Drupa

UK-based Vale Press has spent approximately £1m at Drupa, purchasing a Duplo iSaddle system and a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 with Prinect Inpress Control.

Screen Europe vice-president of solutions and technology Tim Taylor left his role during Drupa and is understood to be taking up a new position at Ricoh.

Wire comb and spiral binding specialist Renz (6-C60) has unveiled a range of new machines, including smaller versions of existing devices.

Drupa organiser Messe Dusseldorf has scrapped plans to change the show to a three-year cycle, and will stick with a four-year rotation.

Glossop Cartons has signed at Drupa for an RMGT 10-series B1 press, in a six-colour-plus-coater configuration.

Glossop Cartons signed up for a new carton-specific MIS system from Imprint-MIS at Drupa.

HP has sealed a huge Japanese deal for a new books-on-demand factory at Drupa, and has also announced a collaboration with packaging giant Smurfit Kappa for its upcoming C500 corrugated solution.

Ashford Colour Press has become the first company to purchase Domino’s new K630i digital booklet system, in a deal worth approximately €750,000 (£590,000).

Xerox (Hall 8b, A62) has revealed the first buyers of its Drupa-launched inkjet presses.

Fujifilm (Hall 8b, A25) has partnered with US-based Epac Technologies to create '5D printing', an automated system for the print industry targeted particularly at high-quality book manufacturing.

Inline digital printing technology provider DataLase (Hall 6, A19) has announced it will be supplying its inline lasering technology to strategic partners Ricoh, KBA and Xerox.

High-power LED UV curing systems provider Air Motion Systems (Hall 14, B71) has launched a range of new products.