LithoTechnics and SCREEN Sign Worldwide Metrix®
Distribution Agreement
Phoenix, Arizona, November 10, 2008 - LithoTechnics
and SCREEN - S. Ten Nines California, LLC announced today
the signing of a worldwide distribution agreement for Metrix,
award-winning intelligent job planning and imposition software.
Under the agreement, SCREEN will sell and support
the entire Metrix product line, on Mac OS X and Windows platforms,
to complement Trueflow SE™, SCREEN's fully JDF-compliant
PDF workflow system. As part of the agreement, LithoTechnics
and SCREEN have engineered much tighter JDF integration between
Metrix and Trueflow SE, making the total user experience much
more intuitive and powerful. As well, LithoTechnics has developed
a Chinese version of Metrix, which SCREEN will debut at the
upcoming All In Print show in Shanghai.
"SCREEN is dedicated to developing efficient,
easy-to-use and open systems," said Setsuo Ohara, President,
SCREEN - S. Ten Nines California, LLC. "Metrix fits extremely
well into our workflow model, offering our customers an automated
job planning and imposition module that translates directly
into higher productivity and profitability." Mr. Ohara
continued, "Metrix has already proven itself to a number
of our customers as an indispensable tool for efficient production.
Now, with a higher level of JDF integration between Trueflow
SE and Metrix, the connection between planning/imposition
and prepress is further simplified and automated, enabling
our customers to realize even greater efficiencies."
Rohan Holt, President of LithoTechnics, remarked:
"We are very excited about a closer relationship with
SCREEN on a worldwide basis, as well as the opportunity to
enter the Chinese market." Holt added, "SCREEN's
goal for Trueflownet™ - the integration of SCREEN software
with as wide a range of third-party products as possible -
is right in line with the guiding principles behind JDF, which
is moving our industry closer to true automation and rational
print manufacturing. I am very pleased to be working with
SCREEN on these projects, and look forward to other projects
that can benefit our mutual customers."
About LithoTechnics
LithoTechnics is a privately held company founded
in 2003 by Rohan Holt. Holt is the original inventor of SuperImpose™,
the product that was adapted and renamed UpFront® when
it was acquired by ScenicSoft in 1999. Metrix, LithoTechnics'
flagship product, received the prestigious 2005 PIA/GATF InterTech™
Technology Award, recognized industry-wide as a symbol of
technological innovation and excellence. With offices in Phoenix,
Arizona, 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.
Contact Information
Davo Laninga, LithoTechnics, Inc.
Tel: +1 623 594 1408
Email:
About Screen - S. Ten Nines California, LLC
S. Ten Nines California, LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Kyoto, Japan-based Dainippon Screen Manufacturing
Co., Ltd., "SCREEN". SCREEN is a leading supplier
of systems and components for the graphic arts industry. Its
diverse line of integrated products includes workflow management
solutions, thermal platesetters, imagesetters, digital printing
systems for a variety of applications including print on demand,
variable data and sign/display printing, hybrid AM/FM screening
technology, color proofing applications and digital asset
management software. SCREEN technology benefits commercial
printers, packaging printers, newspaper publishers, trade
shops, in-plants and service bureaus throughout the world.
