Vyomesh Joshi

Right on the heels of its acquisition of MacDermid ColorSpan, HP has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NUR Macroprinters, an Israeli manufacturer of industrial wide-format digital ink-jet printers. With the acquisition, HP will be able to offer additional midrange UV-curable and solvent ink-jet printers for display graphics. “The large-format print service provider market is growing rapidly, and with the acquisition of NUR, HP is strategically building an even stronger portfolio of products and will continue to drive innovation and growth with our industrial wide-format printers,” says Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of HP’s Imaging and Printing Group. HP’s acquisition of NUR is another

HP chose a sunny, seaside hamlet in Spain to show off its latest printers, a range of products that essentially completes its graphic arts portfolio. By Bob Neubauer As the sun rose over the nearby Mediterranean Sea, graphic arts journalists from all over the world gathered recently in a hotel auditorium in the coastal village of Sitges, Spain, to hear about Hewlett-Packard's latest technology innovations. With new digital offerings ranging from wide-format printers to high-volume, commercial-quality color presses (including the first commercial press co-developed by HP and Indigo), HP now says it has the industry's most complete graphic arts portfolio. HP couldn't have