Pre-media

X-Rite and Canon have partnered to develop a new colour management system exclusively for use with Canons imagePress C1.

Scottish firm Compass Print has invested in a new Screen 4300S platesetter, with a 100-plate autoloader, as part of a pre-press upgrade with Litho Supplies.

Agfa Graphics sold more than 50 platesetters at last months Graphispag 2007 pre-press and printing exhibition in Barcelona, exceeding its own pre-show targets.

Pira has confirmed that its annual MIS show will return to the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull this year after a three-year absence following a fire in 2003.

Atex Group has continued its march along the acquisition trail with the purchase of content management firm Unisys Media, formerly part of the Unisys Corporation.

Pantone has launched a successor to its award-winning monitor calibration device Huey.

Quark has announced its support for Microsofts latest operating system, Windows Vista.

Quark is to make its XPert Tools Pro plug-ins for QuarkXpress 7 available as free downloads from next month.

Litho Supplies has posted a slight dip in profits and sales in 2006 although the supplier is targeting an improved 2007 through organic growth and acquisitions.

Heidelberg house FWB Printing has upgraded its cutting and moved to chemistry-free platemaking at its Wincanton, Somerset base.