Digital

Mutoh has launched its latest ValueJet wide-format digital printer, the VJ-1627MH, which comes fitted with a specialised hot air knife media drying system.

These must be interesting times for everyone who works at, or with, Ricoh.

Fujifilm has added a higher-performance model to its sheetfed inkjet offering, and has billed the third-generation Jet Press 750S as “the fastest B2 full-colour digital press on the market”.

Ricoh has acquired German software provider ColorGate in a deal worth around €10m (£8.7m).

Echo House is set to continue its pioneering relationship with Fujifilm on its Acuity Ultra range by taking on a new smaller-format version of the superwide machine in January.

Kodak is now negotiating with a single party over the sale of its flexo business and expects to seal the deal in Q4.

Bluetree Group is set to increase its floorspace by 45% in an ambitious expansion plan that will extend into 2020.

Orders continue to rise at Koenig & Bauer but sales at the press manufacturer have been hit by a bottleneck in parts supply that has hit delivery schedules.

Adare SEC is to concentrate operations at its Redditch site on core security products with an investment of around £400,000 early next year.

Heathfield commercial printer Scantech has acquired Berforts South West and is set to begin relocating into its new subsidiary’s Hastings base to consolidate under one roof.