Drupa

Komori has described Drupa as an “outstanding success” that exceeded its expectations.

Some people were predicting this was going to be an AI Drupa, or an automation Drupa. But most visibly, it was certainly a robot Drupa.

After years of preparation and hype, Drupa finally returned to Düsseldorf for 11 days from 28 May to 7 June – its first in-person exhibition since 2016 due to Covid disruptions in the interim.

Indian print and packaging kit manufacturer and supplier Vinsak has gone public with details of its recent acquisition of Spanish web press machine manufacturer Rotatek.

Sustainable packaging company Coveris has invested in a new Comexi flexo press as it takes a further step on its journey towards its ‘No Waste’ sustainable vision.

One of Landa’s German customers is to become its European demo center and is taking a second press.

Cimpress will add Ricoh's latest high-speed inkjet tech to its production firepower with a deal sealed at Drupa.

Halstan has confirmed a major spend with Canon and IFS that will see the business automate and add continuous feed inkjet to its book production setup.

Epson has unveiled a new 76-inch (1.93m-wide) dye-sub printer developed for textile production.

SwissQprint presented a prototype of its new automation option at Drupa, designed to maintain high productivity in flatbed printing by relieving operators of unloading tasks.