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December 22, 2022 at 2:37 pm
DEHN, a family-owned electrical engineering company based in Neumarkt, Germany, has digitalized the imaging process in its in-plant with the installation of an XSYS ThermoFlexX 30 for the production of pad printing plates.
October 26, 2022 at 11:09 am
The speed of the high-performance KODAK MAGNUS Q800 platesetter has been increased once again with T-speed Plus. It boasts the fastest 8-page imaging available, up to 84 plates per hour, plus several automation options.
June 2, 2022 at 9:21 am
Agfa will increase its offset plate prices worldwide, effective July 1, 2022. Since Q2 last year, Agfa has been implementing quarterly price increases and surcharges to compensate for the significant cost increases it has been facing in raw materials, logistics, energy, packaging material and labor.
April 21, 2021 at 9:21 am
Eastman Kodak has acquired the assets of ECRM's computer-to-plate device business for the graphic arts and newspaper industries to strengthen its position in the CTP segment of the commercial printing industry.
March 31, 2021 at 10:33 am
Soaring input costs, particularly relevant to aluminum, energy, and packaging materials, in combination with sharply rising freight rates due to global logistic constraints make price increases unavoidable. Prices of offset plates will increase between 5% and 10%, taking effect April 1.
March 18, 2020 at 10:02 am
The new Offset Technical Competence Center features commercial, packaging, newspaper, UV printing applications that also offer sustainable benefits. The facility showcases applications to reduce waste, eliminate chemicals, and lower ink consumption while saving energy.
October 30, 2018 at 3:34 pm
Agfa Graphics has announced that it will be closing its 250,000-sq.-ft. offset printing plate manufacturing facility in Branchburg, N.J., by the end of this year in order to optimize its global production capacity and supply chain efficiencies. The plant closure will impact 125 workers.
August 9, 2018 at 5:10 pm
The 10% tariff that the Trump administration has imposed on imported aluminum is now being passed through as a surcharge by major lithographic printing plate manufacturers to their U.S. offset printing customers.
May 30, 2018 at 11:32 am
Kodak announced it will increase the price of its offset printing plates globally due to the rising price of aluminum. But just how much will plate prices increase?
March 30, 2018 at 9:42 am
Just days after Presstek was acquired by Mark Andy, Presstek’s waterless division has been spun off into a new company called Verico Technology, which will focus on expanding its market share for waterless plates and coating technologies as well as expanding its offering to new market segments.
March 28, 2018 at 10:39 am
Mark Andy announced that it has acquired Presstek. Presstek’s team of over 60 technical professionals will be integrated within Mark Andy’s service infrastructure, making it the largest, regionally-staffed service organization in North America.
March 27, 2018 at 5:56 pm
When Presstek stopped making plates for the computer-to-plate system in San Bernardino Community College District's in-plant, the shop had some tough decisions to make about the fate of its offset presses.
February 2, 2018 at 10:03 am
Xitron has announced an agreement with Global Graphics Software, developer of the Harlequin RIP and parent company to RTI-RIPs.com, where on Jan. 2, 2018, Xitron acquired the Computer-to-Plate and Computer-to-Film RIP business of RTI.
November 3, 2017 at 9:07 am
Fujifilm North America will increase the prices of its offset printing plates as a result of raw material cost increases. But just how much will prices rise?
August 25, 2017 at 9:35 am
The publication of ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0), the latest version of the PDF specification, has been released by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The document is a refinement of the venerable PDF format, originally published and made freely available by Adobe Systems since 1993.
February 14, 2017 at 9:44 am
The Dauphin County Library in-plant is using a Xanté Heavyweight Champion with PlateMaker 7 to print envelopes, banners and more.
June 6, 2016 at 4:48 pm
“Good equipment is essential to keeping an in-plant viable,” asserts Doug Fenske.
May 11, 2016 at 2:51 pm
As the clock ticks off the days until the drupa 2016 printing pilgrimage in Dusseldorf, Germany
April 1, 2016 at 9:10 am
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s in-plant has installed the first Glunz & Jensen PlateWriter 3600 CTP solution in the U.S.
March 25, 2016 at 10:33 am
Unveiling its plans for drupa 2016, Agfa Graphics will present an overview of its product portfolio including EO3 in prepress.
