Drupa

Kodak's (Hall 5, stand F09) charge into the Asian market continues to gather momentum as it announced the sale of one of its flagship high-speed, four-colour inkjet presses to Toppan Printing.

HP's largest print customer, Consolidated Graphics (CGX), signed an agreement on the second day of drupa to purchase 11 of the new B2-format Indigo 10000 presses.

EFI chief executive Guy Gecht has hailed the quality of visitors attending drupa in just the first few days of the show.

Xerox is simultaneously launching two new high-performance digital printing systems at drupa in the shape of the iGen 150 and the Ci Press 325.

Amid all the drupa news about inkjet technology and digital printing, Goss International chief Jochen Meissner has urged attendees "not to forget" conventional print methods.

Post-press and packaging equipment manufacturer Bobst is using drupa 2012 to unveil a raft of new and improved products and to launch its "In the right direction" strategy.

Westdale Printing Group has secured two UK firsts at Drupa, signing deals with KBA and Goss in a 4.7m (3.8m) spend.

At Drupa, Kern has unveiled what it claims to be the world's fastest inserter.

Canon is hoping to lure customers from the large-format offset market with a top-secret Oc inkjet device co-developed with Memjet, codenamed 'Project Velocity'.

Kongsberg supplier Duplo has sold its first machine off its stand at Drupa and has launched several enhancements for its DC-745 slitter-cutter-creaser.