Equipment manufacturers

Sweden's Lessebo mill has been saved from closure after Norwegian investors bought the assets from its previous owner, insolvent Vida Paper.

Lumejet, inventor of a new silver halide-based print technology, has said it plans to explore wider web and duplex printing options as part of its product development roadmap.

KBA UK has reorganised its service, support and consumables sales operations as printers increase their focus on getting maximum productivity from their presses.

EFI chief executive Guy Gecht urged printers to "look outside" for the answers to their business challenges at this week's EFI Connect user conference in Las Vegas.

Komori has confirmed that it will no longer exhibit at Ipex 2014.

Adding flatbed firepower has enabled Manor Printing to reduce its turnaround times and outsourcing requirements, and secure new business

Speculation is rife as to who the identity of the mystery bidder pursuing Xeikon after the Belgian digital press manufacturer announced the possible takeover last week.

Kodak has received court approval for the $525m (327m) sale of its digital imaging patents, once valued at more than $2.5bn, although the judge admitted to being "disappointed in the price".

HP collaborated with world-renowned designer Karim Rashid at Heimtextil last week to demonstrate the results that can be achieved with its latex ink and wide format printers.

Onyx, the US-based wide-format software developer, has added support for Roland's Soljet Pro4 XR-640 printer/cutter to its Onyx Thrive workflow and Onyx RIP.