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Ricoh reveals Hunkeler Compass boosts
team
Innovationdays plans Finance has boosted its team
Compass Business
with two promotions and a
With under three months A new automation proto- new hire. The Tonbridge
to go until the return of the col called Print Line and firm’s core speciality is asset-
biennial Hunkeler Finishing Interface (PLF-I) based finance services for
Innovationdays event in will also be highlighted. the print, packaging and
Lucerne, Switzerland, Ricoh Ricoh said this is an open engineering sectors.
has outlined its plans for the source interface that “ena- Long-serving finance spe-
event. bles a step change in com- cialist Kellie Franklin, who
At Hall 2, stand P6 at the munication between is approaching 12 years at
Lucerne Exhibition Centre web-fed printers such as the the company, has been pro-
from 24 to 27 February, the Ricoh is a Hunkeler Innovationdays 2025 Premium Partner Pro VC80000 and pre- and moted to head up the office-
manufacturer said it will based team of business
show its high-speed inkjet fies and automates many press, provides data driven post-processing equipment, development executives.
and sheetfed production steps in short-run digital insights into device utilisa- resulting in enhanced auto- Multi-talented Franklin also
portfolio, represented by the production, and tion and operator productiv- mation”.
Pro VC80000, Pro ProcessDirector, which cap- ity. By using AI and machine The Ricoh Auto Color runs a successful baking
VC40000, and Pro C9500 tures, transforms and man- learning capabilities, pro- Adjuster, provides easy, fast business, and often shares
printers, as well as an inter- ages production information cesses and operations are and accurate colour man- her yummy creations with
active presentation of the and print processes with monitored to help optimise agement capabilities and colleagues. “Compass is a
Pro Z75 B2 inkjet press. precise tracking. Ricoh hardware uptime and ensures consistency from friendly and dynamic work-
Software on show will Predictive Insight, first throughput while minimis- system to system and job to place,” she said.
include Ricoh’s TotalFlow introduced on the Pro ing maintenance interrup- job, will also be demon- “We balance hard work
BatchBuilder, which simpli- VC80000 high-speed inkjet tions. strated. with camaraderie.”
IGS launches new single-pass Koenig & Bauer and

printer Actega renew deal

International Graphic The development partner-
Supplies (IGS) has launched ship between Koenig &
a new single-pass inkjet Bauer and Actega will con-
printer aimed at the short to tinue into the future after
medium-run packaging and the two companies agreed to
POS market. The Cobalt SP extend their partnership for
800 has been developed and another three years.
built in collaboration with The extension of the rela-
the Monmouthshire-based tionship, which already
machinery supplier’s The Cobalt SP 800 is priced at £49,000 stretches back over eight The development partnership
Chinese partner for wide- years, took place with effect
format and label printers, design. rigid, flexible, and precut from 1 November following of trade shows, user events,
substrates is via belts which
Antel Holding based in The printer colour set is are assisted by a vacuum sys- discussions during a meet- and print demonstrations, as
Guangzhou. CMYK, using fast-drying, tem to keep the media in ing at Drupa earlier this well as the production of
There are three resolutions water-based ink that IGS said place throughout the feed-in, year. print samples.
with printing speeds up to is environmentally friendly imaging and output stages, As in the past, a signifi- The two companies said
32m/min at 1,200x300dpi, and waterproof immediately and further complemented cant focus will be placed on that many of the agreed
16m/min at 1,200x600 dpi, after printing, giving “out- by a cleaner/ioniser to the provision of inline coat- activities and measures
and 8m/min at standing print receptivity remove dust that might clog ing starter kits for all new aimed to provide direct ben-
1,200x1,200dpi. The print- and ink adhesion”. The ink printheads from the sub- efits for the users.Actega
ing width is 800mm and the has food contact compliance, strate before it passes under Rapida presses.
the printheads. The infrared
maximum media height is making it suitable for food sensors built into the Cobalt The agreement also covers coatings are also constantly
200mm. An HP FI1000 packaging such as pizza SP 800 are said to ensure quality assurance, joint R&D in use in the press demo cen-
inkjet printhead is used to boxes, bagasse clam shell “exceptional accuracy” no initiatives and combined tre operated by Koenig &
achieve the quality and pro- boxes, and napkins. matter what the size or marketing activities, such as Bauer and are presented dur-
ductivity in a single-pass Media transport for both shape. presentations in the context ing customer events.
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