North america

Benny Landa, chairman and chief executive of the Landa Group and inventor of Nanography, has been announced as the keynote speaker at next year's EFI Connect conference in Las Vegas.

The Manchester, CT-based company invested in the 41" KBA Rapida 106 eight-color press after seeing the press in action during the recent Drupa show in Germany.

EFI Cretaprint has unveiled its third-generation ceramic tile printer, the EFI Cretaprint C3, at the Tecnargilla ceramic and brick technology and supplies exhibition in Rimini, Italy, this week.

FedEx Office has announced the roll out of a new e-procurement system that leaves it well positioned to begin competing for the commercial printing work of large corporates across North America.

Muller Martini is in the process of restructuring its global operations, <i>PrintWeek</i> can exclusively reveal, and has quashed rumours that this could result in the closure of its UK headquarters.

Mutoh America said this week that it will showcase its new ValueJet 2638 104" press at next month's SGIA Expo in Las Vegas before making it available to North American customers from November.

Mailworks Direct has purchased and installed a new RYOBI 924A offset printing press to meet a surge in demand for high-volume direct mail.

Web-to-print firm Moo.com has acquired personal identity platform Flavors.me for an undisclosed sum after six months of negotiations.

Domino Printing Sciences has used its third-quarter management statement to highlight the roll-out of its N600i full-colour label press as well as concerns over market conditions in Europe and China.

Chicago-based RR Donnelley has acquired Express Postal Options (XPO) as it looks to build on its logistics service offering to a global client base.

Kodak has stressed that its NexPress and Prosper digital lines will not be impacted by cost cutting measures as it announced the cull of a further 1,000 jobs including that of COO Phil Faraci.

HP unveiled new features for its Indigo WS6600 Digital Press at Labelexpo Americas 2012 this week and has signed up five beta customers to trial its Indigo 20000 Digital Press.