Drupa

Pitney Bowes (Hall 4, stand C4) has sold its first sorting machines into Turkey after signing a 770,000 ($1m) deal at Drupa.

DC Druckchemie (Outside exhibition space by Hall 10) has added the new DC Varnish to its product portfolio.

Paper waste specialist Hunkeler Systeme is attracting attention in Hall 14 with its GreenLineConcept automated on-off switching system for extraction and compaction.

Canon's director of professional print for Europe, David Preskett, has found a unique way of measuring visitor volumes across the halls at drupa 2012: hotdogs.

Buxton Press has kicked off the next phase of its reinvestment plan by sealing a 7m deal for two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 perfectors at Drupa.

Contraction in the printing industry is evident in the Drupa visitor numbers - although 170,000 visitors had attended by the half-way point, this figure is 20% down on the 2008 show.

RR Donnelley president and chief executive Thomas Quinlan lauded the partnership between the print giant and KBA, which has produced a fully fledged inkjet web press in a little over a year.

Drupa 2012 marks the return of Bell and Howell (Hall 4, stand A24) to the European market, after the US-based company sold its international business to Pitney Bowes in 2003.

Anton Group has become the first company in Europe to install two Agfa Avalon N8-80 platesetters following a major pre-press upgrade to accompany its 17m (14m) Heidelberg spend.