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Fujifilm has nearly reached its 12-month fundraising target for the international clean water charity WaterAid after just six months of the appeal.

North Plains chief executive James Christopher has outlined his plan to build a hybrid "best in breed" digital asset management (DAM) platform in the wake of the Canadian firm's latest acquisition.

German OEM manufacturer BDT has signed a $50m (£30m) four-year deal to supply its Tornado paper transport technology for use in two of HP Indigo's new B2 digital presses.

Wide format manufacturer Mimaki aims to set up a dedicated EMEA support operation before next summer in response to huge demand in the wide format market.

Kodak said its lenders were demonstrating increased confidence in the company's future after they boosted its $793m interim and exit finance facility by $37m and established "improved" terms for...

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.

X-Rite will consolidate its existing range of colour measurement devices into a single series, the X-Rite eXact, from 12 November.

Landa Digital Printing is "on schedule" with its quality and reliability roadmap and will deliver its first Nanography presses at the end of next year, according to chairman and chief executive Benny...

Landa has orders for 400 Nanographic presses and chairman Benny Landa is poised to embark upon a fundraising round for the venture, valuing it at up to $1bn, according to a report in the Israeli...

Schawk has launched what it claims is the industry's first cloud-based platform for objectively measuring print quality, particularly in relation to the accurate and consistent reproduction of colour.

Flint Group Flexographic Products has said it will raise the price for its photopolymer printing plates by 3% from 1 January 2013.

HP unveiled new features for its Indigo WS6600 Digital Press at Labelexpo Americas 2012 this week and has signed up five beta customers to trial its Indigo 20000 Digital Press.