Equipment manufacturers

KM: print volumes at commercial printing companies “on a recovery trend”

Konica Minolta plans to cut 2,400 jobs

Konica Minolta is implementing global structural reforms to achieve its ‘Medium-term Business Plan’ goals for its fiscal year 2023 through to 2025, and sustainable growth beyond 2025, with 2,400 jobs...

Takanori Inaho has worked at Epson for more than 33 years

Epson Europe new president starts in role

Epson Europe’s new president has started in his role following the retirement of previous president, Yoshiro Nagafusa.

Highcon 'primed for mainstreaming digital finishing'

Highcon has announced new products for packaging and corrugated, including a new offline writing system – the Beam Writer – that allows customers to increase throughput without having to buy an entire...

The management board expects the EBIT margin and revenue to remain stable in 2024

Koenig & Bauer reports sales growth

Koenig & Bauer remained on its growth path in 2023, with group revenue up by 11.9% to €1.327bn (£1.14bn), reaching the upper end of the guidance of around €1.3bn.

Koenig and Bauer boss: ‘be bullish’

Koenig & Bauer CEO Dr Andreas Pleßke has urged the industry to “be bullish” about print and packaging’s strong sustainability story.

Automation options are among the new releases

HP unveils raft of new launches

HP has revealed several new technology launches that are designed to address production challenges in the commercial printing and labels and packaging industries.

Rüesch: "I would like to devote more time to my family"

Heidelberg outlines supervisory board changes

Heidelberg has said there will be changes on the shareholder side of its supervisory board in the coming financial year, 2024/2025.

Kodak: focus on "growth engines" including Sonora

Fujifilm files patent claim against Kodak

Fujifilm has launched a legal action against Kodak, and claims that its Sonora processless plates infringe Fujifilm’s patents.

Liyu's new flagship flatbed, the KCXL+ can be fitted with 24 or 32 Ricoh Gen6 printheads

Liyu launches flagship flatbed

Liyu International has revealed two brand-new machines at Fespa 2024, including its new flagship flatbed model, the Platinum KCXL+.

The printer features Ricoh MH5320 next-generation variable dot inkjet printheads

Flora hybrid printer powered by Ricoh unveiled

The new Flora (1-B100) X20 UV printer powered by Ricoh (12-C50, 5-H80) – the first compact-footprinted hybrid printer co-developed with Flora following last year’s partnership agreement – has...