Category: Business

  • Heidelberg acquires Crispy Mountain

    Heidelberg has bought the German software developer Crispy Mountain, which has developed the Keyline cloud-based MIS. 

  • BASF to build plastics factory in China

    The chemicals giant BASF is planning to build an engineering plastics compounding plant plus a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at its site in Zhanjiang, China, where the company has already proposed to build an integrated chemical production facility.

  • BPIF survey shows confidence falling

    The British Print Industry Federation has shared the results from its latest Printing Outlook quarterly survey, which takes the pulse of how confident British printing companies feel about the market. Probably best not to read any further if you’ve heard enough about Brexit, and let’s face it, who hasn’t had enough of Brexit at this…

  • Sun Chemical launches LED sheetfed inks

    Sun Chemical has developed a new range of UV LED inks for sheetfed offset printing. The SunWave Lumina inks are said to be suitable for use on all sheetfed press types and can be used with both single- and double-sided printing. 

  • Heidelberg figures up but MBO deal blocked

    Towards the end of last year Heidelberg announced that it would take over the MBO Group but now the German Federal Cartel Office has blocked this acquisition so that MBO will continue to operate as a separate company. 

  • EFI acquires BDR ink manufacturer

    EFI has acquired BDR Boya Kimya San. Tic. A.S, based in Bursa, Turkey, which manufactures reactive inkjet inks for industrial digital textile printing.

  • Fujifilm wins ink patent battle

    Fujifilm Speciality Ink Systems (FSIS) has won a legal suit filed in a Regional Court in Düsseldorf, Germany, against Nazdar and its German distributor Zaro over infringement of patents relating to some of its UV inks.

  • EFI acquired by Siris for $1.7bn

    EFI has been acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Siris Capital Group in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion.

  • Global Graphics releases 2018 results

    Global Graphics has announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2018, which broadly show that the company is moving in the right direction.

  • Xaar figures confirm ongoing issues

    Xaar has released its full year figures for its financial year ending 31 December 2018, which are best avoided by anyone with a heart condition.

  • Koenig and Bauer figures show cautious optimism

    Koenig and Bauer has posted its financial results for last year, showing revenue of €1226 million, achieving its target of a 7.1 percent margin. Overall earnings before taxes were up from €81.4 million to €87.4 million with the overall balance sheet up slightly from €1163.9 million to €1178.3 million. 

  • Chili Publish secures €3.625 million funding

    Chili Publish has raised an additional €3.625 million of funding from its original investors Volta Ventures, Pamica and Group MC. The money will be used to double the size of its teams in Belgium and the US to 85 people.