Inkjet

Agfa’s long-planned sale of its Offset Solutions business unit has finally been completed.

Koenig & Bauer has posted full-year sales at the top end of expectations, with better than expected EBIT despite challenging trading conditions.

Sales are up at Xaar, and customers have embraced its Aquinox printhead with two new machines already in development – ahead of the group’s expectations.

Kyocera is expanding its offering for commercial and industrial inkjet printing with the acquisition of Nixka – the business formed by ex-Impika employees after Xerox shuttered that operation.

Neil Sutton will retire at the end of this month after a near-30-year career at Komori, and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of his send-off.

Bell & Bain is scoping out the potential for reel-fed colour inkjet as part of its future investment options.

Xeikon has launched a new entry-level inkjet label press, and has several other new products in the development phase and likely to be unveiled later this year.

Swiss digital can printing start-up Nomoq will open a third European site in the UK, following its expansion into Germany in 2022.

DS Smith has ordered a second EFI Nozomi single-pass inkjet – with EFI racking up its 50th Nozomi sale in the process – and the new device will be installed at its UK operation.

Fujifilm’s Acuity Prime L flatbed is now commercially available.