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Drupa preview: hall-by-hall highlights

Take a walk with PrintWeek through the Halls of Drupa as we wind our way around the Messe and point out sights you really can't afford to miss, from hyped launches to those that may have slipped under...

Topcut Bullmer launches "world first" cutting platform

German manufacturer Topcut Bullmer has unveiled its new Premiumcut ELC plotter cutting machine, said to be the world's first 5.2m-wide cutter.

BPIF Outlook Survey exposes overcapacity

The BPIF has dampened the optimism reported in the last edition of PrintWeek after the Q1 2012 Printing Outlook Survey showed mixed results.

Could postal deregulation bring about a two-tier service?

When TNT Post announced in 2009 that it was to undertake a small-scale trial providing an end-to-end (E2E) mailing service delivering directly to households and businesses in Liverpool, more than a...

Choice will bring savings and innovative services

Independent research and the Hooper reports into the postal market commissioned by the government have concluded that competition has already had a positive impact for most postal users. Simply by...

'I'm more energised and excited than ever': an interview with Benny Landa

Can Benny Landa do it again? He spearheaded the digital printing revolution in 1993 when he launched his Indigo E-Print 1000, promising "a print run of one". Now, after selling Indigo to HP in 2001,...

Warming up for 'the Olympics of print': your guide to Drupa 2012

B2 or not B2? That is the question digital manufacturers have been asking themselves pre-Drupa and - for the most part - they have opted for the affirmative answer. So much so, in fact, that some are...

Nanography to challenge offset, says Landa

Benny Landa aims to take on offset by making his Nanography digital printing technology as ubiquitous as xerography.

Anton Group in 14m Heidelberg buy

Heidelberg has unveiled the next generation of its flagship XL range, the Speedmaster XL 106, with one of the first machines slated for installation at Anton Group as part of a 14m, three-press deal...

Digital finishes first in the race for run-lengths: Drupa post-press preview

The job of the finishing manufacturer is generally a reactive one: whatever the press manufacturers, both digital and litho, have planned for the future, the finishing manufacturers must be able to...