North america

Santa Ana, CA-based Foster Printing has bought a new KBA Rapida 205 81-inch, six-color UV press in order to meet demand for larger formats in everything from point-of-purchase displays to packaging.

American Industrial Partners (AIP), the private equity firm that owns narrow and mid-web flexo press manufacturer Mark Andy, has launched a bid to acquire Direct Imaging press builder Presstek.

Ricoh has made a significant investment in San Diego-based PTI Marketing Technologies, a leading provider of web-to-print and marketing personalisation software.

Schawk has slipped into the red for the first six months of 2012 after being hit with a triple whammy of higher staff costs, IT and business process improvement expenses and restructuring costs.

Marketing communications and print company HBP has bought assets from Baltimore-based Whitmore Print as it expands its presence in the mid-Atlantic region.

J.N. White Designs has installed a new HP Indigo 5600 Digital Press both to continue its work producing graphic overlays and other industrial printing.

Franklin Park, IL-based Tukaiz is expanding its current facility by 25,000 sq. ft. primarily to boost its fulfillment operations in light of a growing national base of clients.

Kodak has extended the deadline for its patent auction following reports that bids for the portfolio had come in well below estimates.

HP is to take an $8bn (5.1bn) goodwill charge this quarter after writing down the value of a division that sells computer services to businesses.

Ferrostaal North America this month announced it is now marketing the new Ryobi 760E 6-up series to commercial printers looking to invest in an economy-priced offset press.

The Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) is banking on home advantage at Graph Expo to avoid the "poor" attendance from North American printers that it noted at Drupa in Germany earlier this year.