Europe

Adobe posted a 35.5% increase in pre-tax profits in its second-quarter results yesterday, on the back of strong overseas sales.

Fujifilm has said that it secured "more than 6m worth of UK business" during the two weeks of Drupa.

Sales figures for Drupa beat all expectations with an estimated 7.9bn of deals done at the show, according to its organisers.

Howard Hunt Group, the independent marketing company, has continued its expansion by ordering two Xeikon 8000 digital presses that it signed for at Drupa.

A strike that would have hit 1,000 staff at Finnish paper manufacturer Stora Enso has been averted just minutes before it was scheduled to start.

UPM said profits for its sawn timber business would weaken due to uncertainty over raw material supply, and that it will start staff negotiations over the possible closure of its Leivonmki sawmill.

Kodak has lauded its debut Drupa with the company recording more than 10,000 sales leads throughout its first showing at the event.

Sheetfed and web offset press manufacturer Komori claims Drupa has been the platform for numerous press deals around the world

GMG has bolstered its range of substrates for proofing applications with a new paper range, the ProofPaper collection.

Deltor Communications expects to make long-term savings with a new press and a major factory extension.

Printing.com has defied current economic uncertainty, announcing record sales, profits, earnings per share and dividends.

Consolidation in the European paper market took yet another step forward as Sequana announced that Arjowiggins' fine and thin paper activities will be "ultimately integrated" within merchant Antalis.