards body, today presented Komori President Yoshiharu Komori at Komori stand with "Emissions Tested" certificates for the latest additions to the Komori lineup - the Lithrone SX29 and the SX40.
The BG "Emission Tested" Certificate is a seal of quality and is only awarded to presses whose emissions are clearly and permanently under the prescribed limits.
The emissions tested under rigorous conditions include cleaning solvents, dampening solution additives, inks, varnishes (mist),powder, noise, ozone, and UV radiation in UV printing.
Albrecht Gloeckle, BG Head of Technical Inspectorate, said: "For almost 20 years, Komori and BG have been working together to develop safe machinery that not only produces high printing quality but also meets the relevant European safety standards.
At Ipex 2006 we issued the first "Emission Tested" certificate to Komori. At Drupa 2008 we are very pleased to be issuing further certificates, and once again to a brand new press - a rare achievement.
These certificates recognize that Komori puts environmental and operator considerations at the very core of press design."
The BG officials also noted their view that Komori is the best press manufacturer in the industry in terms of designing and producing presses that limit emissions.
They also suggested that Komori web presses are so advanced that future cooperation between Komori and BG will undoubtedly lead to the establishment of standards for web offset presses that are similar in aim to those currently applied to sheetfed presses.