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Ink-jet alliances for press giants
Offset giants Heidelberg and MAN Roland have signed deals to integrate digital ink-jet technology into their machines.
Swedish firm shows ink-jet prototype
Swedish firm Eurotron is working on developing a new ink-jet technology, which produces up to one square metre per second.
Polestar in discussions to stave off Kilbride closure
Hopes of saving Polestars East Kilbride plant from closure continue, with GPMU officials and senior Polestar management in discussions as PrintWeek went to press.
Eclipse freshens long perfector portfolio
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.
Presses fall silent at Trafford Press
Pillans & Waddies Manchester, formerly Trafford Press Commercial, has ceased production with the loss of 38 jobs.
Polestar commits to third Cerutti
Polestar has accelerated the press installation plan for its new greenfield gravure site, signing for a third 3.88metre wide Cerutti at Drupa today.
DHM falls into administration
Wakefield-based David Hulme Machinery has been placed into administration, with 15 redundancies amongst the firms 26 staff.
TJI Digital upgrades to Oc VarioStream
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 to take first Roland 500 in UK
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.
New JDF landmark reached
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 reveals radical newspaper concept
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 orders world's first B3 perfector
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 reveals price for CTCP
Esko-Graphics has revealed the price and availability of the Espresso, its Computer to Conventional Plate (CTCP) platesetter.
Global Graphics shows JDF commitment at Drupa
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...