Chinese commercial and book printer Beijing Jiaxindaxin Art Printing has placed an order with KBA for three Rapida 105 B1 presses. The contract for one five-colour and two four-colour versions was signed by Chen Yaqin, company chairman  and Albrecht Bolza-Schünemann, president of KBA in Beijing.

The Bali Post, an Indonesian language newspaper has invested in a new Goss Community SSC press in order to provide additional colour capacity, transforming the 20-page title from a 60 per cent black and white publication to a full colour title.

At next month’s India Label Show in New Delhi, Nilpeter A/S and Proteck Machinery will introduce the newly formed joint venture company, Nilpeter India. The companies say through the joint venture they expect to introduce a locally produced press to the Indian market early 2009.

EskoArtwork says it will demonstrate its expanded offering of applications for signs and displays at this month’s Fespa World Expo Asia Pacific 2008. The company’s demonstrations will include SignUp, its nesting workflow application for digital sign production.

Print management information solutions company Tharstern International has announced the first anniversary of its operations in India. Tharstern says it marked the occasion by hosting a road-show, which was attended by over 70 printers who were keen to hear of the benefits an MIS could bring to their businesses.

Filipino based multinational San Miguel Corporation has recently announced a consolidated net income of P20.9bn, nearly 200 per cent higher than the same period last year. The company’s packaging business, Yamamura Packaging also reported a substantial jump in profits from last year.

Martin Automatic will be exhibiting one of its leading MBS splicers at the forthcoming India Label Show in New Delhi.

Fespa will create the world’s largest digitally produced jigsaw puzzle at the Fespa World Expo Asia-Pacific 2008, in collaboration with the Thailand Exhibition and Convention Bureau (TCEB) and digital wide format specialists Fujifilm Sericol, Industrial Cutting Services (ICS), Zünd and Halifax Vogel.

At a recent conference hosted by the United Nations and the Indonesian National Development Planning Agency, Tjiwi Kimia, the Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) mill in East Java received two of the ten awards given to private companies and local government agencies for having made noteworthy contributions toward achieving Indonesia’s MDGs.

Organisers of the 2008 India Label show say visitors will see entire workflow systems in action, discover new ways to improve the quality of labels, secure new business and increase profits.