The report for this month includes 18 presses at 18 companies and the word of the month is LABELS! One third of the reported installations were roll-fed label presses and some companies made notable additions to existing inkjet fleets:

• Germark in Barcelona added the Bobst Digital Master 340 to their fleet of inkjet presses including the Bobst Mouvent LB702-UV digital inkjet press
• Professional Business Supplies (PBS) in Yorkana Pennsylvania  replaced an aqueous label printer with the Screen Truepress Jet L350UV SAI UV press

The other application segments we saw in abundance were books (5) and commercial print (5) with a smattering of POP signage, direct mail, transaction printing, magazines and corrugated packaging. (But lots and lots of labels.)

The number of roll-label devices combined with a bunch of 2-up roll installations (5) drove continuous press installations (11) well out ahead of the reported sheet-fed installations (7) for June. Interestingly, 3 of the 7 were large, B1 format presses. There were also 4 B3s reported (but where were the B2s? Anyone spot any?)

We also had our first sighting of the Atexco Vegapress 660 mono placed by Insight Print Communications at Delhi-based Pay Enterprises to support the production of books and other commercial work. Also, the first Kento Hybrid in the U.S. was delivered to CP Supply in Iowa for corrugated packaging production. Elanders Print and Packaging in Germany was the beta site for the HP PageWide Advantage 2200 press producing books, catalogs and photo applications.

Geographically, we saw an even split between the U.S. and EU (7/7) plus 1 in India and 1 in Turkey.  It was nice to see so many different OEMs represented with 5 from Canon, 4 Screen, 3 HP, 2 Landa and 1 each from Bobst, Insight Print Communications, Kento and Xeikon.

Just for fun, thought I would mention that we are also seeing an uptick in the uptake of inkjet printbars. Recently Nessan Cleary took a dive into the Memjet DuraBolt Strategy for Inkjet Insight. Our friends over at WhatTheyThink.com have covered installations of the Colordyne printbar at First Tape Label in the US and the Fujifilm printbar at Paragon in Germany. There’s more than one way to make inkjet happen, which is why we added our Bespoke Integration department back in 2020. Let us know if you would like to see us report on more printbar installations in the future.

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As always, we ask that if you are aware of others that we have not covered, please let us know. Stay tuned for our 2023 “half-time” report on installations so far this year. Read on for the June table with helpful links to the company website. You can find more details on individual press models on the Inkjet Device Finder.

June 2023 Roundup

Vendor	Press Installed	Product Type	Company	Location	Segment
Canon	VarioPrint iX3200	B3 Sheet	A&O Fischer	Winsen, Germany	Transaction, direct mail
Canon	VarioPrint iX3200	B3 Sheet	Bridgetown Printing (An RR Donnelley Company)	Portland, OR, US	Commercial (union shop)
Landa	S10P	B1 Sheet	Brodnax 21C Printers	Dallas, TX, US	POS, trading cards, direct mail
Kento	Hybrid	B1 Sheet	CP Supply	Quad Cities, Iowa, US	Corrugated packaging
Canon	VarioPrint iX3200	B3 Sheet	Drukarnia Sowa	Poland	Books, publishing
HP	Advantage 2200	Roll 2-up	Elanders Print and Packaging	Germany	Books, catalog, photoprint
Xeikon	Panther PX300	Roll Label	Etiflex	Poznan, Poland	Labels
Bobst	Digital Master 340	Roll Label	Germark S.A.	Barcelona, Spain	Labels
Screen	Truepress Jet L350 SAI-E	Roll Label	Güleç Etiket	Instanbul, Turkey	Labels, Bobbin labels, holographic labels
Screen	Truepress Jet L350UV	Roll Label	Hine Labels Ltd	South Yorkshire, UK	Labels
Canon	ColorStream 8133	Roll 2-up	MAIN Druckservice GmbH & Co.KG (Copy-Druck)	Darmstadt, Germany	Commercial
Screen	Truepress Jet L350UV	Roll Label	Mercial Labels	Staffordshire UK	Labels
Atexco	Vegapress 660 Monochrome	Roll 2-up	Pay Enterprises	Delhi, India	Books, Publishing, Commercial
Landa	S10	B1 sheet	Primary Color	Cypress, CA	POP, Signage, Commercial
Screen	Truepress Jet L350UV SAI	Roll Label	Professional Business Supplies, Inc. (PBS)	Yorkana PA US	Labels
HP	Advantage 2200	Roll 2-up	Rodona Industria Grafica	Pamplona, Spain	Books
Canon	VarioPrint iX3200	B3 Sheet	Royal Printing	Las Vegas, NV	Commercial, books
HP	Advantage 2200	Roll 2-up	The N2 Company	Wilmington, NC	Magazines, Publishing

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