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It was not only KBA who published good numbers. Heidelberg, ManRoland, Sappi and Kodak also showed positive results. Heidelberg showed an increase in its EBITDA and EBIT (indicators for profitability). Langley, ManRoland´s owner, expects to make a profit of nearly a 100 million this year. Sappi´s profit was up 3 million in the 2nd quarter…

If like Google you turn a huge profit without having real products, but still have ambitions and want to explore different markets the old company structure is not good enough. Add to that the fact that the interests of the founders is going in a different direction than just a search engine company and you…

Koenig & Bauer reported positive results for the first half year 2015. The order intake was up 33,2%, mainly in Sheetfed and Digital & Web. The increase came from export with Asia, Pacific and North America as growth areas. The manufacturer is still slightly lagging behind sales targets of 1 billion euro, but they are…

Bookboon, the fast growing company which publishes free study material, has a new service. You can download all e-books in one category at once as a ZIP file. The first category available is Resume & Job Application. Perhaps not light holiday reading, but may come in very handy. Click on this link to download the…

OKI and Seiko signed an agreement on 8 July 2015 for the acquisition of wide format  arm of  SII, Seiko I Infotech Inc (SIIT), by OKI Data Corporation. OKI Data Corporation and SII signed a stock purchase agreement for the acquisition of all SIIT shares held by SII, while OKI´s European and US subsidiaries have…

In her Verdigris blog Laurel Brunner makes the case for the EU initiative for a circular economy in which sustainable development will be one of the main pillars for every company or organisation. She asks us to help our industry by filling in the EU questionnaire. Read her blog post about why that is important…