Rob van den Braak
Just like Agfa Graphics with its Eversify for magazines and newspapers, Heidelberg sees an opportunity in offering complete solutions for vertical markets. For this purpose it has acquired DOCUFY, developer of professional software solutions for technical documentation.
Dr Ulrich Hermann, member of the Management Board Heidelberg, responsible for Digital Business and Service, thinks that Heidelberg can become an important player in what is nowadays called Industry 4.0. Within Industry 4.0 technology such as web services, smart devices, internet technologies, augmented reality and cloud computing play an equally important role as publications on paper.
DOCUFY will remain an independent unit for now, led by its founder and managing director Uwe Reissenweber. A good decision because the integration with other Heidelberg business units will not be simple.
Read more about this quite spectacular acquisition in the press release below.
PERS BERICHT
Heidelberg expanding its Industry 4.0 offering – takeover of software provider DOCUFY strengthens the Digital Platforms division
DOCUFY develops professional software solutions for technical documentation and will complement the portfolio of Heidelberg Digital Platforms
Digital Platforms offers IT solutions for designing, producing, and servicing industrial customers’ innovative high-tech products
Focus on customer segments such as automotive, mechanical engineering, medical technology, and high-tech industrial
The next milestone in Heidelberg’s evolution to becoming a digital system provider has been reached: Heidelberg is acquiring DOCUFY, a specialist in software for technical documentation.
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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has reached another milestone in its digital growth strategy with its takeover of DOCUFY GmbH in Bamberg (www.docufy.de) with effect from 1 May 2017. DOCUFY develops professional software solutions for technical documentation and is the first provider of multi-level documentation. DOCUFY’s solutions optimize the processes involved in the creation of technical documentation and make them available digitally to all departments, along the entire value chain. The company has recorded strong and profitable growth in recent years and generated turnover of around EUR 6.5 million last year. DOCUFY has around 80 employees.
The acquisition will complement the portfolio of the Heidelberg Digital Platforms division. Digital Platforms offers IT solutions for digitizing and automating processes involved in designing, producing, and servicing innovative high-tech products. This division is where Heidelberg concentrates its technologies and expertise around product life cycle management, which it has spent decades acquiring, in order to be able to offer them to industrial customers also. Heidelberg Digital Platforms addresses a worldwide market with a volume of around EUR 1 billion.
The solutions for digital transformation result in a considerable improvement in efficiency and a significantly shorter time to market for new products, so very much in keeping with Industry 4.0.
DOCUFY counts well-known industrial companies among its customers and will continue to support them as usual as well as additionally offering them Heidelberg solutions in the future for further digitization of their value chain. The takeover will extend Heidelberg’s existing base of industrial customers, and as such offers additional turnover and revenue potential for the company. The founder and Managing Director of DOCUFY, Uwe Reißenweber, will be staying on in his current role.
“With the takeover of DOCUFY, we are gradually implementing our strategy ‘Heidelberg goes digital!’. But the investment in the growth market of digital product life cycle management will also strengthen our own competitiveness,” says Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of Heidelberg.
The Heidelberg Digital Platforms division is part of the Heidelberg Digital Business and Services segment under the leadership of Board Member Dr. Ulrich Hermann. In this segment, Heidelberg implements intelligent linking of equipment, services, and consumables to develop new business models in the digital environment aimed at allowing customers to access new revenue potential against the backdrop of continuing digitization.
“With DOCUFY, Heidelberg is gaining access to other Industry 4.0 technologies and expertise such as web services, smart devices, internet technologies, augmented reality, and cloud computing. The gradual integration of the DOCUFY solutions into the overall portfolio of Heidelberg Digital Platforms will enable us to offer our industrial customers end-to-end process support in product life cycle management in the future. In this way, Heidelberg is underlining its leading position in the area of digitization,” says Dr. Ulrich Hermann, Member of the Management Board responsible for Digital Business and Services.
Lees verder....Net als Agfa Graphics met Eversify voor kranten en tijdschriften, ziet Heidelberg kansen in het aanbieden van complete oplossingen voor verticale markten. Het neemt daarom DOCUFY over: een ontwikkelaar van professionele softwareoplossingen voor technische documentatie.
