Graphic Repro On-line News Review to Friday 24 June 2016
Welcome to this week’s second post-drupa news roundup, with another 50 articles in the headline news for this week, plus a further 30 in our own drupa Newsroom and around another 500 or so articles, comprising key interviews, feature articles, surveys, news, new kit and sales successes in the series of eleven complete drupa daily news magazines, published on each day of the fair in Düsseldorf. But please note, there is a correction, as last week’s series was incomplete, which has now been rectified… Thanks to Refik Telhan, one of our followers and subscriber in Istanbul, Turkey, for helpfully drawing attention to the error and omissions.
Our e-News comprises: Headline News – Online Feature Articles – the Verdigris initiative from Digital Dots. Our Drupa and FESPA Newsrooms can be accessed from the Index on our Home Page, as well as News in Review, which provides a weekly overview and listing of all news added to the site.
Headline News
Over 28,000 news items have now gone online since we launched our Website in September 2001. News for the past 24 months can still be accessed via the Home Page and its continuation news pages
Druck- und Pressehaus Naumann orders KBA Commander CL
Germany’s youngest independent daily newspaper, the Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung relies on KBA for the future…
KBA Cortina waterless web offset heads for Indian Ocean
20th KBA Cortina goes to the island of La Réunion for high-quality newspapers and semi commercials…
Warneke signs for Heidelberg Primefire 106 at drupa
Denver company Warneke Paper Box signed for Heidelberg USA’s first Primefire inkjet system at drupa…
Agfa Graphic’s next generation thermal plate system
Always innovating, Agfa Graphics announced its new generation thermal plates solution at drupa 2016…
Elanders boosts commercial printing power with HP
Advanced HP Indigo and PageWide Web Presses offer company next-level productivity and quality for unique campaigns…
Cimpress signs global deal for fleet of HP Indigo presses
Chooses HP Indigo digital presses to boost efficiency and enhance production quality, consistency and versatility…
Belfast printer orders LE-UV long perfector at drupa
Quinnstheprinters.com has ordered a Speedmaster XL 106-8-P LE-UV press for its new plant in England…
Crewe stops by to order new kit from Heidelberg
Crewe’s Phil Edwards and Simon Hughes signed an order for a Versafire CV digital press and Stahlfolder CH 66…
Norwegian PSP signs for two Ricoh presses at drupa
Cicero Digital and Graphic signed for a Ricoh Pro C9110 and Ricoh Pro C7110 on Ricoh’s stand at drupa 2016…
Highly automated Rapida 145 large-format for France
A&R Carton to receive largest sheetfed offset press exhibited at Drupa 2016 on KBA’s stand in Hall 16…
Tue 21June…
Screen’s new Truepress Jet520NX in drupa preview debut
New high-speed roll-fed inkjet press drives growth of digital printing business with newly-developed printhead…
Screen’s new high-throughput thermal eight-page CTP
New series delivers class-leading productivity of 70 plates per hour; for release immediately after its drupa debut drupa…
Poland’s Multidruk purchases 500th Flexcel NX System
Kodak’s Flexcel NX System confirmed as a leading choice for flexo with 500th order at drupa 2016, and Multidruk’s second system…
Ricoh launches TotalFlow DFE for sheetfed presses
Ricoh has announced that TotalFlow Print Server R-61/R-61A, a new printer Digital Front End for Ricoh sheetfed colour presses…
Nationwide Print to implement Ricoh’s Marcom Central
Nationwide Print enhances client experience with Ricoh’s MarcomCentral and a new Ricoh Pro C7100 press…
Acanthus extends its digital portfolio with Versafire CV
Acanthus Press is to supplement its HP Indigo digital technology with a Versafire CV from Heidelberg…
Fourth Muller Martini Connect system bound for Latvia
Livonia in Riga, invests in a fourth Connect system with two new brand-new dynamic Ventura MC 200 machines…
Centrum Printing purchases KBA Rapida 145
On the first drupa day: KBA large-format Rapida 145 press sold to Centrum Printing in Sydney, Australia…
Adverset Media Solutions signs drupa Horizon deal
Horizon AFC566F folder chosen to bring complex folding in-house for Scarborough print and display company Adverset…
Blackman & White Versa-Tech cutter for Practical Minds
Practical Minds finds the Versa-Tech from Blackman & White a practical solution to in-house cutting and finishing…
Wed 22 June…
Manroland Web’s new compact web press premiers at drupa
At drupa 2016, Manroland Web Systems presented its new compact newspaper press: the Geoman e:line…
CHILI publish celebrates success at drupa 2016
CHILI publish conducted demos of its latest CHILI publisher online editor and new CHILI rendro to crowds that packed the stand…
Kodak celebrates 21 years of Thermal CTP at drupa
And signs its 21,000th customer at drupa: Poland’s Karton-Pak orders its second CTP VLF Kodak platesetter…
Bobst wins EDP Award with digital press for corrugated
