Fujifilm and Krause formalise
strategic UK relationship at Ipex

Av Ratanaporn B. Jakobsen

Fujifilm and Krause-Biagosch have announced a strategic relationship in the UK and Ireland. The two organisations have worked together for many years, resulting in a large number of CtP installations throughout the UK & Ireland utilising Krause equipment with Fujifilm Brillia plates.  

This long-standing collaboration is now a formal relationship with Krause appointing Fujifilm as its UK and Ireland market channel. This follows similar moves across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.

Customers will continue to receive a strong customer service and support function provided by Direct to Plate Ltd, Krause's existing sales, service and support wing in the UK.

This partnership will benefit customers looking for a one-stop-shop solution and is already delivering better technical performance to customers due to existing developments and the ongoing partnership at R&D level. An example of this work is Fujifilm's lo-chem Brillia PRO-VN newspaper plate which, when used in conjunction with the Krause LS Jet platesetter and Bluefin lo-chem plate processor, provides today's newspaper printer with the leading environmental solution for newspaper production. This solution eliminates water usage as well as reducing chemistry usage by up to 70% with a reduction in energy usage of up to 40%.

Stefan Beke-Bramkamp, sales & marketing director at Krause, comments: "We're delighted to be pooling resources with Fujifilm in the UK. In addition to our existing long-standing relationship with DTP Ltd., this partnership can only benefit our customers by making official what has long been a tacit understanding between the three organisations to provide industry-leading, technologically advanced solutions for newspapers.