Pre-media
Printable Technologies posts record results despite downturn
Printable Technologies, the US-based web-to-print and variable data publishing software developer, has bucked the trend of the downturn by posting record results for the first quarter of 2009.
Pepper Communications continues spending with platesetter buy
Plymouth-based direct mail printer Pepper Communications has made its second major investment within six months after opting for an Agfa Avalon N8-50 platesetter.
Positive Focus brings Metrix 3.6 to the UK
Positive Focus has claimed that printers can save money with the new 3.6 version of LithoTechnics' Metrix imposition and production planning tool.
Miyakoshi links up with Global Graphics over Harlequin RIPs
Global Graphics has signed an agreement with Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Company to provide multiple Harlequin RIPs to drive its range of inkjet and electro-photographic liquid toner-based presses.
EskoArtwork teams with Strata to increase software capabilities
EskoArtwork has announced a strategic partnership with 3D design tools developer Strata that will combine the power of their respective design software programmes.
Pro2col chosen as reseller for file transfer software ExpeDat
UK-based software developer and distributor Pro2col has been appointed the EU reseller for ExpeDat, the multi-platform high-performance file transfer software from US-based Data Expedition.
MBA Group buys Cygnus software to clean up data
MBA Group has invested in Cygnus - the data management software from The Software Bureau - in order to improve its data processing offering.
Heidelberg Pressroom Manager
The integration management software's scheduling function and analysis tools can help pressrooms boost productivity and cut costs, finds Barney Cox
Schawk posts deeper loss, continues talks over debt agreements
Schawk, the global packaging pre-press specialist, has posted an operating loss of $56.6m (37.4m) in its preliminary full-year results as it continued to renegotiate its debt agreements.
Presstek suffers Q1 reverse, pins hopes on cost reductions and product launches
Presstek has reported a first-quarter operating loss of $1.8m (1.2m), down 200% from a profit of $1.8m in the first three months of 2008, as the global economic climate took its toll on equipment...