Bobst won the 2016 European Digital Press Association award for ‘Best corrugated printer/solution’…
UPM Raflatac announces senior appointment
Antti Jääskeläinen has been appointed executive vice president, of UPM Raflatac to further develop the business…
Route One Print converts Speedmaster SX 102 to LE-UV
IST (UK) converts Rotherham trade printer’s eight-colour B1 SX 102 long perfector to LE-UV for speed and quality lift…
KBA Rapida 106 for Premier League city Leicester
Qualvis Print and Packaging in the East Midlands city of Leicester on a growth curve with luxury packaging and KBA…
Simply Cartons opts for second Rapida 106 at drupa
Second 20,000sph KBA Rapida 106 with double coater for Nottingham firm, equipped for conventional and UV printing…
Rotolito Lombarda to add third Corona C15 binding line
Rotolito Lombarda invests in a third high-spec Muller Martini Corona C15 perfect binding line at drupa…
Ecograf Denmark signs for two Ricoh Pro C9110 presses
Danish company Ecograf invests in its quality service by ordering two Ricoh Pro C9110 presses at drupa…
Thu 23 June…
Canon Europe has its most successful drupa ever
Canon celebrates its most successful drupa ever as customers are inspired to extend their capabilities to unleash print…
FINAT’s sparkling 2016 winning line-up announced
Highlights of this year’s FINAT Label Competition…
Epson reports significant orders at successful drupa
Epson increases production to meet high demand after biggest ever showcase for its complete range of inkjet printers at drupa…
Hybrid Software’s innovation stands out at drupa
The fastest growing software company in the graphic arts sector has announced record-breaking results from drupa 2016…
Epson Italia to acquire Fratelli Robustelli
Epson to acquire ‘Monna Lisa’ Italian textile printer manufacturing company Robustelli, based in La Guardia, Como…
Two new ‘Push to Stop’ XL 106 eight-colours for Lonnemann
Media group Cramer + Lonnemann invests in industrial production and autonomous printing to continue its growth…
Magneet orders second Ricoh Pro C9110 at drupa
Dutch print service provider Magneet Communicatiecentrum adds second heavy duty digital colour sheetfed press…
Datum picks Ricoh Pro C9110 press at drupa 2016
The Hatfield, UK cross media specialists signed the deal for the heavy duty colour press on Ricoh’s drupa stand…
Ten-colour KBA Rapida 106 bound for Wiesbaden
Druckerei Chmielorz from Wiesbaden, Germany, invested in a ten-colour Rapida 106 for 5-over-5 perfecting at drupa 2016…
First new QuadTech DeltaCam sale at drupa
First QuadTech DeltaCam and QuadTech Color Control with SpectralCam chosen for new Goss Thallo order for Russia…
Fri 24 June…
Jeff Jacobson appointed to head Xerox Corporation
Xerox board appoints Jeff Jacobson to become CEO of Xerox Corporation following completion of separation…
drupa daily news issues 1 – 11 to download as PDFs
These eleven jam-packed drupa daily issues are ready to read now. We have them all here for you in our drupa Newsroom…
New Sun Technical Centre in Karlstein, Germany
Sun Chemical Advanced Materials and the DIC Corporation open new European PPS Technical Centre…
Largest FESPA Mexico event to date now sold out
Central America’s largest event dedicated to wide-format printing and textile decoration, 18 – 20 August 2016…
Fujifilm’s first Onset X3 sale at drupa to Bachman, Germany
Screen printer from North Rhine-Westphalia to boost capacity with the high-production Onset X3 with Hostert Automation…
Augustus Martin adds two Inca Onset X2s and one Onset X3
Fujifilm confirms triple Onset X series investment by Top-50 UK printer Augustus Martin at drupa 2016…
Second Fujifilm Jet Press 720S and Award for Straub Druck
Second Jet Press 720S investment from Straub Druck & Medien in Germany, plus ‘Jet Press Print Innovation Award’…
Allied Printing Services in Manchester/Connecticut, USA has ordered its fourth Rapida 106 within a period of just 48 months…
Mount Street Printers undertakes front to back investment
Royal Warrant Holder Mount Street Printers in Mayfair will take delivery of its largest Polar guillotine to date…
Modern Litho opts for latest XL 106 long perfector
Modern Litho, Jefferson City, USA signs for latest Speedmaster XL 106-5-LYYL-P+5+L technology at drupa…
Alphagraphics aims to triple productivity with drupa buys
AlphaGraphics Idaho Falls purchases full suite of Heidelberg products from Prinect Workflow to press to folding and finishing at drupa…
Last lead article from Friday in previous update…
Last issue’s Friday lead article…
Manroland Web: Strong drupa performance with great prospects
The fully networked production for the future: Manroland Web Systems is very satisfied with its showing at drupa 2016…
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Online Feature articles 2014 – 2016
There were again well over 70 last year, 90 in 2014, and 92 articles in 2013 which can still be accessed via the Index on the Home Page, with prior years’ via Search Archives (option 2).
