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Kyocera highlights latest Screen acquires
CGS Oris

TASKalfa’s USPs Screen’s Graphic Solutions

business has acquired long-
term partner CGS Oris.
Kyocera used its Drupa 600. While Ando conceded
debut to highlight the USPs that the SRA3 market was Germany-headquartered
of its inkjet portfolio, includ- congested, he highlighted CGS Oris develops a range of
proofing, colour manage-
ing the TASKalfa Pro the TASKalfa USPs, regard- ment and workflow solutions
55000c, which got its for the print and packaging
European show premiere in less of whether it was toe-to- industry. The firm was estab-
Düsseldorf. Speaking on the toe with toner or inkjet lished in 1985 and its part-
company’s booth in hall 8a, rivals. These included: the nership with Screen dates
Hironori Ando, Kyocera ability to handle offset qual- back to the early 1990s when
Document Solutions presi- ity coated stock up to the companies worked on
dent, said while Kyocera is 400gsm with no pre-treat- colour technologies for
still a relative newcomer to ment, 1,200dpi and an Screen’s high-end scanners
production digital, it had a Hironori Ando with fellow Kyocera Document Solutions execs at Drupa and recorders at the time.
long history in document business developing consid- prehensive capabilities, we advanced IR dryer. CGS Oris also works with a
imaging and inkjet head ered technology based on continue to create new value “Our USP is concentrated range of digital press special-
development through its customer feedback and unri- to support the challenges of on our banners [on the ists and lists its partners as
background in high-perfor- valled engineering. our customers.” stand]: small footprint, big including with Canon,
mance office equipment. “Furthermore, we found The group generated potential. Our machine has Epson, Fujifilm, HP, Konica
He singled out the gesta- combining our inkjet tech- annual revenues of €12.8bn a very small footprint, and is Minolta, Landa and Xerox.
tion period of its first pro- nology with our water-based (£10.9bn) to March 2024, very compact.” CEO Bernd Rueckert has
duction device, which took pigment ink contributes to €2.9bn from the Document worked at the company for
14 years from the first feasi- solving [customers] environ- Solutions business. To date, The Pro 55000c expands more than 25 years. Screen
bility studies, to the launch mental challenges,” said the firm has sold more than that to also include photo- Graphic Solutions is known
of the TASKalfa Pro 15000c Ando. 200 15000c engines into books, catalogues, books and as Screen GA. Kunio Muraji,
in 2019, as evidence of the Based on the group’s com- EMEA alone, worldwide magazines. becomes the new COO.
Kodak boss: ‘we help HP secures a major

printers thrive’ Canva deal

HP has secured an exclu-
Kodak launched a new, sive, multi-year global part-
improved version of its nership with graphic design
Sonora process-free plate at platform Canva that it said
Drupa, while celebrating 20 would significantly benefit
years since the plate was printers using HP technol-
first introduced.Amid an ogy, making them the pre-
ongoing ‘plates war’ with ferred production partners
rivals that import plates into of Canva’s 185m monthly ‘transformational’ Canva deal
the US, and a patent claim users. The strategic part-
from Fujifilm, Kodak nership was unveiled at monthly users, I’m talking
asserted that its new Sonora Drupa and according to about 5bn plus designs and
Ultra plate had a number of Kodak launched improved version of its Sonora process-free plate Haim Levit, senior vice we’re talking about taking
advantages over competing the Magnus Q3600 Titan, belong and we are commit- president and division pres- Canva into more than 150
products. was also introduced with ted to this industry. We help ident, HP Industrial countries. And why have
Kodak hailed the Ultra’s the first unit sold to printers thrive. We only Printing, it has the potential they decided to go with us?
image contrast with the Imprimerie Pollina in make money when our to “transform the design Because we have the best
image stable for up to six France at the show. printers make money – we and print industries”. quality, versatility, and cov-
Kodak chairman and
weeks if stored in the dark, CEO Jim Continenza said: are true partners,” he stated. He said the deal gave HP erage around the world.”
allowing plates to be imaged “We’ve been on a journey. Kodak also showed some exclusivity to run all This year Canva users are
in advance. White light We’ve refined and refocused of its new own-brand Kodak Canva’s printing on its expected to generate 5bn
exposure tolerance has also ourselves and we feel we’ve Finishing Solutions follow- Indigo, inkjet and wide-for- designs on the platform and
been enhanced. A new really done that. We are get- ing last year’s acquisition of mat presses and printers. around 0.2%, or 10m, result
four-up to VLF platesetter, ting back to where we GSS. “I’m talking about 185m in printed jobs

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