Pre-media
Caractacus Potts visualises the complete package
Approaching its 10th anniversary, Creative Edge Software (CES) still has the characteristics of a start-up with bright ideas, taking on the established giant in the rather the specialist area of 3D...
Adobe to drop Pantone colour system
Print and pre-press professionals have expressed disquiet about the information gap around Adobe’s decision to remove Pantone Color Libraries from future versions of its Creative Cloud products.
Hybrid Software buys colour specialist
Hybrid Software Group has acquired Germany’s ColorLogic to boost its capabilities in ‘beyond CMYK’ applications.
Kodak targets embellishment opportunity with new Ascend
Kodak CEO Jim Continenza has vowed that the firm will be “the last company standing in plates” as the manufacturer announced a raft of new products including a new electrophotographic digital press...
Canva valuation soars on fresh funding
Graphic design platform Canva has been valued at an astonishing $40bn (£29bn) after its latest fundraising round.
Heidelberg sells tech doc business
Heidelberg expects to bring in at least €20m (£17.2m) after agreeing to sell another non-core business.
Trident Creative Group enhances prototyping with new VeloBlade
Sonoco-Trident has boosted its creative services offering for mock-ups and samples with the installation of a VeloBlade Volta digital die-cutter from Vivid.
Tharstern demos first look at new Cloud product
Tharstern has revealed further details of its new cloud-based MIS, with an online demo attended by a worldwide audience of customers and potential customers.
Markem-Imaje adds shoppable software tech
Markem-Imaje has acquired tech firm Blue Bite, which develops software for brand authentication and ‘product commerce’ whereby any product can be turned into a sales channel.
EFI adds item rental tools to W2P
EFI has added a new function to its MarketDirect StoreFront web-to-print system that allows users to manage rentals – for example items used in exhibitions and events.