Presses

Hertfordshire-based Barley Print has invested £650,000 in a press that will increase its print capacity by up to 50% and move it into the print packaging arena.

Centrum Printing from Sydney, Australia, has placed the first order at Drupa for a large-format system from KBA.

Ricoh now has 15 European installations of its Pro VC60000 and has secured its first customer in central and Eastern Europe at Drupa.

Elanders Group has signed a deal for five HP (Hall 17) presses in a multimillion-euro deal as it moves further into packaging and personalisation markets in Sweden and Germany.

Canon’s sales are 30% up on last Drupa as it reached its show sales target for the 100ppm imagePress C10000VP by day three of the show.

HP (Hall 17) has secured sales for around 50 of its drupa-launched Indigo 12000s, including major deals with two of the world’s biggest web-to-print firms.

Spanish press flexo press manufacturer Comexi has launched a new version of its F1 press.

Konica Minolta (8B-A65) is showing a prototype of a new B1 UV inkjet digital press and has commercially launched its B2-plus UV inkjet press, the KM-1, under its new Accurio branding.

Durst (6-D40) has unveiled its new development for corrugated packaging and display printing, which features single- and multi-pass technologies.

KBA claims its six-colour Rapida 145 with coater and new double delivery is the biggest press running at drupa. It has also revealed more details of its joint venture with Xerox for folding cartons.