Technology-related Chapter 02
Online Features May/Jun Chapter 05
Verdigris – Environmental Initiative
Laurel Brunner’s weekly Verdigris Blogs 2016
Environmental policies
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner – Fri 24 Jun
Previous…
Preparing for drupa 2020
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner – Fri 17 Jun
Paperlab Update
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner – Fri 10 Jun
Energising
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner – Sun 05 Jun
Drupa Newsroom
Our Drupa Newsroom with news from Messe Düsseldorf and for Drupa 2016 can be found in the Index. It is divided into the following Chapters for your convenience and ease of use… but you must scroll down to view each Chapter when you visit the Newsroom…
drupa daily to download as PDFs
These jam-packed drupa daily news issues are ready to read now. You can download each one complete as a PDF…
drupa daily issue No 1 on 31 May 2016
Includes drupa President and Koenig & Bauer chief executive Claus Bolza-Schünemann’s Red Sofa chat with Thomas Fasold…
drupa daily issue No 2 on 1 June 2016
Includes Kodak chief executive Jeff Clarke talking to Darryl Danielli about the business’s evolution and how it’s getting back to its roots…
drupa daily issue No 3 on 2 June 2016
Includes Canon EMEA president and chief executive Rokus van Iperen’s talk with Darryl Danielli about the importance of merging cultures…
drupa daily issue No 4 on 3 June 2016
Includes Landa Digital Printing founder and chairman Benny Landa as he tells Darryl Danielli how he has been retired for 50-plus years…
drupa daily issue No 5 on 4 June 2016
Includes Enrique Lores, HP president of Imaging and Printing talking to Darryl Danielli about growth…
drupa daily issue No 6 on 5 June 2016
Includes Olaf Lorenz, GM of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe, as he discusses the KM-C with Darryl Danielli…
drupa daily issue No 7 on 6 June 2016
Includes Jean-Pascal Bobst, chief executive of Swiss manufacturer
Bobst talking to Darryl Danielli about the importance of family…
drupa daily issue No 8 on 7 June 2016
Includes Eijiro Hori, president of post-press kit manufacturer Horizon sharing his thoughts on the importance of partnerships with Darryl Danielli…
drupa daily issue No 9 on 8 June 2016
Includes Massivit chief executive Avner Israeli emphasises to Darryl Danielli that printers should embrace the 3D opportunity sooner rather than later…
drupa daily issue No 10 on 9 June 2016
Includes Marabu chief executive York Boeder talking with Thomas Fasold about digitisation in printing and the strengths of screen printing…
drupa daily issue No 11 on 10 June 2016
Includes Wolfgang Kroplunik, head of business development & Western Europe, Uncoated Fine Paper at Mondi, talking with Thomas Fasold about paper and changing requirements in the digital transformation…
drupa 2016 Exhibitors’ show + post-show News
Latest additions can be accessed in our drupa Newsroom.
