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Mimaki to boost support in EMEA region

Wide format manufacturer Mimaki aims to set up a dedicated EMEA support operation before next summer in response to huge demand in the wide format market.

News Corp closes The Daily app

News Corp has announced that it will close its digital newspaper app, The Daily, which it launched for the iPad in February 2011.

Kodak secures $830m exit finance facility

Kodak said its lenders were demonstrating increased confidence in the company's future after they boosted its $793m interim and exit finance facility by $37m and established "improved" terms for...

InnerWorkings predicts managed print growth in 2013

InnerWorkings CEO Eric Belcher has predicted growth for the company's managed print services in the year ahead as more large corporations look for a single vendor to handle their global brand and...

Speedmaster SX sales exceed expectations by a quarter

Heidelberg has exceeded its own expectations by selling over 1,000 Speedmaster SX units since the range's launch.

Drupa: 'the industry changed our minds'

Manufacturers and rival shows breathed a sigh of relief this week after Drupa bowed to industry pressure and stated that it would stick to its four-year cycle, following a meeting of its 20-strong...

NGOs urge Asia Pulp and Paper boycott

An open letter signed by 60 non-government organisations (NGOs) has been sent to investors in Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) urging them not to back the controversial Indonesian company.

Schillinger to leave Muller Martini as global restructure begins

Muller Martini's UK managing director Andreas Schillinger is leaving the Swiss manufacturer as a result of its global restructure.

Xaar forms partnership with China Glaze Company

Xaar has signed up its first Asian ink partner in the form of Taiwanese supplier China Glaze Company and is optimising its digital ceramic inks for use with Xaar printheads.

Student's printed gun plan blocked as 3D printer lease is terminated

While teenagers in the US are able to get behind both a trigger and the wheel before they can take their first sip of alcohol, one manufacturer has at least drawn the line at allowing them to print...

An interview with Kodak CEO Antonio Perez

Despite the challenge of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Kodak CEO Antonio Perez painted a fairly bright picture of the legendary Rochester, NY-based company's future, in an exclusive interview with...

Flint Group announces 3% flexo plate price hike

Flint Group Flexographic Products has said it will raise the price for its photopolymer printing plates by 3% from 1 January 2013.