For successful print production, the watchword today is automation. Process automation is what computer-to-plate production is all about, but now that we have successfully removed film and the associated processing chemistries from the workflow, the foundation is laid for the next crucial stage in the evolution of print production. Processless platesetting, with direct imaging of press ready plates, is central to the future for consumables manufacturers, platesetter developers and printers alike

Discovering how industry training organisations can help member companies boost their operations was the key aim of a pilot productivity project held throughout the country in 2008

Fuji Xerox says its new iGen4 Press is the most productive and highest-quality cut-sheet digital colour press in the printing industry, and it is now available for delivery to printers throughout New Zealand

Efficient CTP demands a fully digital workflow. Digital production has spread throughout all sectors of the media industry, so transitioning the workflow is not the problem it once was. This is why the CTP market continues to grow, for both new users and companies purchasing replacement systems

The PrintCity Alliance has created a project group to address the complex challenge of defining best practices for food packaging printing on folding carton

When Kale Print realised its finishing department couldn’t keep up with its workload, CPI came to the party with the new Wohlenberg-Baumann Paper Cutting and Handing System

Rotorua’s largest printing company, Dudfield Bryce stepped up the pace in its digital printing department with the installation of two Konica Minolta bizhub Pro machines

In early summer 2008 Flint Group Flexographic Products added two new products to its range: nyloflex ITR Thin and nyloflex ITR Classic. This development underlines the company’s special commitment to the endless photopolymer sleeve sector. Mario Busshoff, who as Vice President of Flint Group Flexographic Products is responsible for marketing management for the Flexographic Products division, explains this latest move in the following interview.

Many companies in the packaging industry wish to be seen as being proactive in regards to sustainability and recycling is often perceived as the easy option for sedating a business’s environmental conscience, industry representatives heard at a technical presentation hosted by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), reports Carlos Martinez

New technology is driving wide web flexo forward, says Aldus Engineering general manager Ian Guanaria