Heidelberg expanding its Industry 4.0 offering – takeover of software provider DOCUFY strengthens the Digital Platforms division
DOCUFY develops professional software solutions for technical documentation and will complement the portfolio of Heidelberg Digital Platforms.
Digital Platforms offers IT solutions for designing, producing, and servicing industrial customers’ innovative high-tech products.
Focus on customer segments such as automotive, mechanical engineering, medical technology, and high-tech industrial.
The next milestone in Heidelberg’s evolution to becoming a digital system provider has been reached: Heidelberg is acquiring DOCUFY, a specialist in software for technical documentation.
Download image in high-resolution.
PreviousNext.
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has reached another milestone in its digital growth strategy with its takeover of DOCUFY GmbH in Bamberg (www.docufy.de) with effect from 1 May 2017. DOCUFY develops professional software solutions for technical documentation and is the first provider of multi-level documentation. DOCUFY’s solutions optimize the processes involved in the creation of technical documentation and make them available digitally to all departments, along the entire value chain. The company has recorded strong and profitable growth in recent years and generated turnover of around EUR 6.5 million last year. DOCUFY has around 80 employees.
The acquisition will complement the portfolio of the Heidelberg Digital Platforms division. Digital Platforms offers IT solutions for digitizing and automating processes involved in designing, producing, and servicing innovative high-tech products. This division is where Heidelberg concentrates its technologies and expertise around product life cycle management, which it has spent decades acquiring, in order to be able to offer them to industrial customers also. Heidelberg Digital Platforms addresses a worldwide market with a volume of around EUR 1 billion.
The solutions for digital transformation result in a considerable improvement in efficiency and a significantly shorter time to market for new products, so very much in keeping with Industry 4.0.
DOCUFY counts well-known industrial companies among its customers and will continue to support them as usual as well as additionally offering them Heidelberg solutions in the future for further digitization of their value chain. The takeover will extend Heidelberg’s existing base of industrial customers, and as such offers additional turnover and revenue potential for the company. The founder and Managing Director of DOCUFY, Uwe Reißenweber, will be staying on in his current role.
“With the takeover of DOCUFY, we are gradually implementing our strategy ‘Heidelberg goes digital!’. But the investment in the growth market of digital product life cycle management will also strengthen our own competitiveness,” says Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of Heidelberg.
The Heidelberg Digital Platforms division is part of the Heidelberg Digital Business and Services segment under the leadership of Board Member Dr. Ulrich Hermann. In this segment, Heidelberg implements intelligent linking of equipment, services, and consumables to develop new business models in the digital environment aimed at allowing customers to access new revenue potential against the backdrop of continuing digitization.
“With DOCUFY, Heidelberg is gaining access to other Industry 4.0 technologies and expertise such as web services, smart devices, internet technologies, augmented reality, and cloud computing. The gradual integration of the DOCUFY solutions into the overall portfolio of Heidelberg Digital Platforms will enable us to offer our industrial customers end-to-end process support in product life cycle management in the future. In this way, Heidelberg is underlining its leading position in the area of digitization,” says Dr. Ulrich Hermann, Member of the Management Board responsible for Digital Business and Services.
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Voor zijn mobile content publishing software Eversify, heeft Agfa Graphics twee nieuwe kiosk apps uitgebracht. De apps, te downloaden via de Apple iTunes en Google Play stores, geven uitgevers nog meer mogelijkheden om hun digitale publicaties af te stemmen op hun lezers. De Newbury app laat lezers via een grid view een artikel kiezen uit een groep edities. Brochard is ontwikkeld, om de laatste editie als eerste te tonen aan de lezer.
Lees meer over de twee nieuwe apps in onderstaand persbericht.
PERSBERICHT
Two new Eversify Kiosk apps customize user experience for better reader experience
Eversify has responded to customer feedback with the development of two new Kiosk apps enabling publishers to choose how readers receive their information: Borchard and Newbury. Both apps focus on the reader experience to help publishers achieve maximum results by further tailoring the user experience. The apps share a number of common features, but offer different ways of displaying content to readers. They can also be tailored and branded to the specific needs of publishers. With the launch of these apps, the mobile content publishing software solution that can be integrated in any editorial, content management or InDesign® based layout system aims to provide publishers with further functionalities to meet their readers’ demands.
