Presses

Eastman Kodak and its US subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the digital imaging and pre-press giant ran out of money to finance its stuttering transformation.

Solent Design Studios has taken delivery of a Watkiss PowerSquare 200 bookletmaker to cut the turnaround times of its litho and digital output.

Manroland will be split up and its German workforce almost halved under plans outlined to creditors yesterday.

With Manroland's financial uncertainty creating an opening to build market share on this side of the Atlantic, KBA North America has lured Ralph Drozt over from Komori to take over sales of...

The future of Manroland should become clear today, when administrator Werner Schneider puts bid proposals in front of the company's creditors' committee this afternoon.

Capital Group has invested in the UK's first Komori Enthrone 529, a five-colour press that will handle heavyweight stock "day in, day out" at the Brixton-based printer.

Heidelberg will cut up to 2,000 jobs worldwide in 2012 as the German press manufacturer aims to achieve savings of 180m (149m) in the 2013/14 financial year.

Family run printer Selsey Press has invested in its second B2 Komori Lithrone five-colour S29 press, five years after it installed its first, in a bid to offer faster turnaround times to customers.

Negotiations for the sale of Manroland have entered the final stages, with a shortlist of two different bid proposals due to be presented to creditors on Wednesday (18 January).

Swindon-based ESP Colour achieved record productivity on its Heidelberg XL machines in the run up to Christmas last year.