Pre-media

EFI has acquired the automated print planning and imposition software developer Metrix for an undisclosed sum.

Apex Digital Graphics gave a UK debut to Mitsubishi's Violet DigiPlate VDP-4 chemistry-free, B2-format platesetter at the Print Efficiently 2013 event at its Hemel Hempstead showroom last week.

Web-to-print specialist RedTie Group has signed an exclusive licence agreement with US-based Easypurl to become sole provider of its cross media marketing tools in the UK and Ireland.

Kodak has this week launched a newspaper version of the Sonora thermal, process-free commercial printing plate that it unveiled at last year's Drupa.

Litho, digital and wide-format print supplies business Avon Graphic Technologies has been placed in administration.

Prime Group has become the first company to install Precision Printing's in-house developed Oneflow workflow system.

Web-to-print stalwart upgraded to boost features and speed.

Print Efficiently hopes to better last year's attendance of nearly 150 companies for the event billed as the "biggest show this side of Ipex", according to one of its main driving forces.

Cross Media 2013 organiser Informa is confident that this year's show will be bigger and better than 2012's inaugural event, with visitor pre-registrations 150% on last year.