Newbury app – off the grid
The Newbury kiosk app displays a grid showing multiple editions of one single publication or a group of publications. When the grid shows a group, the reader can filter down to a single publication making it easier to find the right edition. Information given includes author, language, number of pages, and publication date plus publisher descriptions.
To make it easier for readers to find content, Newbury includes a date filter showing only those editions in the selected publication or publication group for the selected date. Readers can search for editions based on the descriptive information as well.
Newbury also includes slides where each image can display a different publication or group of publications in a grid. Each image can include a publisher picked icon. The slides and logos are managed from the server so updates can be made without the need for a new app. For publishers with a single or a small number of publications the slides can show images of interest while not actually filtering grid content.
Borchard – last in, first on
The Borchard kiosk app showcases the current edition of a product in a prominent position. This makes it a focal point for the reader and easier to read the current edition. The publisher Eversify from Agfa Graphics also includes a sliding carousel of other publications making the kiosk a prime location to promote other content.
From the sliding carousel, readers can view other publications, previous editions of the main product or other products in a library. It shows the selected publication or group of publications in a grid view similar to Newbury, allowing readers to then filter editions.
Common features
Both kiosks support Live News displays where the publisher can immediately deliver breaking news. If desired, this can be separated into different news topics – such as business and sports. There is bookmarking that allows readers to bookmark pages and articles for later reading via a simple icon click and publisher-based authentication and/or in app purchasing from Apple and Google through the Eversify server. This authenticates the reader, ensuring immediate access to the content.
The publisher can also provide free sample editions in each kiosk to promote content to non- subscribers. Finally, both allow the reader to manage storage by deleting selective content as necessary.
There are many customer apps based on both app kiosk styles. Both demo apps are currently ready and available for download.
The Newbury app can be downloaded at:
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/newbury/id1211393041?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agfa.eversify.reader.newbury
The Borchard can be downloaded at:
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/eversify-reader/id481088708?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agfa.eversify.reader
Onto the next steps
Constant evolution is of the essence in multichannel publishing, according to Rainer Kirschke, Business Manager Mobile Publishing for Eversify, Agfa Graphics. “Eversify is not an off-the-shelf product. It can be tailored and is scalable. Both kiosks are important sales platforms for any kind of publisher to show, promote and sell digital products to their customers. The kiosk features as a sales platform and an archive for purchased products at the same time.”
Both kiosk apps are available now.
About Eversify
Eversify, a solution from Agfa Graphics is a mobile content publishing software solution that can be integrated in any editorial, content management system or layout system based on Adobe InDesign. It delivers automated diversified content streaming to a wide range of devices (smartphones, tablets) and websites. There are also three levels of App functionality: Eversify Classic – a digital copy of the PDF, Eversify Hybrid – an enhanced PDF that allows the manual addition of extra content enriched with HTML5 articles and Eversify Interactive (HTML5) – a pure HTML APP with all benefits of multimedia and perfect usability. Additionally, Eversify can deliver classic flipbooks, hybrid flipbook or best in class interactive HTML5 based homepages. Eversify is part of the world- leading Agfa Graphics portfolio of solutions.
For more information, visit: www.eversify.com.
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If you need to make an image for social media publishing you will find that each platform has its own preferences for image sizes. Thanks to Spredfast´s cheat sheet you no longer have to search for them.
The cheat sheet can be downloaded via this link to our downloads page.
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Als je beelden moet maken voor social media publishing, kom je tot de ontdekking dat elk platform zijn eigen voorkeuren heeft voor beeldformaten. Dankzij de cheat sheet van Spredfast hoef je nu niet meer te zoeken.
De cheat sheet is te downloaden via deze link naar onze downloadpagina.
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Avery Dennison announced the appointment of Noel Kasmi as senior director, sales for Label and Packaging Materials Europe. In this role he will be part of the leadership team of Label and Graphic Materials Europe.
Kasmi, who joined Avery Dennison as an engineer in 1995, has held a number of technical, operational and sales positions in the company, and was promoted to this new role from his position as sales director for the Southern-European region.
