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Fujifilm secures buyers for four S40is

Fujifilm (Hall 8b, Stand A25) has already sold four Inca Onset S40i flatbed UV inkjet printers at drupa 2012 after a surge of interest in its wide-format products.

Kodak cashes in with imprinting orders

Kodak (Hall 5, stand F1) has signed substantial, multi-million euro imprinting deals with two printing companies at drupa.

Leaderform invests in second Truepress

Direct mail company Leaderform has bought its second Screen (Hall 9, stand A40) Truepress Jet520ZZ at drupa following the "outstanding success" of its first machine.

KBA reports rush of buyers for Rapida

KBA has signed orders for more than 60 Rapida presses at the show, comprising "several hundred" printing and coating units overall.

Acculink signs with Scodix for upgrade

Printing and finishing firm Acculink has upgraded to Scodix's S74 B2+ digital embosser, launched at Drupa (Hall 4, stand B31), to replace its Scodix 1200 press.

UPM wins drupa waste recycling contract

UPM (Hall 6, stand D60) expects to recover almost 1,000 tonnes of paper after being awarded the contract to recycle printing waste paper for the second consecutive Drupa.

'Printers want differentiators': a Red Sofa interview with Sappi Europe's Berry Wiersum

Berry Wiersum, chief executive at paper manufacturer Sappi Europe talks to Thomas Fasold

Drupa songs find a superfan

Is Fujifilm's Mark Stephenson the ultimate superfan when it comes to the Drupa song?

Kodak and Ryobi in 'milestone' hybrid deal

Kodak (Hall 5, stand F9) and Ryobi (Hall 17, stand C1) have signed a worldwide deal at drupa to offer the "first fully integrated hybrid sheetfed press".

Elitron enjoys brisk business in cutting kit

Elitron (Hall 13, stand D4) has reported much interest in its automated cutting systems at Drupa.

Strålfors opts for Océ

Strålfors has signed a 2.4m Drupa deal with Canon subsidiary Océ (Hall 9, stand C39) to complete a 6m spend on its ColorStream 3900 inkjet web press, which was launched last week.

Marketers and printers as one: a Red Sofa interview with Pitney Bowes' Christoph Stehmann

Christoph Stehmann, Pitney Bowes vice-president of document messaging technologies talks to Darryl Danielli