Drupa '95

Drupa 95 was a significant milestone for Polychrome.       The race towards CTP technology domination was going on,  Agfa with their photopolymer plate and DuPont/Howson Algraphy with their Silverlith; both an extension and application of their existing technology.      Our answer was CTX.         We worked closely with Linotype Hell to qualify CTX on their Gutenberg system.      Through the work with them we determined that CTX gave better performance over photopolymer or silver system.     We also worked closely with other major CTP manufactures to qualify CTX on their machines.    At the show we had all three major CTP equipments, Linotype, Gerber and Creo running CTX live.      During the morning technical briefing breakfast session, one speaker suggested to visit Polychrome booth to see all the CTP system.        We also had a prototype of Inkjet Plate Making system IJP 1000.      
Please look for Bob Hallman and Thomas Bittner giving personal briefing at the close of the first day of Drupa to give all the Polychrome staff the benefit of CTX over photopolymer and silver system.
(Not all the Polychrome staff were convinced that CTX was a superior  alternative.)
Later both Bob and Tohmas took their message to major companies  and helped change the image of Polychrome from a scrappy small company to a leading company in the graphic arts world.      The road to new CTP system continued to the development of thermal system later.)