Decisive impulses for the global print industry at drupa 2016
drupa 2016 was a resounding success with excellent business deals concluded in an outstanding investment climate…
Finest finishing with the KBA Rapida RSP 106
Rotary screen printing made by KBA. Print finishing and for the first time post-press were major topics on the KBA stand at Drupa which recently closed its doors…
KBA at Drupa 2016 in Hall 16
Diversity in print with strong focus on digital and packaging and industrial functional printing, as well as innovative processes, such as LED-UV printing defined KBA’s stand…
KBA Flexodruck with water-based inks at drupa
The new NEO XD LR: Hybrid web press from KBA-Flexotecnica for all typical ink systems, and at drupa with low-migration water-based inks…
KBA posted positive half-time result from Drupa
Koenig & Bauer Group announced a positive verdict on group performance at half-time with high visitor numbers and new orders on schedule…
KBA RotaJET L-Series wins over Drupa visitors
At this year’s Drupa KBA-Digital & Web Solutions present the RotaJET L-series live in action several times a day…
KBA’s return to sheetfed flexo for corrugated
New-generation Corrugraph to be ‘Made in Germany’…
Canon Europe has its most successful drupa ever
Canon celebrates its most successful drupa ever as customers are inspired to extend their capabilities to unleash print…
Canon Europe impressed at drupa with industrial-scale live production
Canon shows leadership in continuous feed inkjet for industrial production print and book production on Hall 8a at drupa 2016…
Canon shows prototype ‘View & Cut’ with Océ ProCut devices
Canon Europe & Zünd Skandinavien show prototype ‘View & Cut’ solution to automate industrial wide-format finishing at drupa…
New Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma debuted at drupa
Canon launches brand new Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma continuous feed inkjet press at drupa 2016…
Océ Arizona 2200 UV Series launched at drupa
Canon launches Océ Arizona 2200 UV Series for best in class quality and productivity in flatbed printing…
Agfa: Workflow management in the cloud has many advantages
Agfa Graphics’ Apogee Cloud users minimise IT investments, saving costs and maximising flexibility…
Epson reports significant orders at successful drupa
Epson increases production to meet high demand after biggest ever showcase for its complete range of inkjet printers at drupa…
Kodak announces Prinergy Workflow partnerships at drupa
Kodak confirms partnerships with Komori, Konica Minolta, Landa and Ricoh, extends reach of Prinergy workflow…
Kodak Prosper Stream Inkjet integration shown at drupa
Kodak announces Prosper OEM partnerships with Manroland Web Systems and Matti Technology…
Kodak’s new NexPress ZX Digital Production Colour Presses
NexPress Opaque White Dry Ink and the ‘Max Platform’ – the next-generation NexPress Colour Platform…
Manroland Web Systems’ flexible, compact press premieres at drupa 2016
At drupa 2016, Manroland Web Systems presented its new newspaper press: the more compact Geoman e:line…
CHILI publish celebrates success at drupa 2016
CHILI publish conducted demonstrations of its latest CHILI publisher online editor and the new CHILI rendro solution to crowds that packed the stand…
Hybrid Software’s innovation stands out at drupa
The fastest growing software company in the graphic arts sector has announced record-breaking results from drupa2016…
Display design simplified with ArtiosCAD Display Store
New online portal delivers professional, pre-tested, standard designs for quick-start business opportunities…
MarcomCentral’s new tool debuted by Ricoh at drupa
MarcomCentral empowers users to seamlessly submit jobs and helps simplify print providers’ workflow…
Müller Martini and Enfocus team up for Connex
Enfocus and Müller Martini team up to enhance book production with Enfocus Switch to Connex LineControl for SigmaLine process management…
Ricoh launches TotalFlow DFE for sheetfed presses
Ricoh has announced that TotalFlow Print Server R-61/R-61A, a new printer Digital Front End, will be launched globally for Ricoh sheetfed colour presses…
AVT’s Jet-IQ to be integrated on EFI’s Nozomi C18000
EFI chooses AVT as strategic partner for integrated inkjet print quality control for the new corrugated board inkjet press…
Manroland Web Systems in good shape at drupa 2016
Manroland Web Systems presented its financial results, strategy and technological highlights at its drupa press conference.
