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MacDermid Graphics Solutions has been selected to receive a 2018 InterTech Award for Anti-Fluting Plate Technology. Since 1978, the InterTech Technology Awards have honored technologies predicted to shape the future of print and graphics communications.

MacDermid has introduced the commercial launch of LUX ITP MELO for the corrugated print market. The photopolymer sheet plate is designed for low to medium post print corrugated board.

Asahi Photoproducts will be taking part in EskoWorld, which will be held from June 5-7 in San Antonio. According to Stephan Doppelhammer, Asahi Photoproducts' Europe business development manager, Asahi's partnership with Esko has allowed for improved efficiency in flexographic platemaking.

MacDermid Graphics Solutions announced the commercial introduction of LUX In-the-Plate (ITP) EPIC. ITP EPIC offers LUX lamination, but with the convenience of flat-top dots right out of the box, with a micro-rough surface for excellent ink transfer.

Mark Andy announced that it has acquired Presstek. Presstek’s team of more than 60 technical professionals will be integrated within Mark Andy’s service infrastructure, making it the largest, regionally-staffed service organization in North America.

This year marks 10 years since Kodak debuted the KODAK FLEXCEL NX System at drupa 2008. Kodak’s FLEXCEL NX System offered a solution to some of the limitations of the established digital LAMS technology and pioneered the use of the digital flat top dots in the flexo industry.

Kodak recently hosted a two-day gathering of about 250 customers, Kodak personnel, and trade media representatives at the company’s historic manufacturing complex in Rochester, N.Y. Led by Kodak CEO Jeffrey Clarke, senior executives gave a state-of-the-company report that outlined Kodak’s current business strategy and detailed its progress in developing solutions for print markets.

Mark Andy, Inc. has been appointed the exclusive distributor of DuPont Cyrel flexographic platemaking systems in the United States. This includes plate material, processing equipment, imagers and software.

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Flexo plates have a tough job, whirring around on a print cylinder, covered in ink and repeatedly transferring an image to a substrate. But to make sure these plates can withstand the high-impact nature of printing, they require delicate care and maintenance.