- Back from Drupa with, among other things, a carpet burn*, a cough** and three notebooks full of scribblings that now need to be re-read and assimilated into coherent thoughts on the show.
- A feeling of renewal was apparent as Drupa 2012 drew to a close, with some viewing it as the "evolution Drupa" where digital printing became mainstream.
- Timsons has reported a "Who's Who" of worldwide book printers making a pilgrimage to Drupa to see the new Timsons T-Print inkjet book production line.
- Contraction in the printing industry is evident in the Drupa visitor numbers - although 170,000 visitors had attended by the half-way point, this figure is 20% down on the 2008 show.
- 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.
- Jadason is back at Drupa with a much bigger booth and the latest version of its QPress toner-based B2 sheetfed digital press.
- KBA has parted company with executive sales director Mark Nixon after a strategic fall-out.
- Heidelberg has unveiled the much-anticipated larger-format version of its Anicolor press, adding a B2 model to the range.
- Benny Landa aims to take on offset by making his Nanography digital printing technology as ubiquitous as xerography.
- Can Benny Landa do it again? He spearheaded the digital printing revolution in 1993 when he launched his Indigo E-Print 1000, promising "a print run of one". Now, after selling Indigo to HP in 2001, he has sensationally returned to print with Landa Digital Printing and Nanography - a new method of printing that he believes will be the basis for a second digital revolution.
- Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) will unveil two world premieres at Drupa.
- Heidelberg's George Clarke retired this week after a 27-year career at the press manufacturer.
- GF Smith expects well over 3,000 visitors to have attended its Beauty in the Making event by the time the exhibit closes this evening.
- As the dust settles on this year's London Book Fair, held under the umbrella theme of 'making words go further', PrintWeek asks three book production professionals about their evolving print requirements.
- Book printers Berforts Group and Information Press have merged to create a £10m business.
- GF Smith is hosting a free five-day event about creativity, to be held in London later this month.
- Manroland Sheetfed has described KBA's decision to offer servicing to Manroland customers as "opportunistic" and "not the behaviour of a world-class company".
- EFI will unveil a new digital press that it believes can replace wide-format screen printing at Drupa (Hall 05, stand C01).
- The UK arm of KBA's new service business targeting disaffected Manroland customers will go live on Monday (2 April).
- Today (29 March) is the last press day for Economist production director Sharon Simpson, who retires on 31 March after a 20-year career at the publisher.
