Investment & installations
KBA show sales exceed €100m
KBA’s sales at Drupa have broken the €100m (£79m) mark. The manufacturer has sold more than 60 presses to customers from more than 30 countries and on six continents in the first nine days.
Mohndruck purchases In-Log post-press solution
Mohn Media Mohndruck has placed an order with Manroland Web Systems for a new 96-page rotary web press for its Gütersloh, Germany site.
Indian newspaper group moves into packaging
Sakal, the Indian newspaper and commercial business group, has invested €2m (£1.6m) with KBA (16-C47) and Bobst (10-A60) at Drupa to move into packaging.
Walsh signs €6m three-press Komori deal
Ireland-based trade printer Walsh Colour Print has signed for three Komori (15-D04) presses at Drupa, in a deal worth around €6m (£4.7m).
Vale Press in huge Drupa spend
UK-based Vale Press has spent approximately £1m at Drupa, purchasing a Duplo iSaddle system and a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 with Prinect Inpress Control.
Direct Services buys Truepress Jet520
Direct Services Gütersloh, owned by Bertelsmann, has ordered a Truepress Jet520ZZ from Screen (8a-C11) at Drupa.
German buyer for Ferag One2Out line
German company AFD Direktwerbung has ordered a One2Out line from Ferag at Drupa.
Sprint upgrades CTP with Heidelberg
Design, copy and print operation Sprint is looking to speed up its platemaking sixfold by installing a new Heidelberg Suprasetter A 75.
Augustus Martin in £3m Inca Onset spend
UK printer Augustus Martin has signed for three, new wide-format flatbed UV inkjet printers from the Inca Onset X series, at Drupa.
City Printing invests in DigiBook 200
City Printing has achieved big cost efficiencies on short-runs after installing a PUR binder from Morgana Systems.