Product News

Printing plates: violet for commercial print is now niche

Endgame approaches for commercial Violet CTP

Commercial printers still using violet CTP will soon be down to a sole supplier of suitable plates for their systems.

Penfield: "It's time for a new approach"

Penfield returns to commercial inks market with fresh deal

Grant Penfield’s Product Manufacturing Solutions has returned to the commercial ink market through a new partnership with AtéCé Graphic Products.

Polar guillotines are a familiar site at many printers

Polar looks to future under new ownership

Polar has successfully emerged from bankruptcy protection after a takeover deal for the business was agreed with an Austrian investor.

The inaugural women's networking lunch was a Connect highlight for many

ePS updates on products as evolved Connect praised

eProductivity Software (ePS) has unveiled a raft of product updates at its Connect user conference and industry event, which concluded in Las Vegas yesterday (26 January) and was widely praised by its...

Pennisi: "EFI’s digital industrial inkjet portfolio is unmatched in the industry"

Fiery becomes independent; EFI appoints new CEO

Digital front-end technology provider Fiery has become an independent business after separating from EFI, while remaining owned by EFI’s owner Siris Capital Group, and EFI has also appointed a new...

Muller Martini will also take over DGR's spare parts business in July

Muller Martini grows book portfolio with latest buy

Muller Martini is expanding its perfect binding and book production offering with a fresh acquisition.

Koenig & Bauer: makeready times are "noticeably shorter" with fully automatic plate logistics

K&B: More Rapida offset presses being equipped with fully automatic plate logistics

Koenig & Bauer reported an uptake in commercial printers equipping their Rapida sheetfed offset presses with fully automatic plate logistics systems.

The UHS model now comes with varnish printing at a speed of up to 150sqm/hr

Agfa to hand show debut to fastest Jeti Tauro H3300 with varnish

Agfa will showcase the fastest version of its high-end multi-pass Jeti Tauro H3300 inkjet printer family with varnish printing at the C!Print 2023 show later this month.

The Kodak Prosper Ultra 520 will print three versions of a ‘magalogue’ live at the show

Kodak to show new inkjet web at Hunkeler Innovationdays

Kodak will showcase the recently launched Prosper Ultra 520 inkjet web press for the first time in Europe at Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne, Switzerland next month.

Affinity Designer 2 is part of the new package from Serif

Serif launches Affinity Version 2

Software company Serif has launched Version 2 of its Affinity creative suite.

David Beckham announced Notpla's win

Notpla boosted by Earthshot win

Sustainable plastic-free packaging developer Notpla has received a £1m boost to its ambitions after winning an Earthshot Prize.

Riso's new Valezus T1200 offers print speeds of 165ppm

Riso launches two new printers

Riso has launched two new cutsheet high-speed inkjet printers for the production print market.

Olin Design: colours on the way via Pop'Set integration

Antalis updates on Arjo range revamp

Antalis plans to relaunch its Premium Offset and Creative Papers offerings in Q1 of the new year, with pre-production manufacturing trials at new mills underway.

CVG: new grammages are lighter and give more square metres per tonne

Crown Van Gelder improves inkjet paper yield

Crown Van Gelder has added two new weights to its Letsgo High Performance inkjet paper range that are aimed at making mailings more affordable.

The new High Value mode enhances the Jet Press 750S High Speed Model

Fujifilm upgrades Jet Press 750S High Speed Model

Fujifilm is introducing a new High Value mode to its Jet Press 750S High Speed Model that offers a third production option in addition to its existing High Quality and High Performance modes.