Drupa

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

Diversify to survive was the message from print guru Frank Romano, who spoke at a PrintWeek event last Wednesday (July 4), entitled 'Frankly Speaking'.

Autobond has revealed that some of the 7m religious postcards it finished on its stand at Drupa will be handed out during the Olympics by Christian organisations including the Salvation Army.

While more than 100m of Drupa orders, mainly for batch-produced sheetfed offset presses, will take time to impact, preliminary half-year figures reveal overall group order intake is down 114m.

Heidelberg's restructuring programme has contributed to a 138m (112m) pre-tax loss in the last quarter of its financial year 2011/12, resulting in 229m pre-tax loss for the full year.

CtP manufacturer Lscher has said it generated a wealth of "promising new prospects" during last month's Drupa show in Dsseldorf.

Goss International has declared Drupa a success after taking orders for 11 web presses at the show, although none of those were from the UK.

Canon has called its presence at last month's Drupa a "great success" after making 390 press sales to EMEA, including 32 machines to UK customers.

Antalis McNaughton Digigreen paper range has been awarded Best Environmental Substrate Award, presented at Drupa.

Cardiff-based printer McLays has ordered a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 as it looks to cut turnaround times and boost efficiency.