Business

Kodak's Eric Owen adds European role as Mark Clark retires
Kodak worldwide VP of sales and business development Eric Owen has taken on the additional role of European digital print system VP following Mark Clark's retirement at the beginning of April.

Taopix's customer base goes worldwide
Photo-gift software developer Taopix (Hall 4, stand A19) has reported a bumper Drupa, with eight confirmed new deals for its end-to end Portfolio platform and two more on the table, each averaging...

Gomer Press adds Kolbus
Independent publisher Gomer Press has completed a 3m upgrade with a Kolbus KM600 binding line.

Purbrooks invests in Horizon StitchLiner
Corporate print specialist Purbrooks has concluded a 1m investment programme by investing in a Horizon StitchLiner from Intelligent Finishing Systems to run alongside its Muller Martini.

PaperCo to stock Arctic Paper's Arctic Volume range
Paper distributor and supplier PaperCo has announced it will stock environmentally-conscious paper manufacturer Arctic Paper UK's Arctic Volume range.

Unite has MMP strategy into 2013
Unite has said that it already has plans in place to keep its dispute with Austrian packaging manufacturer Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP) going into 2013.

Springer puts trust in Manroland
Axel Springer and Manroland Web Systems have concluded a long-term, wide-ranging service agreement for the Berlin-based publisher's printing operations. This agreement sees the companies continuing...

Firstan takes a nanographic 'leap of faith'
Packaging manufacturer Firstan said it has "taken a leap of faith" in investing in the UK's first Landa S10 nanographic press for the folding carton market.

Cold-glue binder cuts energy costs
Palamides and Ribler (Hall 6, stand A39) have unveiled at Drupa the prototype of their jointly developed 420i Eco binder, which promises to cut energy consumption by using cold instead of hot glue.

Delta Group in UK Indigo 20000 debut
London-based Delta Group is to be the first UK point-of-sale specialist to install the HP Indigo 20000 after signing a letter of intent at the manufacturer's drupa booth (Hall 4, stand D60).