Pre-media

Tewkesbury in post-press upgrade
Tewkesbury Printing has invested heavily to upgrade its post-press equipment with the purchase of a Polar 92N Plus guillotine and a Stahlfolder BH66 semi-automatic folder.

Taopix issues 'save the date' for third user conference
Software developer Taopix has hopes to coax more than 100 people to its third annual user conference.

Heidelberg takes on new Prinect expert
Heidelberg UK has added a pre-press trainer and integration specialist to its Prinect MIS and workflow team to meet growing demand in this area.

Ingenta acquires advertising software supplier 5fifteen
Publishing industry software provider Ingenta has acquired magazine and newspaper industry software supplier 5fifteen.

Sinapse develops world's first cloud-based print simulator
Paris-based software developer Sinapse has launched its Suite 8 print simulator, its first print simulator to be accessible from the cloud.

EFI Packaging Suite sales up since Drupa
EFI has said that sales of Packaging Suite 4.0, launched in February, have increased dramatically since it was shown for the first time at Drupa 2016.

Me & my: Xeikon ThermoflexX 30
When Mission Labels made the great leap from film to CTP it made a bigger jump into the unknown. “Changing from analogue film setting to CTP for digital flexo plates is one of the most daunting moves...

Johnston Press renews pre-press contract with Agfa
Johnston Press has signed a seven-year deal with Agfa Graphics to provide prepress equipment and a complete upgrade of pre-press facilities across three of its printing sites.

Colour Monster in prepress upgrade
Guernsey-based commercial printer Colour Monster has purchased a new Suprasetter A75 platesetter from Heidelberg.
Weatherbys print arm streamlines production with Papermule
The printing division of equine and financial services group Weatherbys has invested in a new production workflow system and installed a wide-format printer.