Pre-media

Agfa-Gevaert's battered share price, which has fallen around 70% in the past year, recovered slightly last week on the news that it may have found a buyer for its underperforming medical unit.

Buxton Press has invested 500,000 in two high-speed Fujifilm Luxel V-8 platesetters, in order to feed the 1,000 plate-a-day demand of its press hall.

Printmates has become the first UK printer to use the new Azura TS from Agfa Graphics, and is one of only five users worldwide to be involved in alpha trials of the chemistry-free plate.

Graphic Republik, the pre-press software developer led by former Compose Systems European sales manager Steve Donegan, has landed the European distribution rights for image editor MaxPro.

VIM Technologies has refuted what it described as the "baseless complaint" filed by Presstek to the International Trade Commission (ITC).

Daventry-based Creation Repro has installed a CDI Spark 4835 digital flexo platemaker, underpinned by a full EskoArtwork workflow.

Fujifilm's Graphic Arts division reported a 7% increase in turnover, from 1.4bn to 1.5bn, in its year-end results last week, beating the group-wide rise of 2.3%.

X-Rite has experienced a backlash from its aggressive acquisition programme of the last two years, as recent loan defaults have led to a massive fall in its share price.

Prepress hardware and workflow developer CTP Optotec has unveiled its line-up of new products for Drupa.

Kodak is bucking the trend at Drupa with the launch of a new processed plate.