Platesetters

Commercial printer Lanes Printers has invested in a new Screen PlateRite 8600N-S B1 thermal platesetter to deliver a more efficient and productive plate production workflow to its growing offset print...

“Solid growth” in its printing plates and CTP business has helped propel Kodak to its first profit since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, although the results were also boosted by a...

Prepress Services is bringing a new range of B2 and B1 thermal CTP systems to the UK.

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.

Agfa Graphics plans to close down its printing plate factory in Manerbio, northern Italy with the loss of all 123 jobs.

Screen Europe has launched a new entry-level version of its PlateRite FX870II thermal CTP engine specifically designed for the sticker and label printing markets.

Benson Gateshead has invested in coating plate production equipment in a move away from outsourcing to reduce processing time and expand the variety of coating designs on offer.

Swiss CTP system manufacturer Luscher has gone bankrupt.

Fox Print Services has switched to Agfa Azura TS plates in a bid to reduce its costs and chemical waste.

Ipswich-based printer Micropress has increased its capacity by around 50% following an upgrade from violet to thermal plate setting.

Incremental reductions in changeover time may not sound like major efficiency improvements, but with the right people on the shopfloor, they can add up to big savings

Surrey-based commercial printer Ormside Press will upgrade its CTP and workflow systems next month following the install in January of a Heidelberg CD102 B1 five-colour press, plus coater.