Equipment manufacturers

Adding flatbed firepower has enabled Manor Printing to reduce its turnaround times and outsourcing requirements, and secure new business

Speculation is rife as to who the identity of the mystery bidder pursuing Xeikon after the Belgian digital press manufacturer announced the possible takeover last week.

Kodak has received court approval for the $525m (327m) sale of its digital imaging patents, once valued at more than $2.5bn, although the judge admitted to being "disappointed in the price".

HP collaborated with world-renowned designer Karim Rashid at Heimtextil last week to demonstrate the results that can be achieved with its latex ink and wide format printers.

Onyx, the US-based wide-format software developer, has added support for Roland's Soljet Pro4 XR-640 printer/cutter to its Onyx Thrive workflow and Onyx RIP.

Sappi Fine Paper has raised prices across its graphic papers business due to surging raw material costs and declining margins for merchant sales.

Graph-Tech will demonstrate its monochrome high-speed inkjet press, the Monocube, at the Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne, Switzerland next month.

GPS Colour Graphics has invested in excess of £1m in a new Heidelberg Eurobind Pro 19 clamp perfect binder and a Muller Martini Ventura MC sewing machine.

Ipex 2014 organiser Informa is relying on London to contribute to an estimated 10% increase in unique visitors versus 2010, despite the latest round of damaging pull-outs.

Liverpool-based commercial printer The Printroom has invested in the UK's first Horizon StitchLiner 6000.