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KMP owner celebrates birthday

Heinz G. Sieg celebrated his 75th birthday last week. Sieg founded KMP PrintTechnik in 1988, and it is run by him and his son Jan-Michael. The company is based in Bavaria, and is where it started out as supplier of printer consumables and has been a limited...

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Xerox man pleads not guilty

Richard Wilbern, an ex-Xerox employee who allegedly murdered a man at the Xerox Credit Union office, has pleaded not guilty. WHEC reported that the alleged murderer has pleaded not guilty, with The Recycler reporting last year that Richard Leon Wilbern was...

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Cartridge seizure in Saudi Arabia

Officials seized 19,100 counterfeit cartridges in Saudi Arabia worth SR1.3 million ($346,000/€323,510) The counterfeit cartridges were seized after a raid on a warehouse in Riyadh, reported Arab News, while the owner was arrested. The Ministry of Commerce and...

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HP Inc + Samsung: a Canon shot?

This is a big change in the market and potentially bad news for Canon. When HP split last autumn, HP Inc had the printing and PC business, a lot of debt and not too much else going for it, if you follow their financials of year-on-year decline. The market is changing...

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Aster to exhibit at Paperworld 2017

The company said that the event is “the most professional expo in Europe for the aftermarket”. The show next year – which includes the Remanexpo product group – will take place from 28 to 31 January in Frankfurt, Germany, and a wide range of industry companies are...

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Samsung adds more printers to Dash

In a press release, the OEM reported that the new models are: the SL-M2020W; 2070FW; 3820DW; 3870FW; SL-C1810W; 1860FW; 3010DW; and 3060FW. Amazon Dash Replenishment Service (DRS) allows connected electronic devices to measure consumable use and automatically order new products.

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Fujifilm launches wide-format printer

The Vybrant 1800, which is “driven by the patent Fujifilm technology”, is designed for high quality and affordability that will please Indian customers, prints at “20 sq/metres per hour”, and “runs on Peizo drop-on-demand technology”.

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