Rye, NY - Mitsubishi Imaging (MPM), Inc. is pleased to announce that its Thermal DigiPlate has recently been awarded the 2009 Distinguished Technology Award presented by the Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology.  The Distinguished Technology Award recognizes a technology that made extraordinary contribution to the development of printing.  Thermal DigiPlate had already been awarded a "GOLD" Clione Mark ranking by the Environment Pollution Prevention Printing Association (E3PA) in Japan.  This rank is only given to printing plates that are recognized as the most ecological in the industry.
 
Thermal DigiPlate is a breakthrough in printing plate technology.  The unique thermal fusing technology generates printing plates that are completely processless and do not require any chemical development.  Environmentally friendly, the system produces no waste except for the plate itself.
 
"We are both delighted and humbled by the honors recently bestowed on Thermal DigiPlate," said Colleen Molkenbur, Senior Product Manager at Mitsubishi Imaging. "As sustainability is becoming more prevalent in the printing industry, these awards validate the direction that our parent, Mitsubishi Paper Mills, has taken with regard to developing products which utilize our own innovative patented technologies and are friendlier for the environment."