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Metrix® 2011.0.1 Learns Italian – Ciao!
As European Market Share Grows, Metrix® now speaks five languages: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Metrix already has many fans in North America, where Intelligent production planning and automated ganging – on both the Windows and Mac platforms – has been gaining steady ground since the launch of Metrix in 2004. But its European presence is quickly growing as well.
John Davies, Business Strategy Manager, Workflow, Fujifilm Europe, remarked, “We began including Metrix in our product offerings about 8 months ago, to accommodate customers who require an automated ganging solution. This market segment is growing at a fast pace due to printers having to print higher volumes of small jobs. To gang this type of work efficiently required some intelligent automation which is exactly what Metrix offers, and we are pleased to see a growing number of our customers adopting it.”
Rohan Holt, President of LithoTechnics, Inc., said, “About half of all printers in Europe are expected to adopt an internet-based storefront by next year, and so increasing numbers are looking for ganging solutions, which make the storefronts profitable. In addition, print production automation is moving ahead in other ways – witness the growing popularity of Management Information Systems for even small- and medium-sized enterprises. This, too, makes Metrix a key ingredient for success, as it consumes data directly from MIS, performs its planning, then sends complete, plate-ready impositions to Prepress. Metrix thus provides great value, and helps to ensure a smooth and cohesive workflow.”
Dario Brambilla, Product Manager BD Graphic System E.I. of Fujifilm Italy, added, “Italian printers are very interested in Metrix, and now that we have an Italian version we expect it to be a very popular part of our portfolio.”
Philip Glorian, LithoTechnics’ European Sales Manager, affirmed, “The value of Metrix has certainly been recognized by our first user of the Italian version, who declined to be interviewed on the grounds that Metrix is a powerful competitive advantage!”
Another European Metrix user, Stefan Ortmaier of Ortmaier Druck in Frontenhausen, Germany, confirms the competitive advantage Metrix affords: “With Metrix we can plan better and in a more standardized way, we can reduce costs significantly, and on top of that we clearly have less waste. In our company, Metrix is used throughout the complete print preparation process for gang-run jobs and commercial print jobs. On the whole, Metrix has contributed to an improved production workflow in prepress.”
Hervé Vermeuil at Exaprint in Montpelier, France, confirms this assessment: “With Metrix, we have been able to increase the number of orders we process each day by 20%. This added productivity has enabled us to expand our business.”
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If you’d like more information about this topic, or if you’d like to arrange an interview with Rohan Holt, please call Davo Laninga.
About LithoTechnics
LithoTechnics is a privately held company founded in 2003 by Rohan Holt. Holt invented the first production planning software for the sheetfed market in 1995, and Metrix®, LithoTechnics’ flagship product, is the culmination of Holt’s years of print production experience and accumulated software design expertise. Metrix, launched in 2004, received the prestigious 2005 PIA/GATF InterTech™ Technology Award, recognized industry-wide as a symbol of technological innovation and excellence. With offices in Edmonds, Washington, Turnhout, Belgium, and south of Sydney, Australia, LithoTechnics is a software company focused on providing key tools and technologies to enable print workflow automation. LithoTechnics is a full member of the CIP4 Organization.
For more information visit: http://www.lithotechnics.com
Contact Information
Davo Laninga, LithoTechnics, Inc.
Tel: +1 928 257 3286
Email: davo@lithotechnics.com
Copyright © 2011 LithoTechnics, Inc. Metrix® is a trademark of Outback Software Pty Limited and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. JDF is a trademark of the CIP4 Organization. Other company, brand, or product names are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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