Pre media

Commercial print and design company Truprint Media has invested around £200,000 in a secondhand Komori L-528 five-colour B2 litho press and StudioRIP Workflow to increase its competitiveness.

UK software developer Creative Edge is poised to launch new tools for carton and shrinkwrap creation using its IC3D packaging design and visualisation system.

Tharstern managing director Keith McMurtrie has led an MBO at the MIS developer with two other directors as the firm targets rapid international expansion.

Interactive print application SmartPicture is gaining traction in the quickly growing mobile print recognition market, with more companies coming on board.

Kodak has released an upgrade to its NexPress digital front-end and also unveiled a new delivery unit that enables the press to handle longer sheets.

Documobi, the company behind mobile print recognition system iPR, has launched mobile technology that personalises direct mail.

Kodak has extended its range of flexo platemaking products to address the corrugated packaging market with a new plate for corrugated pre-print and its largest flexo platemaker to date.

Brighton-based start-up Printergage has developed an online sales engine for print companies that enables printers and print brokers to market their full product ranges to new and existing clients...

Heidelberg will review its ‘weak margin’ product segments over the next six months and could spin-off or discontinue some of its operations, while at the same time looking to acquire in growth areas.

GMG has upgraded its ColorServer software to version 4.9, which includes support for PDF/VT-1, bringing automated colour transformation technology to high-volume digital printing applications.

CMA Imaging is targeting the sign and display market with a new low-cost, cloud-based colour management tool.

Kodak believes the adoption of processless plates is reaching a tipping point akin to that experienced with the adoption of CTP – and is citing potential savings for users running into tens of...