Presses

Book printer Berforts Group used its recent trip to Drupa to boosts its digital print capabilities by signing for the UK's first two Elan 500 presses from Delphax.

Direct mail printer Eclipse Colour Print has invested in a 10-colour perfecting Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 at Drupa.

KYMC (Hall 6, stand D2) has used drupa to launch an inline flexo press after trialling it last year with multinational food packaging company Tetra Pak.

Packaging manufacturer Firstan said it has "taken a leap of faith" in investing in the UK's first Landa S10 nanographic press for the folding carton market.

London-based Delta Group is to be the first UK point-of-sale specialist to install the HP Indigo 20000 after signing a letter of intent at the manufacturer's drupa booth (Hall 4, stand D60).

Timsons has reported a "Who's Who" of worldwide book printers making a pilgrimage to Drupa to see the new Timsons T-Print inkjet book production line.

Kodak (Hall 5, stand F1) has signed substantial, multi-million euro imprinting deals with two printing companies at drupa.

KBA has signed orders for more than 60 Rapida presses at the show, comprising "several hundred" printing and coating units overall.

Kodak (Hall 5, stand F9) and Ryobi (Hall 17, stand C1) have signed a worldwide deal at drupa to offer the "first fully integrated hybrid sheetfed press".

Bell & Bain, the academic book and journal printer, has invested in its third KBA Rapida 142 press, a move expected to continue to "successful development" of the Glasgow-based business.