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The creditors’ committee under the guidance of provisional insolvency administrator Werner Schneider and chief representative of manroland Dr. Frank Kebekus was able to reach an amicable solution for an investor concept in the course of the company’s insolvency proceedings.

Exhibition organizers Faversham House Group announced they will launch a “Green Trail” at the Sign & Digital UK exhibition in 2012. The Green Trail will highlight products that display either an eco-friendly, environmental or ethical element.

EFI has acquired privately-held Cretaprint, based in Castellón, Spain, a developer of inkjet printers for ceramic tile printing.

Negotiations are in the final stages for the sale of manroland AG as part of the company’s insolvency proceedings. “We now have two bidder concepts on the table that will be submitted to the creditors’ committee this Wednesday for a decision,” explains Werner Schneider, financial auditor and provisional insolvency administrator for manroland AG.

Stora Enso, which ranks among the world’s leading paper manufacturers, has developed a new liner in close collaboration with producers of boxes and corrugated packaging. With a basis weight of 90 g/m², this new liner combines the softness of lightweight paper with the bulk and tear resistance of significantly higher weight paper.

A crack team of Fespa employees are preparing for Fespa Digital 2012 by embarking on the second Wrap Rally journey, this time from London to Barcelona. Commencing on 12th February 2012, Richard Kensett, Rob Older and Chris Rimer will embark on a seven day print adventure through Europe to find and film the best examples of innovative digital print technologies and applications.

Vision in Print (ViP) is announce their contribution of Lean Process Improvement Expertise to the PrintCity Alliance for their drupa 2012 Lean and Green visitor attraction and project.

RotoMetrics, the narrow web industry’s leading rotary die manufacturer, announced the opening of a new Sales & Liaison Office in Mumbai, India.

Xeikon N.V., an innovator in digital color printing technology, announced that the company has acquired the Flexolaser technology and business from RSD Technik GmbH and Flexolaser GmbH, leading manufacturers of computer-to-plate (CtP) devices for both flexo and letterpress applications. Xeikon also announced to have acquired the rights to the Trademark Thermoflex from Eastman Kodak.

Indonesia is fast becoming a major market for KBA within the high-growth Asia-Pacific region. The example of thai is Jakarta-based Sansico Group, a manufacturer of high-grade packaging, which recently fired up its fourth KBA sheetfed offset press in just a few years at its main plant in Cikarang, about 60km (37.5 miles) east of Jakarta.