Business

HP today announced that its 2008 drupa trade show exhibit highlighting the company's industry leadership, innovation and commitment to customer success, was the most successful drupa exhibit in HP's history. Purchase contracts completed at the 14-day show were led by a significant number of HP Indigo digital press deals, in addition to sales of HP Scitex and HP Designjet large-format solutions as well as HP SmartStream workflow systems.

Newport-based Lexon Group has bought the first UK Screen Truepress Jet2500UV at Drupa. Lexon Group is extending its range of services, which includes offset, digital and screenprinting, and has a requirement for a top of the range system to produce POS material for high-end retail customers.

Two days after the close of the drupa show, the sales figures for Canon have been added up and the event given a firm thumbs up, after bringing in more than 16,000 sales leads during the last 14 days and breaking all targets.

During a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, Akihiko Sakai, Executive Officer, Corporate Strategy Office, Seiko Epson Corporation, unveiled the company’s Environmental Vision for the next generation. Speaking on the eve of the European Green Week, Sakai outlined an ambitious multi-part program to address some of the most pressing environmental concerns facing the global community looking towards 2050 and how Epson intends to tackle them over the next 10 years.

Visitors and exhibitors at Sign & Digital UK, Screenprint and Digital Signage Showcase, the annual exhibition for the UK’s sign, graphics and visual communication industry, reported a major success as the show returned to the NEC, Birmingham on 22 – 24th April 2008.

Hybrid will be showing the cream of Mimaki’s sign and graphics range at Sign & Digital UK 2008, including the introduction of three new products. The Mimaki JV33 solvent printer with bright white ink, Mimaki JV5-320 grand format solvent printer and the Mimaki CF3 flatbed cutting and routing table will all be on display at the show.