The Belfast-based business has said the new B1 press will prove "central" to the fine art and book printer's growth strategy in the coming years.
Investing in KBA marks a move away from Heidelberg for the 38-staff printer, which expects a boost in productivity from the shift to perfecting production.
Johnny Megarry, managing director at Nicholson & Bass, said the company analysed the press market, reviewing Heidelberg and Komori options before settling on the KBA.
He said: "It was time to make the move to long perfecting so we could be more productive in a single pass.
"The Rapida 105 is central to our growth strategy and will help us find new business. We expect it to grow turnover by as much as 30%."
Megarry said he has been impressed by the KBA's features such as the DriveTronic Simultaneous Plate Changing (SPC) system, which has helped cut makereadies on the 105 press.
"SPC enabled us to produce 28 makereadies in 24 hours for runs of several thousand at a time," he added.
The company, established in 1938, has also benefited from bringing some jobs back in-house following the press installation.
"We have one regular digital job, a series of 10 books, that we were outsourcing but we swapped these over to the KBA and that has saved us time and money," said Megarry.
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