Europe

Heidelberg has exceeded its own expectations by selling over 1,000 Speedmaster SX units since the range's launch.

HP has sold four high-speed HP Indigo 7600 colour digital presses to Italian trade web-to-print firm Pixartprinting.

Contego Packaging is selling its food and beverage cartons business to US food specialist Graphic Packaging in a deal worth 81m.

Manroland Sheetfed has completed its reorganisation following its sale to Langley Holdings with a small number of additional redundancies and the consolidation of its German sites.

DSales, the UK distributor of Konica Minolta's standalone Develop brand , has unveiled a Develop-labelled mono-production print system aimed at commercial print and high-volume in-plant customers.

Roland DG has picked up a Viscom Best of 2012 Award in the signmaking category for its Soljet Pro4 XR-640 printer/cutter.

Your Print Specialists (formerly Your Printing Supplies) has joined Mimaki's reseller channel following a deal with Hybrid Services that will see it supply a range of equipment to customers in the UK...

TB Screen, of Vsters, Sweden, has invested in its fifth HP large format printer - an HP Scitex FB7600 - to cope with increased demand for larger run lengths, particularly in POP/POS.

The consumables manufacturer has cited "a highly volatile raw materials market" in 2012 for a 2-6% increase on the price of its printing inks in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

GFSmith has added Scheufelen's Heaven 42 to its range, replacing Robert Horne as the exclusive stockist for the premium matt coated grade.

Heidelberg has said it is "confident" it will meet its "clearly positive" EBIT target for 2012/13, despite recording an operating loss, excluding special items, of 57m in the first six months.

Fespa has announced plans for the fourth Fespa Fabric, which will take place at the Excel on 25-29 June as part of Fespa 2013.