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Presstek is a company that manufactures and markets digital offset printing products, headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, United States.

Presstek sells offset presses, computer-to-plate systems, and chemistry-free printing plates, as well as prepress consumables. In 2004, Presstek purchased the A.B. Dick Company. [1] On March 5, 2010, Presstek sold off its Lasertel, Inc. holdings. [2] On March 26, 2018 Mark Andy, Inc. acquired Presstek, LLC. [3] [4]

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References

  1. A.B. Dick files Ch. 11, names buyer, Chicago Business, Rita Chang, July 13, 2004.
  2. Presstek Reports a $1.6 Million Improvement in First Quarter 2010 Operating Profit, MARKETWIRE via COMTEX, May 10, 2010.
  3. Mark Andy, Inc. Acquires Presstek LLC, LABEL AND NARROW WEB, March 27, 2018.
  4. "Mark Andy buys Presstek". Printweek. Retrieved 2021-07-06.