Digital Press Articles & News

News from UK Press

• POP European parts company with business development director - POP European business development director Dimitri Hoebreckx has left the consortium with chairman Christian Duyckaerts taking on Hoebreckx' responsibilities.
• Kodak to show Prosper 5000XL at Ipex - Kodak will launch its Prosper 5000XL, the first colour press based on its Stream technology, at Ipex in May, and has confirmed that the first European installation will be Italian printer Rotomail.
• Printed electronic greetings cards developed - A Manchester company has helped to pioneer state-of-the-art printed electronic greetings cards for Hallmark subsidiary Tigerprint.
• HP extends SmartStream tools to cover business intelligence - HP Indigo has extended its range of SmartStream workflow tools with a business intelligence module for monitoring and improving the performance of its Indigo digital presses.
• Potts Printers picks up Europe's first Presstek 52DI-AC - Potts Printers has brought "an important balance" to its pressroom and opened up new markets after investing in its maiden digital press, Europe's first install of the Presstek 52DI-AC.
• Heidelberg preparing digital move - Heidelberg has confirmed that it is talking to possible digital partners to enable it to sell digital presses in 170 countries and said that a deal should be in place by the end of the year.
• Canon seals takeover of Océ - Canon has taken a majority stake in Océ after securing a 71% stake in the Dutch manufacturer following its 8.60 euro (£7.80) per share offer.
• EskoArtwork hopes to broaden appeal with digital finishing system Ipex launch - EskoArtwork is to launch a fully automated digital finishing system aimed at a wider range of users, from cutsheet digital press clients through to smaller signage and packaging producers.
• Park Communications invests in pair of Xerox DocuColor presses - Park Communications has bolstered its digital department by investing in a Xerox DocuColor 8000 and DocuColor 8002 digital colour presses.
• Riso to release 'world's fastest cut-sheet inkjet' at Ipex 2010 - Riso's latest colour inkjet device, the ComColor, will have its European launch at Ipex in May.