ESC (8-B20/D25) is promoting the glass printing capabilities of the Praktika MIG64 at Fespa.

Automation is taking centre stage on Zünd’s stand (7-M20) where it is demonstrating a new pick-and-place robot, which unloads and sorts finished parts from the cutting table.

LPS-Digital Druck has been revealed as Germany’s first HP PageWide printer.

Durst (7-K10) has made aqueous technology the key focus of its Fespa presence, part of its long-term strategy to provide a more eco-friendly alternative to UV-curable inks.

German manufacturer Katz is using Fespa to launch new, coloured versions – Black, Neon, Aqua-Ink and Fix – of its display boards.

EFI (6-P10) has secured a deal for a Vutek GS5000 on the opening day of the show.

In a joint project with partner firms Mankiewicz and Folex, Thieme (6-T82) has developed a combined inkjet-screen print process for producing products including membranes for computer keyboards.

Durst (B2-110) has sold the first Rho 312R 3.2m roll-to-roll printer, which was launched at Fespa, to German company Onlineprinters.

The new ColorPainter M-64s, nicknamed 'The Beauty', which Seiko unveiled at Fespa, has become a bestseller, with eight of these low-solvent, large-format printers were sold on the first day alone.

Seiko Instruments (A3/B11) has expanded its ColorPainter solvent-based family of printers with the new W series.