“Noel brings a great combination of technical and operational experience to the role on the one hand, and a direct understanding of customer needs and market trends on the other,” said Jeroen Diderich, vice president and general manager, Label and Graphic Materials Europe. “He combines a depth of commercial understanding with a range of great customer relationships.”
In his new role, Noel’s key priorities will include: finding ways for Avery Dennison to support customers in growing their businesses, intensify customer responsiveness, further develop Avery Dennison’s service proposition, and ensure the integration of the customer perspective into the development and commercialization of new products and services.
Noel succeeds Gernot Ritzdorf, who remains with Avery Dennison in a new assignment.
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Dear Santa Claus,
This year it will be very easy for you to get all my presents (you can pay with Apple Pay in the new Apple store). Below is my list:
– The new 13 inch iPad Pro with its million colours, improved clarity, superfast processor and more memory
– The Serif ProPhoto app and the Apple pencil to easily manipulate photos
– An iMac Pro with 18 core 22 terraflop processor, 128GB memory and 4 terrabyte storage
– Two Homepod intelligent loudspeakers which will help me choose from the 4 million songs in Apple Music, will adjust the sound to my room and be able to switch the light on an doff.
PS: You can also add the new iPhone which should be announced in September. With this iPhone I will be able to use the new iOS 11 with Live Phototrim, see airport maps and use the new single page control centre.
If the Christmas elves want to know more about these new faster and more productive Apple products – which will undoubtedly bring the app sales up to 100 billion dollars – they can find all information in the WWDC keynote presentation via this link.
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Beste Sinterklaas,
Dit jaar is het voor u gemakkelijk om de cadeautjes van mijn verlanglijstje te kopen.
Dit is mijn lijstje (betalen kunt u met Apple Pay in de Apple Store).
– De nieuwe 13 inch iPad Pro met zijn miljoenen kleuren, verbeterde helderheid, supersnelle processor en meer geheugen.
– De Serif ProPhoto app, waarmee je met de Apple Pencil supersnel foto’s vrijstaand kunt maken en in beeldmontages kunt plaatsen.
– Een iMac Pro met een 18 core 22 terraflop processor, 128 GB geheugen en 4 terrabyte opslag.
– Twee HomePod intelligente luidsprekers, die mij helpen om een keuze te maken uit de 4 miljoen liedjes van Apple Music, geluid aanpassen aan mijn kamer en het licht voor me kunnen uitdoen.
Willen de Pieten meer weten over deze nieuwe Apple-producten, die vooral sneller en productiever zijn en de omzet van apps naar de 100 miljard dollar zullen brengen, dan kunnen ze alle informatie vinden in de keynote presentatie op de Apple-site.
PS: als in september de nieuwe iPhone aangekondigd wordt dan wil ik die ook graag, omdat ik dan optimaal gebruik kan maken van het nieuwe iOS 11 met Live Photo trim, kaarten van luchthavens en het nieuwe single page Control Centre.
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Sometimes you see an invention of which you wonder why it has taken so long. Lindlund Rulers is one of those. A ruler which you can use to measure physical things, but also pixels for screens. The lightweight aluminium ruler is for sale on Kickstarter at 25$. Apart from centimeters and inches it also measures pica points and pixels with special sizes for iPads and iPhones.
This is the link to the Lindlund Ruler Kickstarter project.
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Aanstaande donderdag: Jeroen Krielaars, motion designer & director. Werkt voor klanten, zoals: Nike, ING, IdN, Target Design. Ontwerpt voor festivals en award shows. Geometrie, typografie en eenvoud staan aan de basis van zijn werk.
Founder van Animography, type-foundry voor geanimeerde lettertypes. Met een internationaal team van designers en animatoren werkt hij aan geanimeerde lettertypes voor gebruik in Adobe After Effects.
Meer info over zijn werk via deze links: calango.nl & animography.net
Op 12 juni volgt Irma Boom, volgens de New York Times de beste boekenontwerpster van deze tijd, en op 19 juni Mike van Rossum, een piloot, die geïnspireerd door PIXAR nu animaties maakt.
