Companies & suppliers

Kodak and Ryobi in 'milestone' hybrid deal
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".
Elitron enjoys brisk business in cutting kit
Elitron (Hall 13, stand D4) has reported much interest in its automated cutting systems at Drupa.

Strålfors opts for Océ
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.

Marketers and printers as one: a Red Sofa interview with Pitney Bowes' Christoph Stehmann
Christoph Stehmann, Pitney Bowes vice-president of document messaging technologies talks to Darryl Danielli

Fuji Xerox plumps for power of Memjet
Fuji Xerox has become the latest company to announce a wide-format printer powered by Memjet's waterfall printhead technology.

Xerox on song in Middle East and Russia
Xerox (Hall 8b, stand A62) has sealed an array of international sales deals at Drupa, with customers from the Middle East and Russia among the big spenders.
Isra tools 'cut rejects'
Germany-based inspection system specialist, Isra Vision (Hall 17, stand A04) is targeting the "demanding" flexo and gravure print and finishing industry with a series of tools and upgrades, which it...

Ryobi secures US buyer for 920
Ryobi (Hall 17, stand C01) has sold a Ryobi 920 10-colour perfector, which will be configured with LED UV dryers and a coater, to VDP Direct in San Diego, US.

Swedish WF printer scores first with dash
Optimus (Hall 4, stand D4) has secured its first Swedish customer for its MIS Optimus dash in a deal signed at Drupa.
WSJ output at Drupa
During Drupa, Japanese press manufacturer TKS has been printing The Wall Street Journal on its stand (Hall 15, stand B55) every day on an inkjet web press.