Screen introduces new inkjet inks for coated paper at drupa
Screen develops inks that enable printing on coated paper using high-speed roll-fed inkjet presses…
Screen revamps its after-sales management system
Screen expands new IoT and cloud-based service system: TRUST Service Desk to further improve customer satisfaction…
Screen Truepress Jet520NX finalised for drupa preview debut
New high-speed roll-fed inkjet press drives growth of digital printing business with newly-developed printhead, to launch in early 2017…
Screen’s new high-throughput eight-page CTP at drupa
New series delivers class-leading productivity of 70 plates per hour; for release immediately after drupa…
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Fujifilm and Heidelberg target growth potential of the industry
Successful partnership between Fujifilm and Heidelberg confirmed as CEOs agree to target growth potential of the industry…
Manroland: Strong drupa performance with great prospects
The fully networked production for the future: Manroland Web Systems is very satisfied with drupa 2016…
Muller Martini’s drupa leaves a convincing impression
Muller Martini CEO, Bruno Müller, looks back at the company’s successful participation at drupa 2016…
Print makes strong comeback at the ‘Best drupa’ since 2000
Claus Bolza-Schünemann, CEO and president of Koenig & Bauer (KBA) and drupa president 2016, announced a decidedly positive closing verdict…
Kodak demonstrates leadership through innovation at drupa
Kodak generates significant industry buzz at the largest print show on earth with outstanding results at 181% of target…
Decisive impulses for the global print industry at drupa 2016
drupa 2016 was a resounding success with excellent business deals concluded in an outstanding investment climate…
drupa to stick to its proven 4-year cycle
The No. 1 trade fair for print and cross-media solutions to be held in Düsseldorf again from 23 June to 3 July 2020…
Agfa Graphic’s next generation thermal plate system
Always innovating, Agfa Graphics announced its new generation thermal plates solution at drupa 2016…
EFI adds new, scalable blade-based Fiery DFEs
Power the latest generation of ultra high-speed inkjet presses supporting packaging and transactional applications…
EFI launches new, cloud-based Fiery Navigator software
A new cloud-based product that gives digital print service providers insight into their production data…
EFI newest Midmarket Print Suite European debut at drupa
The updated Productivity Suite, with EFI Pace as the core MIS and a rich collection of print specific components, delivers certified, end-to-end business and production workflows…
EFI’s advanced portfolio showcased in Hall 9 at drupa
Fuelling Customer Success: EFI’s Breakthrough New Digital Print Platforms at drupa spark New ‘Imaging of Things’ opportunities for Print Providers…
EFI’s Groundbreaking LED inkjet single-pass platform for corrugated
EFI launches revolutionary single-pass inkjet press for high-speed corrugated board production…
Heidelberg’s ‘Simply Smart’ motto for drupa 2016
drupa 2016: Heidelberg continues growth course – new market opportunities in the digital age…
Heidelberg Cloud forms the basis for future-oriented services
Smart Collaboration: Heidelberg Cloud, Heidelberg Assistant, and Heidelberg eShop are setting new standards in customer/supplier relationships…
Heidelberg’s Primefire 106: World premiere for industrial inkjet
drupa 2016: With the Primefire 106 Heidelberg presented a world premiere for industrial inkjet printing in 700 x 1000 format…
HP unleashes industry-leading digital printing portfolio
At drupa, HP reimagines possibilities of printing with new Pagewide, Indigo, HP JetFusion 3D printing solutions and more…
NXP Europe invests in new DM-Liner from Leonhard Kurz
British digital printing company NXP Europe is first worldwide to invest in B2 format Digital Metal technology from Leonhard Kurz…
Push to Stop – Heidelberg makes autonomous printing a reality
The new generation Speedmaster ushered in a paradigm shift in industrial print production with its new ‘Push to Stop’ operating philosophy…
World premiere of the new drupa-generation Speedmaster XL 106
Peak performance redefined: drupa-generation Speedmaster XL 106 revolutionises industrial print production…
drupa 2016 News from Exhibitors (now in alphabetical order)
The full series can now be accessed in our drupa Newsroom in alphabetical order.
post-drupa 2016 News from Messe Düsseldorf
Decisive impulses for the global print industry at drupa
drupa 2016 was a resounding success with excellent business deals concluded in an outstanding investment climate…
drupa to stick to its proven 4-year cycle
The No. 1 trade fair for print and cross-media solutions to be held in Düsseldorf again from 23 June to 3 July 2020…
Includes the tenth and final article in this series from Andreas Weber in Mainz, Germany…
drupa 2016 Expert Articles – and more
Includes the tenth and final article in this series from Claus Bolza-Schünemann, CEO and president of Koenig & Bauer (KBA) and drupa president 2016…
FESPA Newsroom
The dedicated FESPA Newsroom can be found via the Index on our Home Page.
FESPA Federation News in 2016
Largest FESPA Mexico to date now sold out
Central America’s largest event dedicated to wide-format printing and textile decoration, 18 – 20 August 2016…
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