Africa

Next month's Fespa Africa is poised to be the biggest iteration to date when it opens its doors at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg on 7 September.

Arjowiggins Graphic has hit its target for its latest Cyclus marketing campaign and funded the education of 500 children in Africa.

The winners of Fespa's t-shirt design and World Wrap Masters competitions have been revealed.

Arjowiggins Graphic is trying to secure clean drinking water for 3,000 people in Africa as part of a new campaign for its sustainable Cyclus paper.

Former Fulmar works director Dave Copson has set up a new venture targeting the Middle East, offering services including press calibration and colour management.

EFI has acquired Belgian MIS developer GamSys Software as it looks to expand its reach through Europe.

Banner Managed Communication (BMC) has scooped a five-year multiservice document management and presentation service contract with Standard Bank.

OKI is to lose around 175 people from its factory in Scotland after Japanese parent firm OKI Electric announced the global restructure of its printer division.

KBA has announced the launch of a new sheetfed offset press, the Rapida 164, which has replaced the Rapida 162 and 162a models in its large format line-up.

Heidelberg has closed in on its year-end target of a "clearly positive" EBIT after recording its strongest third-quarter operating result since 2007/08.

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

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery and Ryobi are planning a joint venture that could result in the marriage of their sheetfed offset press operations worldwide.