Equipment manufacturers

The Azon Matrix Leather is configured with CMYK plus light cyan, light magenta, orange and green to achieve a wide variety of colours at high vibrancy

Azonprinter launches direct-to-leather device

Azonprinter has unveiled its new Matrix Leather system for direct printing onto leather materials ahead of a run of show appearances in 2020.

A remanufactured Xeikon 3030 Rex will cost around £164,000

Xeikon launches programme to sell remanufactured presses

Xeikon has begun the roll-out of its new Rex range of remanufactured digital presses to open up its technology to broader range of customers, with the first being its Xeikon 3030 Rex label system.

Lores: "HP has grown by $10.5bn over the last three years"

HP willing to explore Xerox deal

HP said it is “reaching out to Xerox” to explore if a deal is worth pursuing, but called the manufacturer’s current bid “flawed and irresponsible”.

HP: "very concerned about Xerox’s aggressive and rushed tactics"

HP activates 'poison pill' rights plan

HP has implemented a shareholder rights plan or 'poison pill', that will make it more difficult for Xerox to progress with its hostile takeover bid.

The Tx300P-1800 MkII runs at production speeds up to 20sqm/hr

Mimaki primes new hybrid textiles printer for Fespa

Mimaki will launch its latest hybrid textiles printer, the Tx300P-1800 MkII, as part of its extensive 15-product line-up at Fespa 2020 next month.

Ulrich Hermann will officially step down at the firm’s financial year-end in March

Heidelberg board down to two after another departure

Heidelberg has announced the shock departure of its ‘digital transformation’ evangelist Dr Ulrich Hermann, with the firm’s management board reduced to just two people as a result.

The Oberon RTR3300 can take two 1.6m-wide rolls to double capacity

Agfa to bring latest RTR wide-format tech to Fespa 2020

Agfa is to demo its new Oberon RTR3300 large-format roll-to-roll printer at Fespa 2020.

Focus does as much manufacturing in-house as possible

Best of British: A focus on innovation

Garage start-ups leading to greater things are legendary in the US tech sector – Hewlett-Packard in 1938 and Apple in 1976 are genuine examples – but tend to be rarer in the UK. However, one example...

HP Latex 3100 printer uses HP’s thermal inkjet printheads with the water-based latex inks

Milestones in inkjet

Of all the different print technologies currently in use, inkjet is probably the most interesting for its sheer versatility, working across documents and wide-format, labels and packaging and even 3D...

Epic DM was intended to capitalise on renewed growth in the direct mail market

Star product: BlueCrest Epic Direct Mail

An automated, easy-to-use DM inserter that pushes the envelope.