DIGITAL PLATES -- Shortcutting the Process

Citiplate reportedly has done production runs of all these plates for review by potential vendors and/or limited field beta testing.

Brookfield, CT-based Lastra America is dealing with an added complication as it looks to develop processless technology, points out Josh Goodin, corporate research and development director. "Lastra bought the plate businesses of Western Litho and Mitsubishi Chemical, so over the past year we've been concentrating on integrating the technology we acquired," he explains.