Presses

Agfa received a 100m euros (79m) boost at this year's Drupa, where it signed contracts worth in excess of that amount across its inkjet and prepress portfolios.

An "electronic stethoscope for machines" predicting when print kit will break down could save companies big money, claims its maker.

Oc has won Pantone's stamp of approval for two of its full-colour printing systems.

Heidelberg has said that it is "encouraged" by the response it has received at Drupa and that interest in sales are in line with expectations.

Deltor Communications expects to make long-term savings with a new press and a major factory extension.

Sterling Press will become the first UK company to install two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 long perfectors.

German process control firm Theta System has launched spectraCon, an inline spectral measuring system that can measure colour in the image areas.

Direct Press Marketing, the Kent-based used equipment specialist, has beaten expectations by signing a number of deals at Drupa.

Dobson & Crowther, the Llangollen-based envelope printing specialist, is expanding its business with the purchase of a five-colour plus coater version of a size six Roland 900 press at Drupa.

Japanese press manufacturer Komori Corporation is investing almost Y10bn (50m) to create what it claims will be the world's largest press-making factory.