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B1 long-perfecting specialist Eclipse Colour Print came to Drupa yesterday to shake hands on an order for a 12-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster with CutStar sheeter.

Pillans & Waddies Manchester, formerly Trafford Press Commercial, has ceased production with the loss of 38 jobs.

Polestar has accelerated the press installation plan for its new greenfield gravure site, signing for a third 3.88metre wide Cerutti at Drupa today.

Wakefield-based David Hulme Machinery has been placed into administration, with 15 redundancies amongst the firms 26 staff.

TJI Digital, a subsidiary of Cornish book group TJ International, aims to double its turnover in five years on the back of an investment in Oc digital printing kit made at Drupa this week.

NW Printers managing director John Bamborough came to Drupa this week to sign an order for the UK's first MAN Roland 500 B2 sheetfed press.

CIP 4 has released a new version of the JDF specification at Drupa, and there are signs that CIP4 and NGP (the Networked Graphic Production group) will converge in the future to create one standard a...

Goss has unveiled its radical vision of the newspaper press hall of the future at Drupa, with a new flexible press configuration described as a combination of a machine tool and a printing press.

Healeys of Ipswich has become the world's first buyer of Heidelberg's long perfecting B3 press, the Speedmaster 52-8-P-H, itself a world first (PrintWeek, 8 April 2004).

Esko-Graphics has revealed the price and availability of the Espresso, its Computer to Conventional Plate (CTCP) platesetter.

Global Graphics has taken the JDF Drupa mantra to heart and unveiled two new products at the show. The first is a JDF enabler module for its Harlequin RIP, and the other is a development platform for...

QuadTech, the press control specialist, has launched a range of new products including Data Central; a software product for improved workflow using JDF enabled systems and controls.

Creo unveiled two new processless plates at Drupa - the Clarus WL for use on DI presses and the Clarus PL aluminium version.

Kodak outlined its strategy for increasing its presence in the graphic arts market at Drupa. The US group, which has just taken over 100% ownership of the NexPress digital press joint venture with...

Nipson has unveiled two 600dpi high-speed black and white digital printers: the 70m/min VaryPress 200 and the 125m/min VaryPress 400.