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'I'm more energised and excited than ever': an interview with Benny Landa
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,...

Warming up for 'the Olympics of print': your guide to Drupa 2012
B2 or not B2? That is the question digital manufacturers have been asking themselves pre-Drupa and - for the most part - they have opted for the affirmative answer. So much so, in fact, that some are...

Nanography to challenge offset, says Landa
Benny Landa aims to take on offset by making his Nanography digital printing technology as ubiquitous as xerography.

Anton Group in 14m Heidelberg buy
Heidelberg has unveiled the next generation of its flagship XL range, the Speedmaster XL 106, with one of the first machines slated for installation at Anton Group as part of a 14m, three-press deal...

Digital finishes first in the race for run-lengths: Drupa post-press preview
The job of the finishing manufacturer is generally a reactive one: whatever the press manufacturers, both digital and litho, have planned for the future, the finishing manufacturers must be able to...

Drupa preview: post-press stand-by-stand
FeragHall 15, Stand D25At Drupa 2012, Ferag will introduce TapeFix, a system to secure insert collections. TapeFix takes the place of a wrapper to ensure that collections stay together. TapeFix is...

Suffolk printer gains first South East fully carbon-balanced status
Commercial print firm Fuller Davies has attracted a "staggering amount" of clients by becoming south east England's first fully carbon-balanced printer.

APP 'illegal logging' claim investigated by Indonesian Ministry of Forestry
Pulp and paper producer Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is awaiting an Indonesian Ministry of Forestry report following accusations of illegal logging by Greenpeace.

Tories' mooted Chapter 11-style scheme could be bad news
Would a US Chapter 11-style insolvency process be good news for UK print? On the balance of probability... not a chance.

Drupa preview: Cloud computing & SAAS
Three weeks to go and still we're guessing what sort of Drupa it will be. Will it be another Inkjet Drupa or the B2 Digital Drupa? How about the Nano Drupa? Allow me to throw yet another possibility...