Uk

Highcon hires Tracey as overseas sales boss

Highcon (Hall 4, stand B2) has appointed ex-Bobst man Nigel Tracey as international sales director.

VG secures world first with HP buy

Dutch commercial printer VG Print has become the first firm in the world to invest in an HP Indigo 7600 digital colour press.

HP: commercial print "still key"

Todd Bradley, executive vice-president of HP's Printing and Personal Systems Group, talks to Darryl Danielli

PCP creates digital arm

UK-based Precision Colour Printing (PCP) has taken major steps towards developing a new digital print department after investing in a Xerox Colour 1000 Press and Duplo bookletmaker.

Fotoba soft board foray

Italian finishing manufacturer Fotoba (Hall 4, Stand A35) has used drupa for a global launch of its new XLF 200 X/Y automatic board cutter.

Defiant Perez hails Kodak

Kodak chairman and chief executive Antonio Perez was in defiant mood as drupa opened.

Bielomatik enters new markets

Bielomatik (Hall 11, stand A6) has launched two new additions and a raft of updates to its range of paper converting kit.

Optimus MIS wins award

Optimus (Hall 4, stand D4) has won a European Digital Press Association (EDP) award for its new Cloud management information system (MIS) product - the second time the developer has received a nod...

BDT makes media handling a breeze

An innovative method for media handling, developed by OEM manufacturer BDT (Hall 7, stand C10) of southern Germany, celebrates its world premiere at drupa.

Kyocera in biomass toner claim

Kyocera Document Solutions (Hall 8b, stand A77) has unveiled what it claimed was the world's first biomass toner at drupa.

Memjet announces Océ partnership at Drupa

The San Diego-based inkjet manufacturer is to develop a high-speed, wide-format colour printer through a new joint venture with Canon subsidiary, Océ.

Bailey quits Trinity

Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey is to step down by the end of the year.