Equipment manufacturers

Inkjet world first for Bell & Bain
Bell & Bain has made a landmark order for the world's first Fujifilm Jet Press 540W.

St Ives commits to Kodak with five-year deal
St Ives has sealed a multi-million pound exclusive supply deal with Kodak.

Knapp passes leadership of KBA UK to Andrew Pang
KBA UK managing director Christian Knapp is to step down next month after 12 years with the press manufacturer's UK arm.

New BioSeal coating promises 'safe to touch' print
A new British-developed and manufactured coating could revolutionise the production of antimicrobial printed products.

Konica Minolta makes progress with B2 inkjet
Konica Minolta showed samples of the latest output from its KM-1 B2 inkjet press at this week's North Print & Pack, and has confirmed the press will be on show at Ipex 2014.

Flatbed first for Victory Signs
Victory Signs has become the first UK user of Mimaki's JFX500-2131 LED UV grand-format flatbed printer.

Konica Minolta aims to add value with web-to-print deal
Konica Minolta has formed a strategic partnership with Vpress for web-to-print solutions.

Heidelberg on track with profit plan
Heidelberg has more than halved its losses, and has made a big improvement to profitability at an operating level.

Ricoh boosts production printing portfolio with dual launch
Ricoh has added two new light production models, the C5110S and C5100S, to its production printing portfolio.

Kodak reveals Chapter 11 emergence plans
Kodak is banking on its Stream inkjet and SquareSpot imaging technologies to create profitable revenue streams after the company emerges from Chapter 11.