Ryobi Enters 40˝ Press Market

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN—Best known for its smaller format sheetfed offset presses, Ryobi Graphic Systems has big plans for its new 1050 series of 40˝ presses, which will debut as a five-color model at Drupa in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 29 to June 11.

The announcement came during a pre-Drupa briefing and plant tour held here February 21, which included 140 customers, distributors and industry journalists from around the world. The new 16,000 sph model, which will be distributed exclusively in the United States by xpedx, will become commercially available 12 months after Drupa.