Equipment manufacturers

Agfa Graphics has posted double-digit percentage falls in EBIT and EBITDA in its second quarter results despite a small increase in turnover.

There is, as yet, no MIS purely dedicated to cross-media but even existing print-based suites can produce worthwhile benefits, monitoring productivity and deadlines, and helping calculate costs

Pageflex has added social media to its software for the first time with the launch of version 8.0.

Ricoh has made a significant investment in San Diego-based PTI Marketing Technologies, a leading provider of web-to-print and marketing personalisation software.

Signage and display specialist Fastsigns Leeds has invested in a new Zund G3 digital wide-format cutter with the help of the Regional Growth Fund.

Apex Digital Graphics has announced the arrival of a new space-saving B2 press from Japanese manufacturer Ryobi.

Commercial printer Optima Print has invested in a new Heidelberg Polar 66 guillotine as a replacement for an older machine.

The community of HP graphic arts customers has detailed its inaugural EMEA conference, which will take place this November.

At the paper company's AGM on 1 August chairman Mark Cropper voiced concern that the market conditions causing the decline were showing no sign of abating.

HP is to take an $8bn (5.1bn) goodwill charge this quarter after writing down the value of a division that sells computer services to businesses.