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  Fujifilm Europe has announced the launch of Revoria XMF PressReady Lite. Fujifilm’s original XMF PressReady workflow solution, launched in 2023 boasts a wide range of features, including the ability to integrate with MIS and web-to-print systems and more. Revealed at Fujifilm’s POD partner conference in Madrid, taking place 19-21 May, the new lower cost, lower specification workflow solution is designed for businesses where production is focused on a very small number of POD presses. Able to manage print production to multiple POD presses, whether they are Fujifilm devices or other vendor presses driven by a Fiery DFE, it’s said to be an ideal solution for large, busy print houses operating multiple presses. For smaller companies however, especially those using just one or two presses for production, it’s often much more than they need. In response to this market need, Fujifilm has developed PressReady Lite, a version of the software designed specifically to add value to smaller...

  Moving away from book printing and publishing heavyweights, Indian Printer & Publisher visited small and medium printers in the nooks and crannies of Noida . These are print service providers relying mostly on a single digital press paired with a couple of multifunction printers — providing letterheads, pamphlets, visiting cards, and short-run book printing to nearby clinics, schools, and other small businesses. Some of these own auxiliary businesses to support their finances, or have shifted from conventional printing to produce related products with a different value proposition. Noida Sector 10 is one such hub of digital service providers. Some of them have managed to retain direct customers, while a majority rely on third-party orders. Sector 10 is one of the most preferred markets for short-run jobs, ranging from visiting cards to book printing and binding. Most printers there own at least one machine from Konica Minolta. If not a digital press, at least one KM multifunc...

  The United Arab Emirates are an increasingly significant market for operators in the Indian book industry, including software, prepress, printing, and publishing enterprises. It is only logical that their presence at the region’s two most important book fairs is growing in numbers from year to year. Next to NBT’s collective booth, some 36 individual exhibitors from India attended this year’s Abu Dhabi International Book Fair , the UAE’s second-largest publishing event after the Sharjah International Book Fair held in November every year. The largest cluster of exhibitors from outside the Middle East at last year’s Sharjah International Book Fair actually came from India. Both fairs are the most important events for the book markets of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries Saudi-Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman. [caption id="attachment_92398" align="alignnone" width="700"] Both Abu Dhabi International Book Fair and Sharjah Int...

  Heidelberg held its own in a difficult market environment in financial year 2024/25 and achieved the targets it had set itself. According to preliminary calculations, the adjusted EBITDA margin remained stable at 7.1%, bringing the financial year to a successful close. The slightly lower sales volume compared to the previous year, rising wage costs and expenses for the drupa trade fair were successfully offset by the cost-cutting and efficiency measures initiated. In the fourth quarter alone, the adjusted EBITDA margin doubled to around 10% compared to the previous year.  At around 2,280 million Euros, sales were slightly below the previous year's level (2,395 million Euros). After a weak first quarter due to a reluctance to buy in the run-up to the drupa trade fair, sales increased quarter by quarter in the financial year and closed with a particularly strong fourth quarter. At around 50 million Euros, free cash flow was once again clearly positive (previous year: 56 milli...

  At the 11th Beijing International Printing Exhibition (China Print), which takes place in Beijing from 15 to 19 May, Koenig & Bauer (K&B) will be present with a stand covering over 1,000 square meters in Hall 2 (W2-001). The focal point of the presentation is a Rapida 105 with eight printing units and coating equipment, which will be demonstrated several times a day in practical live shows. The Rapida 105, which was showcased at the previous China Print as a six-color version with a coating tower, now features two additional printing units and extra equipment. The exhibition machine (max. sheet format of the demonstration machine 780 x 1,050 mm) is equipped with, among other things, an additional package for carton printing, equipment for UV/mixed operation, nonstop feeder and delivery (lowerable nonstop carriage), fully automatic plate changers, inking unit temperature control, CleanTronic washing units, measuring and control technology for print quality and register, ...

  Materialise has released the latest version of its Magics software for the additive manufacturing market. The Magics 2025 release is said to make it possible to print parts that were previously beyond 3D printing. This claim is based upon a new ability for seamless processing of nTop implicit geometries without the need for mesh conversion in order to reduce the preparation time for complex parts. Thus nTop is an American software company that develops design software specifically for creating parts that will only be produced using additive manufacturing. This fits with the Design For Additive Manufacturing movement, or DfAM, which differs from the more common approach of using CAD design to create parts that can be produced by both conventional and digital manufacturing. The DfAM approach allows designers to take advantage of the specific characteristics of additive manufacturing, such as latticing to create lightweight parts without sacrificing strength. nTop engine The nTop en...