Pre-media

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.

Packaging and wide-format software developer Esko has announced that it will complete the acquisition of US software firm Cape Systems by late September.

Fujifilm has unveiled the latest version of its XMF workflow, which it describes as the most significant upgrade for years.

Adobe has launched PDF Print Engine 3 (APPE 3), which the design software developer said featured the "fastest rendering technology in the industry today" for variable data printing.