Pre-media

Surfscan Technologies has upgraded its CheckMate inspection system in a bid to deliver cost savings for pharmaceutical clients.

Agfa will no longer manufacture any of its own platesetters after announcing the closure of a 150-staff factory in Wilmington, US.

Callas Software has boxed up its PDF pre-flighting tools into a single suite called pdfToolbox.

EFI has reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results, following a trading update earlier in the month that knocked its share value.

HP has made its first software acquisition in the commercial print space, signing a definitive agreement to buy personalised document firm Exstream Software.

The EDM Group has acquired technology consultancy firm Business Designs as it seeks to establish itself as a large-volume print and online document management company.

Kodak is homing in on growth in targeted marketing with a raft of tools to manage, simplify and automate variable-data jobs in cross-media campaigns.

Dalim Software has used a 'page-turning technology' style normally seen in online editions of magazines for its new real-time soft-proofing program for magazines and catalogues, Virtual Library

CIP4 is to integrate the Networked Graphic Production (NGP) Partners under a new Business Networking Group (BNG).

Wyndeham Press Group subsidiary Masterpiece has made two senior appointments as it gears up for growth.