Equipment manufacturers

Azonprinter has launched a new flatbed that can print onto any flat or round object up to 420mm high, which it claims is a world first, and 330mm in diameter.

Activist investor Carl Icahn has parked his tanks firmly on HP’s lawn with a no-holds-barred open letter to HP shareholders urging them to back the proposed takeover by Xerox.

Metsa Board has developed a new plastic-free paperboard for the food industry market that can easily be recycled.

Roland DG has launched what it claims is the world’s first flatbed desktop printer that can print safe inks onto food containers, children’s toys and medical equipment.

Coating machinery manufacturer Kompac has released the nearline priming and coating unit Onyx 30 to the global market.

Heidelberg has sold its Hi-Tech Coatings division to US group Innovative Chemical Products in a surprise move.

BlueCrest has launched a new inserting line targeted at high-speed direct mail applications.

HP’s board has “unanimously rejected” Xerox’s takeover offer, stating that it undervalues HP and is not in the best interests of the company’s shareholders.

Heidelberg UK boss Ryan Miles says the business has to have “a new approach” in the face of structural change in its main marketplace.

At the lively LabelExpo show in Brussels, held at the end of September, AB Graphic International’s stand was buzzing.