Heidelberg CEO: "we will come out of this crisis much stronger"
Heidelberg CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer has pledged that the manufacturer will emerge from the Covid-19 crisis in a “much stronger” position, even though it could take until 2024 for the industry to...
Fujifilm expands Real Production Show
Fujifilm is gearing up for the second part of its Real Production Show, and has decided to hold the live online events on a monthly basis due to the success of the initiative.
London printers merge
Two long-established central London printers have merged to capitalise on the continuing requirement for fast turnaround printing in the capital, despite the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Xeikon expands range with inkjet label press
Xeikon has launched a seven-colour UV inkjet label press to broaden its portfolio offering and support flexo migration, while simultaneously embracing the trend of label houses looking to offer both...
Bluetree takes control of specialist mask material
Bluetree Group has taken delivery of two specialist machines that will allow the business to make its own ‘meltblown’ material for surgical face masks in-house.
Horizon Smart Factory set to launch
Horizon’s annual Smart Factory event is set to go live online next week and will feature demos of its latest machines, many of which were due to be launched at Drupa, in live production scenarios with...
Parcels boom is boost to print
Worldwide parcel volumes exceeded more than 100bn for the first time last year according to the latest research from Pitney Bowes – before the spike in online ordering caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Welsh firebreak: industry reacts
Welsh print bosses are expecting to continue operating as normal in the face of the nation’s new ‘firebreak’ lockdown measures, albeit with understandable concerns about the likely impact on some...
Roland DG expands cylinder options
Roland DG has developed a new sub £1,000 tool for its VersaUV LEF family of desktop UV flatbeds to enable direct-to-object printing on cylindrical items.
Walstead plays waiting game on M&A, expects more rivals will fail
Walstead group chief executive Paul Utting believes it is “inevitable” that some competitors will fail when government coronavirus support packages come to an end, with the web and gravure markets...
Digital Drupa launches next week
Messe Düsseldorf’s online Drupa platform goes live next week when it will launch with a state of the nation panel discussion and a deep dive into the expo's virtual offering, Drupa Preview.
Heidelberg showcases folder integration in Push to Stop
Heidelberg is claiming a world first after it showed the latest iteration of its autonomous production including jobs being folded without operator intervention.