Inkjet

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.

Epson will use Drupa to showcase a variety of product offerings for industrial printing as well as highlighting growing opportunities for localised production at the point of demand.

Xaar saw its revenue drop by 3% to £70.6m while suffering a pre-tax loss in its full-year results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2023, but it is optimistic about the year ahead.

Kodak has revealed some details about the new product launches planned for Drupa.

Agfa’s Digital Print & Chemicals operation overtook Radiology last year to become its biggest division – with inkjet ink sales up 14%, boosted by the conversion of former Inca customers.

The Delta Group is poised to install the world’s first Agfa SpeedSet Orca single-pass B1 inkjet press.

Mercian Labels has debuted a single-layer recyclable paper packaging sachet for luxury retail and wholesale chocolate firm Whitakers, which it will show off at Packaging Innovations.

Screen has finalised the development of a new roll-fed digital inkjet press for the commercial printing, direct mail, and publishing printing markets.

Riso has agreed to take over Toshiba Tec’s inkjet head business in a deal that is set to complete over the summer.

Ricoh has revealed it will launch a brand-new direct-to-film (DTF) machine at March’s Fespa Global Print Expo.

Agfa has taken the wraps off its SpeedSet 1060 B1 format sheetfed inkjet press at a VIP customer event in Cambridge.

Kodak has revealed the first global installation of its Prosper 7000 Turbo Press.