Equipment manufacturers

Format Graphics has installed its first Agfa, an Avinci CX3200 dye-sublimation printer, to support increasing demand for soft signage and enabling it to produce in one day what previously took a week.

Printing and books featured prominently in the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with the achievements of local luminary John Baskerville marked by a giant printing press.

Second-quarter sales at Xerox were down by 2.6% year-on-year at $1.75bn (£1.45bn) but up by 1.1% in constant currency terms.

Bobst will return to private ownership if shareholders accept an offer from the group’s biggest shareholder.

EFI Reggiani has broken ground on a new textile campus to accommodate its continued growth.

Tecnau has completed its ambitious ‘Spring Forward with Tecnau’ webinar series of customer case studies.

Xaar is on track to launch its aqueous printhead in Q4, with sales and profits also set to meet expectations.

German press manufacturers Koenig & Bauer and Heidelberg have outlined the actions they are taking in light of the continental energy crisis.

Kolbus has taken on the agency for German bookbinding machinery specialist Schmedt, and has already added a fresh installation at CPI Group.

Industry giant Xerox has swooped to acquire Go Inspire as it looks to expand its Digital Services business worldwide.