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Paperlinx director for UK and Ireland Paul French has decided to leave the company at the end of September.

Electronics For Imaging (EFI) more than doubled its second quarter pre-tax profit following strong double digit growth in both its Industrial Inkjet and Productivity Software business units.

Heidelberg chief executive Bernhard Schreier will step down at the end of this year after 13 years at the helm of the world's largest press manufacturer.

Interpublic Group (IPG) subsidiary Orion Holdings has partnered with Pitney Bowes to create Orion Printing, a managed print services provider for IPG agencies and their clients worldwide.

Heidelberg has hailed its "strongest start" to a financial year since 2008 after recording a surge in incoming orders in its preliminary first quarter results.

Kodak's acrimonious split from former Versamark OEM ink manufacturer, Cincinnati-based Collins Ink, has taken another twist after Collins announced that it would be entering the printhead refurbishing...

Kodak (Hall 5, stand F9) and Ryobi (Hall 17, stand C1) have signed a worldwide deal at drupa to offer the "first fully integrated hybrid sheetfed press".

The gates open on the 15th drupa exhibition today, with the quad-annual event expected to be packed to the rafters with the great and the good of the print industry over the next two weeks.

Heidelberg has unveiled the much-anticipated larger-format version of its Anicolor press, adding a B2 model to the range.

Landa Corporation and Komori have announced a global strategic partnership that will put Landa's nano print technology at the heart of Komori's next-generation digital presses.

Xerox saw its Q1 revenues rise slightly over the same period in 2011 to $5.5bn, while pre-tax profit declined 11% to $313m as the company continued its shift from a hardware/technology provider into...