At the upcoming IFRA World Publishing Expo, October 8 and 9, 2019, Berlin, Germany, Kodak will underline its continued commitment to the newspaper industry. Kodak professional experts will attend Stand D.10 in Hall 21 to communicate the latest on advanced technologies for newspaper platemaking, sustainable plates and leading inkjet technology for digital newspaper production. The highlight among newspaper printing plates will be the new KODAK SONORA X-N Process Free Plate, which provides significantly longer run lengths, better stability and faster imaging speeds compared to the predecessor generation. Process free plates are growing in popularity among newspaper and coldset printers because they combine excellent newspaper print quality with environmental and cost benefits. The SONORA X-N Plate completely eliminates processing equipment and chemistry, helping newspapers save water, energy and floorspace. The Kodak team will also be answering questions about

Hybrid printing is a hot topic in the printing and printed packaging industries, but its definition tends to change slightly depending on who you are talking to. Some printshops profess to offer hybrid printing since they have both digital and analog technologies under one roof. The technologies are not integrated but are leveraged independently or sequentially through the print workflow. Other printshops leverage hybrid presses which are designed as standalone solutions with no integration of existing analog equipment. However, there is a third option that is proving more and more popular with printers and converters adopting hybrid printing: integrating a digital solution that can match quality and printing speeds onto existing conventional equipment. This allows for a customized hybrid solution that are 100 percent tailored to the printing operation’s needs and breathes new life into their equipment without having to make a major financial investment.  Integrating

Production powerhouse continues to expand Founded in 1980, Kyoritsu Printing is a general printing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. With eight production sites, the company caters to high volume orders and a variety of printing needs from clients across Japan, from web and sheet-fed printing to direct mail processing and bookmaking. Kyoritsu Printing boasts the largest scale in Japan for web printing with a total of 34 web presses, and is capable of handling orders for millions of pieces. Its overwhelming capacity has established Kyoritsu Printing as a production powerhouse, and has greatly contributed to its growth. Five lines of printers are equipped with a total of nine PROSPER S5 units In 2017, the company’s new Information Logistics Output Center came on-line. This high-security factory is dedicated to producing direct mail, and features production lines integrated with a variety of equipment that automates the pr