Europe

Canon's new compact colour printer, the Imagepress C1+, which has a fifth clear toner, has proved to be a surprise success at Drupa.

EFI Vutek has premiered a high-speed UV wide-format flatbed machine, the DS Series, whose sub-1m euro (787,000) price tag could sound the death knell of screen printing.

Heidelberg has announced two equipment deals with UK printers as Drupa 2008 gets into full swing.

News of product launches and investments are coming thick and fast at Drupa. Our international print team has more journalists in the halls of the Messe Dsseldorf than any other publication, offering...

Precision Colour Printing (PCP) is set to become the first printer in Europe to roll out a fully integrated EFI Management Information System (MIS).

Hohner has turned its focus on its machine portfolio as it unveiled a new corporate identity at Drupa.

Mitsubishi has scored the first European customer for its new B1 press, the Diamond V3000, after Central Colour signed up for the machine at Drupa yesterday.

Kodak is showcasing upgrades to its sheetfed digital press line-up at Drupa, with new higher speed models including what it claims is the world's fastest cut-sheet black and white machine.

FFEI is showing its oversize B2 digital UV spot coater Emblaze at Drupa, in advance of its launch at the end of the year.

Shinohara is displaying an innovative machine for embossing holographic effects into a coating applied to printed sheets.

British process control specialist Centurfax has chosen Drupa to launch a high-speed and low-cost scanning spectrophotometer.

Morgana Systems has boosted its digital finishing offering with new kit that is almost four times quicker than its predecessor.