For some printers, Drupa has an almost mythical status; attendance is business critical.

It’s hard to know which is worse – a print company with not enough business, or a firm with enough work but plant that has broken down. Neither are ideal and both are worrying.

Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company and pioneer of mass production, once said: “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

At around 70,000 copies sold per issue, Empire magazine is proof that the sector is far from moribund. However, it did want its March 2024 issue to be a bit more dead – or rather, undead.

Printed Easy has invested in its first inkjet press – a Durst Tau RSC-E – in a move that will increase its label production capacity by a whopping 300%.

HP held the London leg yesterday (25 April) of its five-date pre-Drupa roadshow that has been taking place at art galleries across the UK.

Shropshire sheet plant Dairi-Pak has seen its short-run productivity leap after installing a brand-new Kolbus Autobox AB300.

Epson’s global president, Yasanori Ogawa, will give a keynote speech on the first day of Drupa 2024, 28 May, showing how Epson has reinvented itself as a major inkjet manufacturer.

National World has appointed a highly-experienced former magazine executive to its board.

It’s the end of an era for Xerox, which will stop making its iGen5 and Nuvera digital presses over the summer, while a new era beckons with a fresh third-party partnership for high-speed continuous...