Spectrum Pre-press in Walsall has ordered the worlds first violet diode version of the Agfa Galileo platesetter.
As well as being the first violet machine it is also the first B2 Galileo to be sold.


The order is part of the 1m in business Agfa UK has completed at the show during the first two days. It has also sold a Polaris 100E newspaper CTP system with Intellinet Newsflow workflow system, and a two-year plate contract to Western Morning News.


The deal with the Plymouth-based newspaper, which is part of the Northcliffe, is worth 350,000.


Rounding off the business sealed so far is an eight-up Galileo going to Wincanton Press.


Agfa UK is hoping to clinch 4m-worth of orders while at the show. Most people come to look at the technology, said UK director of graphic systems Laurence Roberts. The sales at the show are not the important thing this is about building business for the second half of the year.


Story by Barney Cox.