April 2006
Canon takes the wraps off the first models of its imagePress range, the 7000VP and the C1

April 2006
Screen launches the Truepress Jet520, its first high-speed continuous feed drop-on-demand inkjet digital press

May 2006
Xerox refreshes the DocuColor range with the launch of the 5000, a 55ppm colour machine that is aimed at digital printers with mid-sized volumes

September 2006
Xeikon launches a 160ppm machine, the Xeikon 6000 and a new digital front-end, the X-800

October 2006 Xerox shows a prototype black and white cutsheet printer that combines two of its Nuvera 144 engines in a duplex configuration that can churn out 288 pages per minute

May 2007
Inca redefines the digital large-format market with the launch of the 500m2 per hour Onset, which it claims will lead to the demise of screen print

May 2007
Screen launches its first two self-developed wide-format UV-cured inkjet machine the Truepress Jet650UV and Jet2500UV

June 2007
Ricoh takes a 50% stake in IBM's digital printing division, Infoprint Solutions

December 2007
HP buys Israeli wide-format inkjet printer manufacturer Nur, rounding off an acquisition spree in the sector that also included US firm Colorspan in September 2007 and fellow Israeli firm Scitex Vision in August 2005

January 2008
Ricoh reveals details of its first digital colour cut-sheet press the Pro C900, a 90ppm machine due for launch at Drupa

March 2008
HP extends the Indigo range with the 7000, a 120ppm cut sheet machine, and the 7200 a digital web that runs at 240ppm, aimed at high-volume digital printers that the firm terms "mega PSPs"

May 2008
Kodak claims that its Stream technology, which is unveiled for the first time at Drupa will "change print forever"

May 2008
Xerox takes the wraps off its new top-of-the-range colour machine, the iGen4, which it claims deliver 35% higher productivity than the iGen3, a twin-engined duplexing colour machine the ConceptColor 220 and a new light-production machine the Xerox 700

September 2008
Ricoh bolsters its global sales network with the acquisition of distribution firm Ikon Office Solutions.

November 2009
Canon announces plans to acquire Océ

November 2009
Agfa agrees to buy large-format inkjet printer developer Gandi Innovations, which had entered bankruptcy protection in May that year