
At a pre-drupa press conference hosted in its headquarters in Belgium, Agfa Graphics unveiled its plans for the upcoming drupa show in Düsseldorf. The company has come up with the slogan ‘We Embody Print’ for drupa 2016, highlighting its commitment to both the offset printing and the wide-format printing industry, while also opening doors to new print markets and applications in need of innovative solutions. Agfa Graphics is using its presence at drupa 2016 to provide an overview of its product portfolio including new products such as ECO3, wide-format solutions and software cloud solutions.
ECO3
ECO3 stands for eco-friendly, economic and extremely convenient. In the field of offset printing, Agfa Graphics focusses on transforming technology into sustainable solutions that create value for its customers. The environmental impact of these solutions is an important factor, yet Agfa Graphics Taking this one step further by adding total cost of operations and convenience to the equation – ECO3.
For drupa, Agfa Graphics also adds the Avalon N8-90 CtP to its family of thermal computer-to-plate systems, and the new Energy Elite Eco printing plate. Also new on the stand will be the pallet loader for the high-end, automated Advantage newspaper CtP systems, and the Advantage N Essentials CtP series.
Wide-format solutions
Agfa Graphics’ Anapurna roll-to-roll and hybrid solutions will be driven by the Asanti workflow at the company stand at drupa. So will the versatile Jeti Mira with the unique dockable roll-to-roll option and Jeti Tauro.
Software cloud solutions
Besides the new Apogee 10 and Arkitex Production 2.0, Agfa Graphics announced PrintSphere, offering print service providers a cloud-based solution for online data exchange. PrintSphere provides a standardized way to send and receive files including secure back-ups of production databases, all seamlessly integrated with the Apogee, Arkitex and Asanti workflow software.