Europe

KBA has posted Q1 pre-tax losses of 18.8m (2012: - 0.4m) citing postponed orders and weak quarterly sales.

Pitney Bowes has sold its mailroom and document management services businesses in the UK and Ireland to Swiss Post for an undisclosed sum.

Colour management developer GMG has unveiled the latest upgrade to its ColorServer software.

Coca-Cola is behind the biggest-ever use of HP Indigo kit for a 'personalised' promotion, involving a massive print run of 800m labels.

Hollanders Printing Systems is to upgrade all of its ColorBooster XL systems to incorporate the newly improved Seiko 508GS print-head with nozzle guard.

Manual proofing has proved a crucial component in Pixartprinting's web-to-print success

Paragon Print and Packaging and Britton Group are among five businesses that will be merged to form the sixth largest global plastics packaging firm.

Hollander Printing Systems will showcase its latest digital textile printing equipment at a two-day event in the Netherlands in May.

OKI is to lose around 175 people from its factory in Scotland after Japanese parent firm OKI Electric announced the global restructure of its printer division.

Polestar has been awarded the contract to print the French edition of <i>Stylist</i>, the weekly free magazine published by Timar, a joint venture between Groupe Marie Claire and Shortlist Media.

Swiss CTP system manufacturer Luscher has gone bankrupt.