Computer-to-Plate

Demand for Kodak Sonora process-free plates is up, motivating Kodak to increase domestic production capacity.

Europe’s Unified Patent Court ordered Kodak to stop selling its Sonora XTRA-3 process-free printing plates in Germany, following a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Fujifilm

This year, Kodak celebrates 30 years of thermal plate imaging. First introduced at drupa in 1995, the technology transformed the CTP market.

Xanté has launched Platemaker 9, the newest computer-to-plate in the Platemaker series.

With the year already more than half over, it’s a great time to pause and take stock of what’s going on in the consumables space.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.