Kodak Lands Two Prestigious Awards

This year's German Printing Industry Innovation Awards, organised by Verlag Deutscher Drucker, saw Kodak claim two 2^nd places: one for its trillina SP Thermal Plate for ‘most innovative technology’ in the prepress category, and the other for its Prosper 5000XL Press in the printing category.  The awards were judged by readers of Deutscher Drucker, Publishing Praxis and Grafische Palette, from a total of 30 technologies nominated by the magazines’ editors. In total, 80 products were submitted for the awards.
 
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Bernhard Niemela, editor in chief of Deutscher Drucker and managing director of Verlag Deutscher Drucker, emphasized the crucial role technology suppliers play in helping print professionals create innovative print products and marketing campaigns.
 
The Trillian SP Thermal Plate delivers high imaging and processing speed, and offers environmentally friendly production. It enables packaging printers to produce superior quality print while enhancing their eco-friendly credentials.  This non-preheat plate offers up to 500,000 impressions without baking, and is resistant to aggressive chemistry. The reduced chemical consumption and the long lifecycle of the virtually neutral pH plate solution add to the offset plate's environmental advantages.
 
Kodak claims itsProsper 5000XL press sets new benchmarks in productivity and quality for four-color, high-speed inkjet printing. The web press, which has a maximum print width of 622mm, incorporates unique Kodak Stream Inkjet Technology and can print on a wide variety of stocks, including glossy substrates. The Prosper 5000XL, which is said to rival offset quality by delivering up to 175 lpi at speeds of up to 200 m/min is suited to producing a variety of products.