Pre-media

Anton Group embarked on a 20m press and prepress investment programme at Drupa this week, in a bid to boost capacity by 50% within the next five years.

Wyndeham will begin a massive pre-press overhaul at four of its sites next month, after buying seven Avalon VLF platesetters and signing a five-year plate-supply deal with Agfa.

Fuji is to strengthen its position in packaging and enter the flexo plate market with a high-speed and high-quality direct exposure plate.

Screen has revealed its next-generation workflow Equiosnet, which integrates CTP and digital print environments including transpromo and print on demand.

Lenticular printing has undergone a renaissance at this year's Drupa with DP Lenticular's Lenstar material being used by many of the leading vendors in their demonstrations.

Precision Colour Printing (PCP) is set to become the first printer in Europe to roll out a fully integrated EFI Management Information System (MIS).

FFEI has announced plans to invest 2m in a new headquarters, following the destruction of its previous home in the 2005 Buncefield oil depot explosion.

Digital imaging firm Presstek has succeeded in getting one of the US distributors of plates from rival manufacturer, VIM technologies, to stop importing and selling those plates under allegations of...

QuarkXPress 8 had its official global launch at Drupa yesterday, where the eponymous software house was keen to point out the key improvements in the latest incarnation of its page layout software.

Heidelberg has thrown down the gauntlet to rival press suppliers by claiming that simultaneous plate mounting is the best technology to speed up makeready times.