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Er zijn van die simpele uitvindingen waarvan je denkt: “waarom is het niet eerder bedacht.” Lindlund Rulers is zo’n uitvinding. Een maatlatje dat je kunt gebruiken om fysieke zaken te meten, maar ook om pixels te meten voor beeldschermen. Het lichtgewicht aluminium latje is voor 25 dollar te koop op Kickstarter. Het meet naast centimeters en inches ook pica-punten en pixels met speciale maten voor iPads en iPhones.
Dit is de link naar de Lindlund Ruler Kickstarter pagina.
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Eversify has responded to customer feedback with the development of two new Kiosk apps enabling publishers to choose how readers receive their information: Borchard and Newbury. Both apps focus on the reader experience to help publishers achieve maximum results by further tailoring the user experience. The apps share a number of common features, but offer different ways of displaying content to readers. They can also be tailored and branded to the specific needs of publishers. With the launch of these apps, the mobile content publishing software solution that can be integrated in any editorial, content management or InDesign® based layout system aims to provide publishers with further functionalities to meet their readers’ demands.
Newbury app – off the grid
The Newbury kiosk app displays a grid showing multiple editions of one single publication or a group of publications. When the grid shows a group, the reader can filter down to a single publication making it easier to find the right edition. Information given includes author, language, number of pages, and publication date plus publisher descriptions.
To make it easier for readers to find content, Newbury includes a date filter showing only those editions in the selected publication or publication group for the selected date. Readers can search for editions based on the descriptive information as well.
Newbury also includes slides where each image can display a different publication or group of publications in a grid. Each image can include a publisher picked icon. The slides and logos are managed from the server so updates can be made without the need for a new app. For publishers with a single or a small number of publications the slides can show images of interest while not actually filtering grid content.
Borchard – last in, first on
The Borchard kiosk app showcases the current edition of a product in a prominent position. This makes it a focal point for the reader and easier to read the current edition. The publisher
Eversify from Agfa Graphics also includes a sliding carousel of other publications making the kiosk a prime location to promote other content.
From the sliding carousel, readers can view other publications, previous editions of the main product or other products in a library. It shows the selected publication or group of publications in a grid view similar to Newbury, allowing readers to then filter editions.
Common features
Both kiosks support Live News displays where the publisher can immediately deliver breaking news. If desired, this can be separated into different news topics – such as business and sports. There is bookmarking that allows readers to bookmark pages and articles for later reading via a simple icon click and publisher-based authentication and/or in app purchasing from Apple and Google through the Eversify server. This authenticates the reader, ensuring immediate access to the content.
The publisher can also provide free sample editions in each kiosk to promote content to non- subscribers. Finally, both allow the reader to manage storage by deleting selective content as necessary.
There are many customer apps based on both app kiosk styles. Both demo apps are currently ready and available for download.
The Newbury app can be downloaded at:
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/newbury/id1211393041?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agfa.eversify.reader.newbury
The Borchard can be downloaded at:
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/eversify-reader/id481088708?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agfa.eversify.reader
Onto the next steps
Constant evolution is of the essence in multichannel publishing, according to Rainer Kirschke, Business Manager Mobile Publishing for Eversify, Agfa Graphics. “Eversify is not an off-the-shelf product. It can be tailored and is scalable. Both kiosks are important sales platforms for any kind of publisher to show, promote and sell digital products to their customers. The kiosk features as a sales platform and an archive for purchased products at the same time.”
Both kiosk apps are available now.
About Eversify
Eversify, a solution from Agfa Graphics is a mobile content publishing software solution that can be integrated in any editorial, content management system or layout system based on Adobe InDesign. It delivers automated diversified content streaming to a wide range of devices (smartphones, tablets) and websites. There are also three levels of App functionality: Eversify Classic – a digital copy of the PDF, Eversify Hybrid – an enhanced PDF that allows the manual addition of extra content enriched with HTML5 articles and Eversify Interactive (HTML5) – a pure HTML APP with all benefits of multimedia and perfect usability. Additionally, Eversify can deliver classic flipbooks, hybrid flipbook or best in class interactive HTML5 based homepages. Eversify is part of the world- leading Agfa Graphics portfolio of solutions. For more information, visit www.eversify.com.
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