Equipment manufacturers

Landa beefs up EMEA sales with ex-HP Indigo hire

Landa Digital Printing has recruited Marc Schillemans to the new role of EMEA vice president of sales as it gears up for the first beta installs of its S10 nanographic printing press next year.

CP Bourg founder dies

Christian-Pierre Bourg, founder of print finishing equipment manufacturer CP Bourg Group, has passed away aged 89.

Durst demonstrates 1300 series at packaging event

Durst used a two-day open house at its production facility in Lienz, Austria on 10-11 November to demonstrate its new Rho 1300 series wide-format printers, which were launched at Fespa 2014.

‘New’ 700 is logical launch for Langley

This month, Manroland Sheetfed passed perhaps the last significant milestone in its reinvention post its 2012 insolvency and acquisition by Langley Holdings: it launched a new press. Quite how ‘new’ a...

Industry gears up for new packaging regulations

Packaging businesses are gearing up for next month's introduction of new EU regulations that require changes to the information that is displayed on food packaging.

Memjet terminates OEM partnership with Rapid Packaging

Inkjet printhead manufacturer Memjet has terminated its OEM agreement with Australian-based narrow-web digital label printing and converting equipment manufacturer Rapid Packaging.

Langley Holdings to acquire DruckChemie

Manroland Sheetfed-owner Langley Holdings is set to acquire the German print chemicals group DruckChemie out of administration.

Pressision in £500k digital and finishing spend

Leeds-based printer Pressision has invested £500,000 in digital print and finishing equipment as part of its three-year plan to grow its turnover by two-thirds from £1.5m to £2.5m.

MTEX launches Vision and Blue direct-to-textile printers

MTEX Solutions has launched two new digital direct-to-textile printers, the entry-level 1.6m-wide MTEX Blue and the 1.85m-wide MTEX Vision, which is aimed at the transfer print market.

Heidelberg slims losses, but signals further restructuring

Heidelberg has made two further acquisitions – in consumables and software – but further restructuring is on the cards at the manufacturer’s core printing press operations.