09.28.15
Kodak is showcasing its suite of products at WAN-IFRA’s World Publishing Expo 2015, at Hamburg Messe, Germany on Oct. 5-7. The company is driving efficiency and customization in the newspaper industry with environmentally sound offset and digital print solutions.
Kodak’s technology allows customers to keep up with the trends in consumer demand for more personalized news. Samples of customer work will be on show
Kodak latest product updates include:
• KODAK LIBRA VP Digital Plates – Kodak will be showing the KODAK LIBRA VP Digital Plates for the first time on the stand at WAN-IFRA. Compatible with all market-leading violet CTP systems and plateline equipment, the plates maximize productivity and offer the quality and on-press performance required for both newspapers and semi-commercial print applications.
• KODAK TRENDSETTER NEWS Platesetters and KODAK GENERATION NEWS Platesetters –Kodak has a full product offering for small to large newspaper printers with a wide range of speeds from 80 to 300 plates per hour, and automation options from simple semi-automatic operation to full, unattended automation with up to 1,600 plates online in up to four different plates sizes.
• KP Services (Jersey) Limited – A collaboration between Kodak and Guiton Group Limited, KP Services (Jersey) Limited will print the Jersey Evening Post in addition to the majority of U.K. national newspapers (11 titles in total) for distribution in Jersey and Guernsey. It is estimated that KP Services (Jersey) Limited will print approximately 35,000 newspapers in total each day using two KODAK PROSPER 6000P Presses.
• Sogemedia – Sogemedia is a media company based in Paris that specializes in producing and editing weekly-localized news publications. From autumn, Sogemedia will be using the KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press to create more relevant content based on a reader’s location. Sogemedia can now more easily and quickly print regional newspapers in order to provide localized content to its readers, in addition to offering regionalized advertising opportunities to local businesses.
• Kodak will also be showing its popular no process thermal plate, the KODAK SONORA NEWS Process Free Plate, and rounding up the newspaper plate portfolio with the KODAK THERMALNEWS PT Digital Plate, which lets printers reduce energy usage by up to 60% by removing preheat and water consumption by up to 50% by removing prewash from processing.
“This year at WAN-IFRA we are presenting a range of new and innovative products for newspaper printing which enable our customers to reduce their environmental impact by streamlining their production,” said Jeff Clarke, CEO, Kodak.
Kodak’s technology allows customers to keep up with the trends in consumer demand for more personalized news. Samples of customer work will be on show
Kodak latest product updates include:
• KODAK LIBRA VP Digital Plates – Kodak will be showing the KODAK LIBRA VP Digital Plates for the first time on the stand at WAN-IFRA. Compatible with all market-leading violet CTP systems and plateline equipment, the plates maximize productivity and offer the quality and on-press performance required for both newspapers and semi-commercial print applications.
• KODAK TRENDSETTER NEWS Platesetters and KODAK GENERATION NEWS Platesetters –Kodak has a full product offering for small to large newspaper printers with a wide range of speeds from 80 to 300 plates per hour, and automation options from simple semi-automatic operation to full, unattended automation with up to 1,600 plates online in up to four different plates sizes.
• KP Services (Jersey) Limited – A collaboration between Kodak and Guiton Group Limited, KP Services (Jersey) Limited will print the Jersey Evening Post in addition to the majority of U.K. national newspapers (11 titles in total) for distribution in Jersey and Guernsey. It is estimated that KP Services (Jersey) Limited will print approximately 35,000 newspapers in total each day using two KODAK PROSPER 6000P Presses.
• Sogemedia – Sogemedia is a media company based in Paris that specializes in producing and editing weekly-localized news publications. From autumn, Sogemedia will be using the KODAK PROSPER 6000C Press to create more relevant content based on a reader’s location. Sogemedia can now more easily and quickly print regional newspapers in order to provide localized content to its readers, in addition to offering regionalized advertising opportunities to local businesses.
• Kodak will also be showing its popular no process thermal plate, the KODAK SONORA NEWS Process Free Plate, and rounding up the newspaper plate portfolio with the KODAK THERMALNEWS PT Digital Plate, which lets printers reduce energy usage by up to 60% by removing preheat and water consumption by up to 50% by removing prewash from processing.
“This year at WAN-IFRA we are presenting a range of new and innovative products for newspaper printing which enable our customers to reduce their environmental impact by streamlining their production,” said Jeff Clarke, CEO, Kodak.