Equipment manufacturers

Digital pre-press and print pioneer Efi Arazi, founder of both Scitex and Electronics for Imaging (EFI) and father of Israel's high-tech industry, has passed away, aged 76.

KAS Paper Systems has released a new creaser with an operating system that has a facility for future downstream attachments.

Ricoh has announced a raft of updates to its software portfolio, including four updates to its TotalFlow workflow and a new cloud-based marketing services suite, MarcomCentral.

Less than six months after it was acquired by private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP), Presstek is going through a restructuring that includes a number of redundancies.

Arjowiggins Graphic and Antalis has launched a video campaign detailing the fantasy land of Paperworld in a bid to raise the profile of recycled papers.

Xaar's share price has jumped nearly 17% to 490p (prev close 420p) after it announced that it was increasing its expectations for the year.

Print and converting manufacturer Edale is to hold an open day at its Hampshire factory and showroom on 9 May.

Agfa has ceased to develop its flagship flatbed inkjet press, the M-Press, which was originally developed as a joint venture with screen-print press manufacturer Thieme.

North Plains has launched the first two products to use its new ConnectR technology, for clients of its Xinet production asset management system (formerly Xinet WebNative).

EFI has unveiled SmartSign Analytics (SSA), a system that automatically captures and analyses signage viewership and engagement data.