Printingtalk news headlines: Sunday 8 February to Saturday 14 February 2004

Pre-Press Specialist Adds Colour To BBC

BBC Magazines' annual tendering round has seen Colour Systems secure the pre-press contracts for two major titles, Eve and Top Gear - the first contract from the BBC for the London company.

News from Colour Systems (13 February 2004)

Domino Strengthens Its Hand In Europe

As part of its strategy to strengthen its OEM channel in Europe, Domino Printing Sciences has expanded its European management team.

News from Domino Printing Sciences plc (13 February 2004)

Danka Sent On EFI's SendMe

User Application Article Danka, a customer and channel partner of EFI, has installed an EFI Sendme unit at its Netherlands head office.

News from EFI (13 February 2004)

Belgian's Take To Waterless For Newspapers

User Application Article Waterless newspaper offset has now spread to Belgium, where media player De Persgroep in Asse, near Brussels, has just become the third print enterprise to sign up for a KBA Cortina after Rodi Rotatie

News from KBA (13 February 2004)

KBA and Sun Sign Shark Deal For Waterless

KBA and Sun Chemical have signed a three-year agreement to jointly research and develop water-washable inks, specifically Shark W ink, for KBA's Cortina waterless web offset newspaper press.

News from KBA (13 February 2004)

KBA's Compacta To Debut at Drupa 2004

KBA has released details of yet another new product it will roll out at Drupa 2004 - a 70,000copies per hour (cph) high-automation commercial web press, the Compacta 217.

News from KBA (13 February 2004)

TripleArc's Daly Development As Director Moves In

Following a strong performance in 2003, cumulating with the acquisition of print management company, Accessplus, The TripleArc Group has now appointed Sarah Daly as its business development director.

News from TripleArc Group (13 February 2004)

Huge Italian Job For Technotrans' Systems

User Application Article Technotrans to supply KBA with spray dampening systems, dampening solution preparation units and integrated ink supply systems for nine Commander satellite-type rotary presses and two Comet presses

News from Technotrans Graphics (13 February 2004)

Technotrans' Results Show Improvements

For the third quarter 2003 Technotrans has reported positive results with revenue up by over 11 percent to 27 million Euros over the second quarter of the year.

News from Technotrans Graphics (13 February 2004)

Express Newspapers Up the West Ferry Ante

The future of West Ferry Printers still remains fluid, as Express Newspapers sparked another development in the long-running issue.

News from West Ferry Printers (13 February 2004)

Xaar Presents Complete Range For First Time At Dru

For the first time, at Drupa 2004 Xaar will present its complete and expanded range of services: printhead and ink products, integration expertise, new peripherals its patented tecnology.

News from Xaar (13 February 2004)

New Xerox GM For Scotland

Ronnie Conway has joined Xerox UK as Scottish general manager.

News from Xerox (13 February 2004)

MAN Roland and Technotrans On Big U.S. Order

User Application Article MAN Roland has chosen Technotrans to equip the six Geoman web offset presses ordered by Detroit Newspapers, with a total of 300 microspray spray dampening units.

News from MAN Roland GB (13 February 2004)

Baldwin and Technotrans Deal Off

Baldwin has walked away from buyout negotiations with fellow prepress ancillary company Technotrans.

News from Baldwin Technology Company Inc (13 February 2004)

Global Clamps Jaws Together

Global Graphics Software has launched Jaws PDF Partner, which unites the successful Jaws PDF Creator and Jaws PDF Editor software packages into one downloadable or off-the-shelf boxed product.

News from Global Graphics Software Ltd (12 February 2004)

Mail and Standard Set Flexo Standards Higher

User Application Article The world's largest flexo newspaper production installation is growing even bigger.

News from KBA (12 February 2004)

KBA Readies New SLF Presses For Market

The biggest SLF offset press on the international market entered the final phase of production at the beginning of November 2003 with the successful conclusion of sheet-run trials at KBA's factory.

News from KBA (12 February 2004)

Mitsubishi Targets Drupa 2004 For World Firsts

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at Drupa will demonstrate what it claims to be world firsts with its re-usable plate system and web offset variable cut-offs.

News from Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses Ltd (12 February 2004)

Xerox To Highlight New DocuTech At Drupa

Xerox Corporation has revealed details of its Drupa 2004 presence in May.

News from Xerox (12 February 2004)

Dutch Printer Extends KBA Production Capacity

User Application Article Dutch printing house Janssen Pers Rotatiedruk, a longstanding KBA customer based in Gennep, has ordered an extension to the single-width Continent web press it installed in 1999.

News from KBA (10 February 2004)

Wam!Net and 4Sight Strengthens UK Team

Wam!Net the provider of content creation management and distribution services has expanded its UK team with the appointment of Scott Eaton as technical account manager and Craig Santus as sales accoun

News from SAVVIS UK Limited (10 February 2004)

RR Donnelly Turn To KBA For More Rotogravure

User Application Article RR Donnelley has again opted for rotogravure know-how from KBA with a new KBA TR8B press set to enter production in the summer of 2005.

News from KBA (10 February 2004)

X-Rite Develop Plans For New Products Pre-Drupa

X-Rite has announced plans to launch seven new colour management systems leading up Drupa 2004 in May.

News from X-Rite (10 February 2004)

Agfa Buy Into Dotrix UV Technology In 6M Euro Deal

Agfa-Gevaert has acquired the assets and all staff of Dotrix NV a Belgian from its owners, Barco in a six million-Euro deal.

News from Agfa ( 9 February 2004)

Investment In GAE Bindery Kit Is Highlight

User Application Article Highlight Digital Imaging and Print is continuing its growth through investment with further expansion of its print operations. Brochure Available

News from Graphic Arts Equipment ( 9 February 2004)

B and B Press Update Bindery To Match Growth

User Application Article B and B Press has completed a bindery upgrade with the installation of several Horizon machines from Graphic Arts Equipment. Brochure Available

News from Graphic Arts Equipment ( 9 February 2004)

GAE's New Agency For German Paper Drills

Graphic Arts Equipment (GAE) has been awarded the agency for the Durselen-Corta range of paper drilling machines. Brochure Available

News from Graphic Arts Equipment ( 9 February 2004)

GAE Cut Deal For Perfecta Guillotines In UK

Graphic Arts Equipment (GAE) has won the exclusive agency to distribute the Perfecta range of precision guillotines and paper handling systems. Brochure Available

News from Graphic Arts Equipment ( 9 February 2004)

Cambridge Newspapers Expands With KBA Performance

Cambridge Newspapers is planning to expand its newspaper contract printing with a pressroom investment in back to back colour facilities.

News from KBA ( 9 February 2004)

Baldwin and Technotrans Edge Closer to Merger

Baldwin Technology and Technotrans have edged closer to a merger deal with final agreement expected in January 2004.

News from Technotrans Graphics ( 9 February 2004)

Fiery Show At Drupa 2004 From EFI

Digital imaging and print management company EFI will showcase its newest line of Fiery print servers at Drupa in May 2004.

News from EFI ( 9 February 2004)

EFI Show High Speed Kodak Data Printer At Drupa

EFI will be showing a 2,000 page per minute Kodak Versamark colour variable data printer that will be driven by EFI's fastest Fiery print server at Drupa 2004.

News from EFI ( 9 February 2004)

Benelux Distributor Widens EFI

Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has appointed Five4U to distribute the full range of its Best proofing systems in Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg via an established reseller channel.