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Agfa probes ransomware Ricoh Print
Evolution Live

claim, reports on difficult Q3 Ricoh’s annual Print

Evolution Live event
returned for its third outing
Agfa is investigating a pos- were down 7.1%, or 4.7% on in November, demonstrat-
sible cybersecurity incident a constant currency basis to ing kit including the Ricoh
after being targeted by a ran- €257m (£226.6m) due to a Pro Z75 B2-plus duplexing
somware group. The big decline in medical film inkjet press to invited cus-
Belgium-headquartered tomers and prospects.
business said that its own sales and the transition to Held at the company’s
cybersecurity teams, along- cloud services at its Customer Experience
side external experts, were HealthCare IT wing, where Centre in Telford on
investigating a claim by an sales fell by 13%. Group Tuesday and Wednesday (11
unnamed ransomware EBITDA slumped from and 12 November), the invi-
group that it had obtained €15m to €5m. tation-only event brought
data from Agfa’s systems. Agfa begins project to redevelop surplus parts of Mortsel site Sales at the Digital Print & together over 120 individu-
“Screenshots released by als from 75 companies for
the group indicate that they specific file server is being protecting information and Chemicals division rose by live print demonstrations
and a factory tour.
probably obtained older, investigated and all evidence security for all stakeholders 5.1% to €115m, with Sessions were led by the
non-sensitive data that are points to the incident being was a top priority for the adjusted EBITDA up 1.8% at company’s specialists and
no longer related to Agfa,” isolated to this one file business, and said that it had €9m on the back of sales invited partners, including
Agfa said in a statement. server only. Therefore, full rigorous measures in place growth at Specialty Films & cybersecurity company
It said that at the present operational continuity con- “to safeguard its systems and Chemicals and Green Arctic Wolf and trade asso-
time, all of Agfa’s systems tinues to be guaranteed. The data against any form of Hydrogen Solutions. Sales of ciation the IPIA, while
were fully operational and company continues to moni- cyber threat”. Duplo were in attendance
there was no evidence of any tor the situation closely and The group has also Digital Printing Solutions showing live print and fin-
personal or company-criti- will provide updates as announced Q3 results for the were crimped by “overall ishing workflows in action.
cal data being compromised. needed,” Agfa stated. three months to 30 market weakness related to Attendees could select from
“Unauthorized access to a Agfa also asserted that September. Overall sales economic uncertainty”. several sessions.
Quadient’s ‘next gen’ iX Fiery expands with

series of franking machines software deal

Fiery has broadened its
Quadient has launched its
latest iX series of franking offering into the digital tex-
machines in the UK, featur- tile market with a deal to
ing the iX-4, iX-6 and iX-8 acquire Inèdit Software
for different sized mail- from EFI, making it a “one
rooms. The UK launch took stop shop” for production
place on 6 November, mak- digital print. The acquisi-
ing it the first global market tion was announced on 12
to receive the new products November. ‘Strong benefits to companies’
which were designed to EFI acquired Spain-based spun out of EFI in early
‘simplify and modernise’ Inèdit Software in the sum- 2023, and was subsequently
how organisations handle mer of 2022, and it became
physical mail. iX-4, iX-6 & iX-8 are designed for office use, medium mail volumes part of its EFI Reggiani acquired by Japanese manu-
One of the most notable operation. facturer Epson last year in a
features of the range is a ate daily processing. Quadient’s SMART soft- EFI said the sale was part $568.7m deal (around
new smartphone-style verti- The firm initially ware platform for insights, of its strategy to focus on its £445m at the time).
cal colour touchscreen with launched the iX series in the cost control and reporting. core business of industrial EFI CEO Frank Pennisi
The iX-4 is built for every-
a user interface designed to UK in 2021 which included day business with a franking printers and inks. EFI commented: “With this
mirror using a mobile for, the iX-3, iX-5 and iX-7 mod- speed up to 45 letters per Reggiani will continue to be transaction, Fiery will now
‘improved comfort, less els. Processing speeds vary minute, on letter thickness an Inèdit OEM partner, in support our textile business
scrolling, and faster opera- with size, from 45 letters per of 10mm and an integrated the same way as Fiery has as well, enabling EFI to focus
tion’. Quadient added the minute to 175 per minute on 3kg scale weighting, with for packaging and display on its core businesses of sys-
design will help make user the larger model, with all optional 10kg and 35kg graphics. tems, production software,
training easier and acceler- de v ices i nte g rat i n g available. The Fiery business was and ink.

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