Southern Colour of Victoria, Australia, a Metrix user since early 2007, took the prize for “Best Process Automation Implementation – Asia Pacific.

Judges at the awards commented, “Good explanation, of goals and methodology. 250 per cent more plates with 30 per cent less staff. This is an example of a company that sees this as a change in the way they do business and keep going on to the next area with the process.”

Allan Gardiner, pre-press manager at Southern Color says, “Metrix enables our planners to quickly build accurate production plans and layouts, dynamically adapting the plan as changes are made. The user-interface is very intuitive and the software is cleverly designed.

Also, Pragati Offset of Hyderabad, India, a Metrix user since 2006, won an award for Best Process Automation Implementation – Emerging Markets.

Harsha Paruchuti, executive director of Pragati Offset says, “I take this recognition as an additional perk, because we have already been seeing the advantages of faster planning/process and error-reduction due to this implementation. Metrix with its strong JDF base and its easy-to-use interface has been a key part of making this happen.”

Rohan Holt, President of LithoTechnics, says, “We are honored to be a part of our customers’ success in implementing process automation, and thrilled that they have been recognized for their innovation and achievements.”

The Metrix 3.0 family includes Metrix Commercial, Metrix Max, Metrix X-8 and Metrix X-80, targeted at different segments of the commercial print market.

All editions are available on Mac OS X and Windows, and all automatically plan and impose flat, folded, and bound work. All editions can import JDF and export imposed PDF.

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