IPEX 2002 -- Accent on the Positive

Flint Ink announced a "combination merger and acquisition agreement" with German ink manufacturer Gebrüder Schmidt GmbH. Flint reportedly is acquiring Gebrüder Schmidt's Canadian operations, while the two companies' European operations are to be merged.

Getting back to the product trends, the best way to describe developments in the pressroom is as being evolutionary, not revolutionary. Koenig & Bauer Group, however, did introduce a B3-format sheetfed press with a distinct V-shaped unit design around a central impression cylinder.