Investment & installations

UK-based Vale Press has spent approximately £1m at Drupa, purchasing a Duplo iSaddle system and a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 with Prinect Inpress Control.

Direct Services Gütersloh, owned by Bertelsmann, has ordered a Truepress Jet520ZZ from Screen (8a-C11) at Drupa.

German company AFD Direktwerbung has ordered a One2Out line from Ferag at Drupa.

Design, copy and print operation Sprint is looking to speed up its platemaking sixfold by installing a new Heidelberg Suprasetter A 75.

UK printer Augustus Martin has signed for three, new wide-format flatbed UV inkjet printers from the Inca Onset X series, at Drupa.

City Printing has achieved big cost efficiencies on short-runs after installing a PUR binder from Morgana Systems.

Kodak has exceeded its Drupa target for Prosper inkjet press sales, with six deals sealed at the show by Tuesday, including a press bound for the UK.

Konica Minolta has sold its first AccurioJet KM-1 UV B2 digital presses, to two US companies at Drupa. The machine had its commercial launch at the show.

Komori (15-D04) has secured nine letters of intent for its B1 Impremia NS40 sheetfed digital press.

A growth in business has led creative production house Screaming Colour to invest in a new MIS system from Tharstern.