Pre-media

Agfa's new robot can feed two plate lines

Agfa unveils new products; consolidates plate ops

Hot on the heels of announcing the closure of two of its European plate plants, Agfa has given a taster of some of the products that will be unveiled in the coming days in its ‘virtual Drupa’,...

Byström: removing organisational barriers between AVT and Esko

Esko and AVT to merge

Danaher-owned industry suppliers Esko and AVT have come together to “extend packaging value chain connectivity”.

Prosper Ultra 520: prints full coverage on coated stock

New product roadmap from Kodak

Kodak has announced a raft of new products that would have been the centrepiece of its Drupa exhibit.

Hanulec: Applications that wow for profits now

EFI to host second Ignite virtual event

EFI is to reprise its Ignite Virtual Experience and has unveiled a second two-day event, this time focused on helping print businesses adapt and succeed in the post Covid-19 landscape.

Stabel (right) at Xeikon's announcement of the new Idera platform

Xeikon makes move on single-pass corrugated

Xeikon is entering the single-pass corrugated printing market with a new water-based ink offering, and has also said that a key target market of its new SX30000 digital press will be commercial...

BoardingPass: "empowers customer facing staff to be able to easily analyse PDF files"

Enfocus readies new easy-to-use PDF checking tool

Enfocus will open up its latest PDF checking tool for free “public beta test” over the summer.

Nyloflex FTL Digital Flat Top Dot plate offers a hardness of 28

Flint unveils new corrugated plate

Flint Group has launched a new flexo plate that it claims offers the holy trinity of faster makereadies, improved quality and reduced costs.

Dan Miller: I can’t recommend them enough and I’m happy to speak to any printers about them

Me & my... Lucky HuaGuang

Switching to new plates on the back of a UK trade show has increased production and resulted in significant cost savings at Edwardthompson.

Global Graphics' Cambridgeshire HQ

Best of British: Global Graphics Software

Global Graphics Software is always a bit of a conundrum to write about. It’s a successful British software developer whose users may not even know they have it. Its PostScript and PDF RIP-rendering...

Croucher (right) with head of repro & integration Steve Anderson

Geoff Neal looks to the future after automation spend

Geoff Neal Group rounded off a circa £800,000 automation investment push just prior to the lockdown and is now looking to the future and how to pivot to the opportunities ahead.