Equipment manufacturers

Finishing manufacturer Ibis will demonstrate two new Smart-binder features at the 11th Hunkeler Innovationdays exhibition in Switzerland next month.

Manroland Sheetfed has imposed short-time working on approximately 800 staff at its manufacturing facility in Offenbach, according to German media reports.

Herts & Essex Printers has installed an 18-month-old five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 with coater as part of an £800,000 plant upgrade.

Agfa Graphics has launched its first wide-format cutting table, the Acorta, following an OEM deal with Italian manufacturer Elitron.

Mailroom equipment supplier Addressing & Mailing Solutions (AMS) has launched the AMS Impressia, a laser envelope printer capable of printing over 4,000 full-colour envelopes per hour.

Picon has appointed Bettine Pellant to its most senior executive post following chief executive Tim Webb's decision to step down after eight years in the role.

Xaar has announced the appointment of former Kodak Digital Printing & Enterprise president Doug Edwards as its new chief executive with immediate effect.

Heidelberg has said its purchase of Belgian consumables business BluePrint Products earlier this month is just the start of a "more ambitious phase" of acquisition-led expansion.

Xaar's share price has risen 13% to 298.5p this morning (17 December) following the announcement that profit for the year will be ahead of market expectations.

Latcham Direct has extended its web-to-print data processing capability with the addition of a second XMPie uProduce server, dedicated to a specific insurance customer.