Equipment manufacturers

Kodak has received court approval for the $525m (327m) sale of its digital imaging patents, once valued at more than $2.5bn, although the judge admitted to being "disappointed in the price".

HP collaborated with world-renowned designer Karim Rashid at Heimtextil last week to demonstrate the results that can be achieved with its latex ink and wide format printers.

Onyx, the US-based wide-format software developer, has added support for Roland's Soljet Pro4 XR-640 printer/cutter to its Onyx Thrive workflow and Onyx RIP.

Sappi Fine Paper has raised prices across its graphic papers business due to surging raw material costs and declining margins for merchant sales.

Graph-Tech will demonstrate its monochrome high-speed inkjet press, the Monocube, at the Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne, Switzerland next month.

GPS Colour Graphics has invested in excess of £1m in a new Heidelberg Eurobind Pro 19 clamp perfect binder and a Muller Martini Ventura MC sewing machine.

Ipex 2014 organiser Informa is relying on London to contribute to an estimated 10% increase in unique visitors versus 2010, despite the latest round of damaging pull-outs.

Liverpool-based commercial printer The Printroom has invested in the UK's first Horizon StitchLiner 6000.

San Diego-based Memjet this week announced a move into managed print services for small to medium size businesses, alongside its continued push in the wide-format and labelling space.

Growing demand for high-quality digital work persuaded KJB Print to invest in a digital press - and this machine ticked all the right boxes