Ralf Schlözer – technology analyst for the print industry – says inkjet printing is enabling print businesses to service a rapidly growing number of markets.

Print businesses looking for a new SRA3 digital colour press have an excellent choice, with half a dozen technology developers bringing award-winning print systems onto the market.

Bowden Printing is celebrating 90 years as a South Australian business, with the same family of founder Frederick Bowden still owning the company. Damien Burchilll has been CEO for the past dozen years.

HP has launched two new reelfed Pagewide thermal inkjet, high volume, digital presses, the PageWide T4250 HDR for commercial work, and the monochrome HP PageWide T500M HD for books.

Fujifilm’s new reelfed inkjet Jet Press 1160CFG will take centre stage at its stand at Hunkeler Innovationdays, and will be paired with four different finishing systems, to produce a range of applications inline.

The world’s biggest offset press manufacturer, Heidelberg, is refocusing its manufacturing site at Wiesloch-Walldorf for its growth strategy, and shedding 11.5 per cent of its workforce there.

Imaging giant Fujifilm had one of the biggest stands at the drupa, and used it to show a swag of new print solutions in commercial and packaging hardware, software and consumables.

The world’s biggest offset press manufacturer, Heidelberg, says it is anticipating that the second half of financial year 2024/2025 will be strong, with its factories now running at full capacity post-drupa.

Canon Production Print had a host of new developments on its stand and ready for sale, including print technologies for commercial, wide format, corrugated, cartons and labels.

Offset press consumables manufacturer ContiTech is to stop producing rollers and sleeves by the end of the year, although it will continue to manufacture blankets.

Serendipity Software has introduced its latest innovation in colour management, RGB+Spot Colour Support, now available in Version 9.1 of Blackmagic and Veripress.

The Visual Media Association has issued a member and industry-wide invitation to a sneak-peek release of its annual industry metrics findings, with the full report due in February.

Heidelberg has just hosted hundreds of customers at its Heidelberg Days, and showcased its Prinect Touch Free cloud-based, AI-driven, digital workflow, which it says is the future of print.

With its new generation of cutsheet colour printers, its first inkjet B2 press, a new continuous feed inkjet, and multiple software developments, Ricoh had an action-packed stand.

MIS developer Optimus focused on three product areas; its main Dash MIS platform, its web-to-print system, and the integration its offers through its open API solution.

Muller Martini had a quartet of automated, industrial production lines on show, all integrated into its Connex workflow, and was also highlighting its MM Services concept.