Equipment manufacturers

Xerox has increased its hostile takeover offer for HP to $24 (£18.56) per share following several previous rejections by HP.

MBO has launched the latest generation of its Vacustar feeder head with improved speed and automated features.

Duplo is set to launch a new digital foiling machine and a shape cutter at the next Packaging Innovations expo in Birmingham.

CMYUK has been appointed as a specialist UK partner with Canon for the rollout of the manufacturer’s Colorado 1650 roll-to-roll system.

Durst has restructured its industrial textiles printing segment with the appointment of Stefan Kappaun as the segment manager.

Landa Digital Printing, the largest of the Landa Group’s 18 companies, has taken on Asher Levy as its new active chairman.

Heidelberg has unveiled its latest generation Speedmaster presses, which it calls “the most intelligent and most automated” to date.

HP has called Xerox “a company of questionable value” after the business, which continues to pursue a hostile takeover of HP, reported a 6.2% revenue drop for 2019 and a 2.2% decline in Q4.

A financial analyst following Xerox has said the manufacturer may need to increase its bid for HP from $22-per-share (£16.89) to $26 in order to attract the company’s board and shareholders.

Kodak and Uteco Group have now installed their first Sapphire Evo hybrid press at a customer site as Japanese printer Kinyosha takes delivery of the new machine.