CTP FIELD REPORTS -- Set to Compete

"At the time, we couldn't find an affordable system that would handle the whole range of plate sizes we use," Wood says. (Editor's note: ECRM only recently announced plans to introduce a four-up version of its Mako platesetter.) The company's past experience with ECRM led it to install the two-up platesetter in October of 2002, he adds. "Even in a down economy, you have to be as competitive as you can be. Given the number of four-color plates we use, the labor savings seemed to make it the right move for us. We try be as cost-effective in production as possible."