Consumables

Northern Flags runs up the colours for naval gazers

Northern Flags has helped naval supply store Mainbrace Marine provide the Royal Navy’s flags on a number of occasions. This time, however, the recurring client tested just how tight a ship the...

Fujifilm offers printers a step to processless with new low-chem plate

Fujifilm has launched a new low-chemistry plate that only requires a one-stage gum clean out, rather than traditional processing chemistry.

Overmatter: Ossas?

It’s not every day that a typo will end up getting nearly 50,000 ‘likes’ on Twitter, but that’s exactly what happened when online fashion behemoth ASOS fessed up to a blooper on a batch of its bags,...

Three new Sun Chemical inks to make Fespa debuts

Sun Chemical will debut new products in its graphics, industrial and digital textiles portfolios when it returns to Fespa next month.

Executive changes at Kodak

Kodak’s Brad Kruchten is to retire later this month after 36 years at the company, and will be replaced at the helm of its worldwide printing business with another long-serving executive.

Ultrachem future unclear as business fails

Pressroom consumables manufacturer and supplier Ultrachem has gone into administration.

Agfa launches new eco-friendly plate

Agfa Graphics has launched the new Adamas plate, which is said to offer all of the benefits of existing chem-free alternatives but “brings robustness to a whole new level”.

MagnaColours launches new glow-in-the-dark ink

Water-based textile inks supplier MagnaColours has bolstered its range of special effects products for the screen printing industry with the launch of a new glow-in-the-dark phosphorescent ink.

Mark Andy buys Presstek

Label and flexible packaging specialist Mark Andy has acquired Direct Imaging press and plates specialist Presstek from its private equity owners, in the latest consolidation play among industry...

Kodak revenue down but profits up in full-year results

Kodak has released its full-year and Q4 2017 earnings, posting $94m in net earnings for the year, but with revenue down 7% to $1.5bn (£1.1bn), from $1.64bn in 2016.