Drupa

Heidelberg has added new features to its Suprasetter range in the run up to this year's Drupa trade fair.

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

Fuji will encourage commercial printers to enter the wide-format market with the new Acuity UV flatbed machine, which joins the high-end Inca UV flatbeds in Fujifilm Sericol's Drupa line-up.

Leading manufacturers from across print and packaging expect flexo to break free of its position as an "alternative" process and come of age at this year's Drupa.

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

MetalFX will use Drupa to mount a push into flexo printing with a new system for its metallic colour process that offers results "on par with foil".

Heidelberg has confirmed a long-perfecting version of its XL 105 flagship B1 press will be available for some customers before Drupa.

Print buyers will be firmly in the spotlight as part of a tailored programme being held at next year's Drupa exhibition.