SOFTWARE / NEWS PrintMonthly printmonthly PrintMonthlyMagazine 18 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk September / October 2024 - Issue 350 Five new companies invest in GelatoConnect PressUp in Italy, JVNZ in Australia and New Zealand, Oschatz Visuelle Medien in Germany, Exakta in Sweden, and ESP Colour in the UK have all invested in GelatoConnect workflow. The platform integrates materials ordering and tracking, pre-press, printing, post-press, and packaging tasks into a single system. This means that over time, all existing workflow solutions within these print providers’ facilities will be replaced with GelatoConnect. A machine-and-product agnostic workflow software for the print industry, GelatoConnect is ideal for printers with short print runs that are highly personalised and are often received directly from e-commerce – reflecting the evolution of print in recent years. According to a McKinsey study, GelatoConnect can increase profit margins by up to seven percentage points when combined with GelatoConnect Procurement and Logistics module. Vincenzo Cirimele, chief executive officer of PressUP, comments: “GelatoConnect is revolutionising the print industry by providing a seamless, integrated solution that enhances production efficiency and profitability. We are witnessing real-time tangible improvements in our production efficiencies and cost base. “By fully deploying GelatoConnect Workflow, we are setting a new standard for efficiency and profitability in the print industry.” Henrik Muller-Hansen, chief executive officer and founder of Gelato, adds: “We are honoured to work with these print trailblazers to continually improve our software. We are constantly innovating to stay ahead of the industry trends and meet the evolving needs of our customers. “GelatoConnect users can look forward to cutting-edge features that haven’t been accessible to the print industry in the past, enabling them to compete not just in print production, but in the global retail space.” [L to R] ESP Colour managing director Simon Smogur and Henrik MullerHansen, chief executive officer and founder of Gelato at drupa By Carys Evans Atomyx launches self-onboarding for Atomyx Prepare Atomyx has launched self-onboarding for its pre-press/PDF processing SaaS API, Atomyx Prepare. The launch of self-onboarding for Atomyx Prepare allows interested parties to start a trial license, while existing Atomyx customers can utilise and manage their Atomyx Prepare subscriptions. Built on callas pdfToolbox technology, Atomyx Prepare is a modern SaaS API that preflights, converts, checks, optimises, and prepares files for high-quality, automated print production. With self-onboarding, potential and existing customers are able to initiate and manage their Atomyx Prepare subscription and get their API key. Now, anybody can try out the product, with 500 processing credits available to allow users to integrate cloud-based artwork processing with Atomyx Prepare into their e-commerce or production environment. Atomyx Prepare has already been implemented by Atomyx partners such as cloud-based MIS platform Omikai and web-to-print provider DesignNBuy, with a number of further partnerships in progress. Printed.com, an Atomyx customer, is already streamlining its print production and reducing overheads with Atomyx Prepare. Lee McIntosh, chief technology officer at the company, comments: “Artwork processing technology is nothing new, but a fully cloud-based solution like Atomyx Prepare is certainly a gamechanger. “Atomyx Prepare eliminates so much of the hassle within the process, it has been so simple to integrate into our production, and significantly lowers our implementation costs.” Tom Peire, chief evangelist at Atomyx, adds: “When we launched Atomyx in February 2024, we were delighted with the reaction from customers, partners, and industry experts. “Since then, the Atomyx rocket has kept on soaring, with successful partnership announcements with the likes of Omikai and DesignNBuy, an incredibly busy drupa, and now of course this latest news – the benefits of Atomyx Prepare are now available to all!” Tom Peire, chief evangelist at Atomyx which launched in 2014 By Carys Evans
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