Presses

Direct Press Marketing, the Kent-based used equipment specialist, has beaten expectations by signing a number of deals at Drupa.

Dobson & Crowther, the Llangollen-based envelope printing specialist, is expanding its business with the purchase of a five-colour plus coater version of a size six Roland 900 press at Drupa.

Japanese press manufacturer Komori Corporation is investing almost Y10bn (50m) to create what it claims will be the world's largest press-making factory.

Komori has revealed the latest incarnation of its LS40 technology - the 18,000 sph Lithrone SX40 - at Drupa 2008.

Heidelberg has announced two equipment deals with UK printers as Drupa 2008 gets into full swing.

US printing giant RR Donnelley claims to have created the print industry's first 1,200dpi four-colour inkjet web press.

InfoPrint has announced two printers as it attempts to seal its place as a leading player in the growing transpromo market.

SCR Envelope Solutions has bolstered its overprinting capacity by taking delivery of its third four-back-one-colour UV press, a Halm EM5000.

MAN Roland has claimed its new B3 machine will take centre stage at this year's Drupa.

Komori is set to launch the Lithrone SX40, the latest model featuring its LS platform, which comes with a host of technical upgrades.