Digital

Next year's Ipex exhibition has suffered the withdrawal of a second major digital press manufacturer.

Kodak ended months of speculation by announcing it has completed a series of agreements to sell more than 1,000 digital imaging patents to a consortium for $525m.

EFI has launched a digital workflow to allow large single and multi-site printers to manage job submission, prepress, colour management and output across multiple digital print engines.

KBA has two customers lined up to become the first users of its RotaJet 76 inkjet web press.

German OEM manufacturer BDT has signed a $50m (£30m) four-year deal to supply its Tornado paper transport technology for use in two of HP Indigo's new B2 digital presses.

Fujifilm has expanded its Acuity Advance Select flatbed UV printer range with the addition of four- and six-colour models based on their counterparts in the Oc Arizona range.

Web-based suite offers low-cost access to Adobe's design apps

Prepress software and packaging equipment and manufacturer Esko has created a new role of senior vice president of sales as it targets emerging markets.

Staffordshire-based Reflex Print Solutions has replaced its Xerox 700 digital colour press with a Xerox 770 in an investment worth upwards of 60,000.

Domino Printing Sciences has recorded a 1% year-on-year fall in turnover to 312.1m ending its record run of 32 consecutive years of revenue growth.

Stationery printer Blackburns of Bolton's assets have been sold in a bid to recoup creditors' dividends as sale prospects disappear following its fall into administration.

East London printer Blackhammer has ceased trading with all staff made redundant, following the appointment of administrators last month.