GRAPH EXPO 2006: Digital Printing — Short Selling Printing

KBA North America reported a Midwest printer had purchased three KBA 74 Karat digital offset presses like the one it had running on the show floor. Screen (USA) also brought its digital offset press, the Truepress 344, to McCormick Place.

Compared to PRINT 05, things were much quieter on the merger and acquisition front. Just prior to the event, though, Xerox Corp. announced a deal to acquire XMPie, a leading provider of variable information software. XMPie will continue to be used as a brand name and the operation is to function as a standalone software unit serving the entire graphic arts market.