DRUPA 2004 -- Gearing Up for the Big Show

On that technology front, Agfa has been beta testing a chemistry-free thermal digital plate that it intends to make commercially available at Drupa, the product director says. Azura is an aluminum plate that employs a physical, rather than chemical, process to provide non-ablative imaging. It is based on the same technology used in Agfa's Thermolite Plus plates and supports run lengths of up to 100,000 impressions.