PRINTING PLATE UPDATE -- New Precious Metal

The company continues to promote Sword Excel as an innovative thermal plate offering, Wiethoff continues. It also formally introduced the VioletNews plate for violet CTP applications in the newspaper sector and reportedly is moving forward with its plans for a commercial printing version.

Creo previously showed a processless plate, Clarus PL, as a "technology demonstration." However, the fate of that product is now an open question.