Print

Fuji Xerox has become the latest company to announce a wide-format printer powered by Memjet's waterfall printhead technology.

Xerox (Hall 8b, stand A62) has sealed an array of international sales deals at Drupa, with customers from the Middle East and Russia among the big spenders.

Ryobi (Hall 17, stand C01) has sold a Ryobi 920 10-colour perfector, which will be configured with LED UV dryers and a coater, to VDP Direct in San Diego, US.

Optimus (Hall 4, stand D4) has secured its first Swedish customer for its MIS Optimus dash in a deal signed at Drupa.

Polygraphische innovative Technik Leipzig, Hall 16, stand D77) is showing its tool for ensuring precise print roller adjustment, called the Nip Con.

Pitney Bowes (Hall 4, stand C4) has sold its first sorting machines into Turkey after signing a 770,000 ($1m) deal at Drupa.

Paper waste specialist Hunkeler Systeme is attracting attention in Hall 14 with its GreenLineConcept automated on-off switching system for extraction and compaction.

Finishing equipment supplier IFS has continued to expand its portfolio with the addition of bookbinding and finishing solutions provider SCS Automaberg.

Buxton Press has kicked off the next phase of its reinvestment plan by sealing a 7m deal for two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 perfectors at Drupa.

Harry Gilmore webs up the film on his Micro B2 single and double-sided film laminator, loads in his sheets of paper and sets the temperature gauge to 120C.

Print firms are no strangers to the discipline of cost reduction. For years, the industry has been caught between the internet, print management firms and increasingly severe recessions. Budgets have...