International flexographic printing plate production company Nu-Maber, based has recently purchased two new Concept 505 XP DW plate processors. The units are built by Degraf, and will replace the equipment already in use at Nu-Maber's Italian premises.

Environmental decisions made in the pressroom can be key to the profitability of printing businesses, reports Wayne Robinson

In the aftermath of drupa, Tribute reviews what was shown and what stood out as the most important or most interesting developments.

As many New Zealand printers face spiraling costs and increasing pressure to remain competitive and flexible, staff members at Frontline Technologies NZ Ltd believe that the latest offering from Kodak is the most responsive product for a challenging industry.

At its Pre-Drupa Event at the company headquarters in Lier (Belgium), Punch Graphix unveiled a new generation of platesetters for UV plate exposure: the basysPrint UV-Setter 400 and 800 series, in response says the company to the growing demand on the market for CTcP systems

It’s amazing what is tucked away in our libraries. For example, there is Mrs Butters’ extraordinary Press Dress, which was donated to the Pictures Collection of the State Library of Victoria in 1951. It has undergone extensive conservation recently.

Tribute continues his controversial outlook for plates with an argument for the chemistry-free violet plates that we will see at drupa.