Equipment manufacturers

Roland SF-200: "indispensable for a wide range of applications"

Roland unveils desktop device for sensitive applications

Roland DG has launched what it claims is the world’s first flatbed desktop printer that can print safe inks onto food containers, children’s toys and medical equipment.

The modular Kompaq Onyx 30

Kompac unveils Onyx 30 coating system

Coating machinery manufacturer Kompac has released the nearline priming and coating unit Onyx 30 to the global market.

Heidelberg sells coatings business

Heidelberg has sold its Hi-Tech Coatings division to US group Innovative Chemical Products in a surprise move.

BlueCrest launches Epic DM inserter

BlueCrest has launched a new inserting line targeted at high-speed direct mail applications.

HP rebuffs Xerox offer

HP’s board has “unanimously rejected” Xerox’s takeover offer, stating that it undervalues HP and is not in the best interests of the company’s shareholders.

Miles: Heidelberg has to 'find new ways to add value'

Heidelberg UK boss Ryan Miles says the business has to have “a new approach” in the face of structural change in its main marketplace.

Best of British: No end to finishing creativity

At the lively LabelExpo show in Brussels, held at the end of September, AB Graphic International’s stand was buzzing.

Xerox and HP: latest on possible takeover

Xerox has given HP four weeks to carry out due diligence over its possible $22 a share takeover offer, although tensions over who would run the combined entity could stymie the deal according to...

Xerox plots bid for HP

With the ink barely dry on Xerox’s deal with Fujifilm to settle the Fuji Xerox situation, speculation that the iGen manufacturer could be readying a bid for its larger printing industry rival HP has...

Heidelberg downsizes board: Plenz to depart

Heidelberg will part company with its longest-serving main board member as part of a raft of cost-saving measures, while the group’s share price has jumped by 10% on the back of better Q2 results.