What Price Plates?

Other prepress suppliers recognize the platemaking dilemma. DuPont Imaging Technologies' Ray Bodwell, marketing manager for Cyrel Digital products, points out flexo plate prices, from both the manufacturer and trade shops, have been static or in decline for some time. "Further decline seems unlikely if their businesses are to remain healthy enough for the reinvestment necessary to fully support increasing needs of the converter and package buyer," he asserts. Bodwell sees