Presses

Packaging manufacturer Firstan said it has "taken a leap of faith" in investing in the UK's first Landa S10 nanographic press for the folding carton market.

London-based Delta Group is to be the first UK point-of-sale specialist to install the HP Indigo 20000 after signing a letter of intent at the manufacturer's drupa booth (Hall 4, stand D60).

Timsons has reported a "Who's Who" of worldwide book printers making a pilgrimage to Drupa to see the new Timsons T-Print inkjet book production line.

Kodak (Hall 5, stand F1) has signed substantial, multi-million euro imprinting deals with two printing companies at drupa.

KBA has signed orders for more than 60 Rapida presses at the show, comprising "several hundred" printing and coating units overall.

Kodak (Hall 5, stand F9) and Ryobi (Hall 17, stand C1) have signed a worldwide deal at drupa to offer the "first fully integrated hybrid sheetfed press".

Bell & Bain, the academic book and journal printer, has invested in its third KBA Rapida 142 press, a move expected to continue to "successful development" of the Glasgow-based business.

Strålfors has signed a 2.4m Drupa deal with Canon subsidiary Océ (Hall 9, stand C39) to complete a 6m spend on its ColorStream 3900 inkjet web press, which was launched last week.

India-based digital print specialist Hira Print Solutions has ordered a six-colour Roland 706 HiPrint with an inline coater for its new facility in Mumbai at Drupa.

KBA has parted company with executive sales director Mark Nixon after a strategic fall-out.