Ailing plate manufacturer bails out from its core inkjet technology product line, putting it out for sale even as it launches a new writing head at drupa. Over 20 years of development of the Steam inkjet technology has not paid off for Kodak in its Prosper presses.

Australia’s digital pioneer has signed up again with the father of digital print, Benny Landa, to bring the next generation of digital printing to the Asia Pacific market. It's like Groundhog Day for the printing industry as Benny Landa gears up to reveal his nano-particle, water-based inkjet presses.

As a major sponsor with its name flying high on the vehicles’ rear spoilers, Epson will be hoping for a repeat of last year’s F1 championship victory as the season gets underway at Melbourne’s Albert Park.

After years of outsourcing their print finishing work, Sherry and Tom Min of First Choice Printing in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria made the decision to invest in a complete Horizon solution from Currie Group.

Xeikon, recently acquired by Flint Group, has rolled out a new four-colour press called Trillium One that it says takes digital print production to a new level of quality and productivity. “It is a huge milestone in the Xeikon history,” said Wim Maes, president, Xeikon.

Print software specialist CERM, a unit of Heidelberg, found a novel way to grab the attention of journalists at a pre-drupa press conference this week that featured latest workflow technology from several innovative and allied Belgian firms.

Market intelligence bible has expanded its industry coverage to include a comparison between the imports of offset presses and digital printers with some surprising results.

Following the merger of two Melbourne printing businesses surplus equipment has become available. A Heidelberg Speedmaster 52-5 and a late-model Agfa Avalon N4 CtP are now offered in private treaty either as a package or separately.

At drupa 2016, Heidelberg is presenting itself as a driving force for the digital transformation. In this corporate-supplied interview, Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board, explains which growth markets will be in the focus of the newly realigned Heidelberg.

Swiss private equity owners, Gilde Buy Out Partners, rake in three times their original investment in the sign-making and display industry supplier by selling to Chequers Capital, another Euro-based private equity firm.

The fastest version of Fuji Xerox’s toner-based engines, now with an optional fifth colour, increases the capacity of the Sydney-based digital marketing house as it contemplates a future takeover by IPMG.

ISO 20690 is intended for companies who want to compare print production methods on the basis of the energy used in a typical print run. This could be print buyers and publishers, or printers wanting to invest in additional presses to increase their production capacity. Manufacturers are also keen on knowing the energy numbers.

drupa is the greatest graphic arts show on earth. This time around – Düsseldorf, May 31 to June 10, 2016 – it will again be packed with the latest printing technologies. Here is a growing list of what visitors can look forward to seeing at the show.

A good roll-up of industry types have put their names forward to be considered for the four vacant directorships caused by the resignations of recent times.

HEROprint has announced a major expansion of its Sydney and Perth offset plants with the addition of a new HUV10 colour Komori 40” press in Sydney and a 40” Komori 5 colour and coater going into Perth.

Trade printer Heroprint has ramped up its offset capacity with the addition of a new HUV10 colour Komori 40” press in Sydney and a 40” Komori 5 colour in Perth. The new 10 colour press installed at the Sydney plant is the only one of its type in Australia.