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When the drupa advertisements appear in roughly 500 specialist publications in over 60 countries in the next few months, the letters AR in the top right-hand corner will catch your eye immediately: The advertisement is enhanced by augmented reality.

Labelexpo Europe 2013 is set to return to Brussels Expo in Belgium between 24-27 September. Now in its 32nd year, the biennial fair is widely regarded as the label industry's flagship event and is again supported by Finat.

The World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF) and the PrintCity Alliance have announced that they will be jointly organising an International Environmental Conference during the 2012 drupa exhibition in Düsseldorf. This co-operation underlines that effective responses on these issues requires creative cooperation across the industry process chain.

The prospects of a successful investors' agreement for the insolvent manroland AG have improved further. Auditor, Werner Schneider of the law firm of Schneider, Geiwitz & Partner has conducted numerous negotiations with interested parties in the past few days. "We now have parties seriously interested in all three production sites in Augsburg, Offenbach and Plauen, with whom we are involved in ongoing negotiations," Schneider said, elaborating on the current status.

Intergraf, well-known European professional federation for commercial print, is now a supporting association of EcoPrint 2012. The news extends EcoPrint’s reach into the commercial print sector and confirms the exhibition as the number one forum for promoting a sustainable print industry.

Océ announced the further expansion of its successful inkjet-based Océ JetStream family with the launch of a new series of 30" monochrome inkjet printers optimized to offer the highest productivity. With a footprint of only 27 square meters, these new systems are the most compact systems in their class, fitting effortlessly into almost all existing production plants. The new Océ JetStream mono products offer an excellent proposition, particularly in the fast growing digital book printing market.

Ricoh Americas Corporation has achieved certification from IDEAlliance for the Ricoh Pro C901/C901s Graphic Arts Edition, signifying that the color production printing system, coupled with EFI Fiery print servers, meets or exceeds established industry tolerances for excellence in colorimetric accuracy, repeatability, durability and registration. This independent verification, from the leading standards body for production printing and other digital media processes, complements Ricoh’s signature quality, reliability and service on the Pro C901/C901s.

UPM has reached an agreement with Smartrac N.V. whereby UPM sells its RFID business to Smartrac. UPM will become an indirect shareholder of Smartrac with a 10.6 percent economic interest through the company OEP Technologie B.V. The closing of the deal is expected to take place during the first quarter of 2012. The transaction is still subject to regulatory approvals.

GMC Software Technology, a well-known player in customer communications and output management solutions, announced that for the second year in a row, Xerox Corporation’s Global Business Group named the company a 2010 Business Partner of the Year.

Customers are remaining loyal to manroland and found out more on the new Roland 900 and Roland 700 HiPrint HS at the “High-Performance Packaging Printing” technology forum. Over 40 visitors attended and were particularly interested in the automatic non-stop system for continuous production runs and fast production speeds.