Following customer feedback to its range of packaging pre-press tools launched at Drupa FFEI has launched a modular suite of Illustrator plug-ins, RealPro Toolkit.

KBA has announced a 2.5% price increase for its sheetfed offset presses, effective from 15 April 2013.

Komori UK has promoted Steve Turner to director of sheetfed sales.

A stake in Dutch digital textile printer manufacturer Hollanders Printing Systems (HPS) has been bought by two private investors as part of a growth strategy.

Label printer MTM Products has opted for a Baumann Wohlenberg 1150mm guillotine for its ability to handle self-adhesive labels without removing the glue.

Gloucestershire paper manufacturer Cotek Papers has been fined nearly 6,000 after a worker crushed his hand in one of its coating machines.

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has pledged to halt its Indonesian deforestation projects with immediate effect, bringing 2012's anti-deforestation pledge forward by two years.

Konica Minolta has launched two new additions to its Bizhub range for commercial print-on-demand applications.

Sign and display company Mint Signs has launched a traditional print and design business in response to the number of printers entering the exhibition market.

EFI is anticipating an uptick in its cyclical Fiery business driven by new product launches, including a new Xerox device that was "secretly" shown at last months' EFI Connect user conference.