Global Graphics and HYBRID Software announce strategic alliance

Global Graphics and HYBRID Software have announced that they are strategically aligning themselves to provide digital press manufacturers with an “unbeatable” package of RIPs and workflow. It is expected that drupa will provide a launchpad for a combined solution.

Both companies are chaired by Guido Van der Schueren formerly managing director and chairman of the Board of Artwork Systems Group NV and vice chairman of the Esko Artwork Group.  Global Graphics is the developer of the Harlequin RIP® and HYBRID Software develops the CLOUDFLOW system for running automated graphics workflow production.

Since taking on the role at Global Graphics in 2014 it has been Mr Van der Schueren’s intention to grow the two companies closer together, capitalising on the success of the Harlequin RIP® in driving the fastest digital presses on the market and HYBRID Software’s experience of the end-to-end label and packaging workflow.

Gary Fry, CEO of Global Graphics says, “we have strengthened our position in the high-speed digital market significantly since the last drupa.  Today we not only develop the fastest RIP technology on the market, we have a fantastic team of engineers who can go into a customer and problem-solve alongside them.  We don’t just throw a RIP at a press vendor, we roll up our sleeves to work together with them to provide the speed and quality they need for their press, their application, their inks and media.  Our alliance with HYBRID Software will help us to broaden our product offering to deliver a more complete solution which is what our customers are asking for.”

Christopher Graf, CEO of HYBRID Software says, “The move to digital production in the labels and packaging market changes the need for pre-press solutions dramatically as new devices and new technology emerge. Technical and commercial processes need to be more closely aligned in order to get jobs out to a machine in the most efficient manner. Our products fill the gap that exists in bringing these processes together. Working with Global Graphics will extend these benefits to press vendors by giving them more choice of how to create their DFE.”

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Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of software platforms for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications, including the Harlequin RIP. Customers include HP, Quark, Canon, Delphax, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.  Additional information is available at http://www.globalgraphics.com

About HYBRID Software

With offices in Belgium, Germany, Italy, US and a global partner network, HYBRID Software is a software development company focused on innovative productivity tools for the graphic arts industry. HYBRID Software´s CLOUDFLOW workflow, our PACKZ editor, and our integration products offer a unique set of advantages that include native PDF workflows, vendor-independent solutions based on industry standards, scalable technology, and low cost of ownership. These products are used by hundreds of customers worldwide in all areas of prepress and print, including labels and packaging, folding cartons, corrugated, wide format, and digital printing. For more information visit: www.hybridsoftware.com

Global Graphics, Harlequin, the Harlequin logo, the Harlequin RIP, are trademarks of Global Graphics Software Limited which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.  Global Graphics is a trademark of Global Graphics S.E. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics starts strategic business relationship with Roland DG

Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) , a leading developer and provider of software platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP®, announced today the start of a strategic business relationship with Roland DG Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and printer/cutters worldwide.

Akihiro Sadaki, Executive Officer and Division President of R&D for Roland DG, said, “To add value to our Roland VersaWorks Dual RIP and print management software supplied with our inkjet printers and to provide our customers with the ability to efficiently handle ever larger and complicated color files, we are excited to announce that we are adopting Global Graphics’ Harlequin RIP® engine. We value their track record and proven performance in the commercial printing market, especially in high-end graphic arts.”

“Under the long-term partnership” Sadaki continued, “we will be able to collaborate with the experienced and talented team of Global Graphics engineers who specialize in color management and screening technology to provide solid support for our customers. This agreement will also allow us to reduce lead time for getting our products to market while holding down development and maintenance costs.”

Yoshiyuki Hagiwara, Representative Director of Global Graphics K.K., said, “With this partnership, I look forward to extending our color management technology into Roland DG’s next generation printing and cutting technologies. In addition to expanding the range of our business, I am confident that we will enhance our RIP technology further through collaboration with Roland DG.”

Harlequin RIP® is widely acknowledged to be the fastest RIP engine available on the market and is quickly becoming the technology of choice for an increasing number of digital press solutions due to its ability to deliver fast and accurate page output times far in excess of the rated speed of the industry’s leading print devices. Additional features that press vendors can choose to integrate include color management and screening.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

Additional information is available at http://www.globalgraphics.com

About Roland DG Corporation
Roland DG Corporation is a leading manufacturer of products designed to help professionals and hobbyists transform their imagination into reality, including SOLJET, VersaCAMM, VersaUV and Texart series large-format inkjet devices, MDX milling and EGX engraving machines, CAMM-1 and STIKA vinyl cutters and MPX photo impact printers. In 2010, the company entered the healthcare market with Easy Shape DWX milling machines designed specifically for creating high-quality dental prosthetics. Roland DG also recently introduced the monoFab series of desktop 3D printers and milling machines for rapid prototyping and manufacturing. The company uses its proprietary cell production technology to manufacture products that are distributed worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.rolanddg.com

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Casio chooses Harlequin for new optional unit for office color printer

Global Graphics’ Harlequin Embedded RIP has been chosen by Casio Computer Co., Ltd ”Casio” to enhance their Japanese office color printer SPEEDIA GE6000 by adding native PostScript® and PDF support into its new optional unit.  Casio is a global company that develops and sells consumer electronics products such as calculators, watches, digital cameras, electronic instruments and system devices such as page printers, and handheld terminals all based on Casio core digital technology. Global Graphics is the developer of the Harlequin® RIP engine that provides high-performance rendering of page description languages for a wide range of printing devices from single function office printers to the latest generation of high-volume inkjet devices.
 
Casio plans to enhance the SPEEDIA GE6000, which can print at 38PPM in full color, to meet various market needs by supporting generic PDLs.  To do so, Casio decided to implement Harlequin Embedded RIP into GE6000-PSS-FUL (Enhancing PS Full-set) which will be Casio’s new option for SPEEDIA GE6000. Casio chose to license Global Graphics’ color management software, Harlequin ColorPro™, together with roman fonts and roman font emulation.  Using the Harlequin Embedded RIP, Casio could add native processing of PostScript® data with full PostScript® compatibility and PC-less direct print feature for PDF files.

Yuichi Tezuka, Senior General Manager of System Marketing & Sales Division, of Casio says, “I am very pleased Casio could release new product that incorporates Harlequin Embedded RIP as an enhancement option for Casio color page printer SPEEDIA GE6000. Casio has been considering launching a new printer that supports generic PDL formats to increase product value. Throughout our evaluation of multiple RIPs from multiple suppliers, Casio recognized that the Harlequin RIP is superior to other competitor’s RIPs concerning for appropriate price, technology level, performance, features, market results, and technical support so Casio decided to adopt Harlequin RIP. Casio is very satisfied that we could port the Harlequin RIP into the Casio print controller in a very short period of time”, he continues,  “with quick and appropriate Global Graphics technical support without changing hardware architecture at all.” I am hoping that Casio will be able to release future outstanding products by enhancing partnership with Global Graphics.”

Yoshiyuki Hagiwara, the Representative Director of Global Graphics K.K. said, “I am very honored that Global Graphics Harlequin Embedded RIP has been chosen by Casio via very strict comparison of multiple RIPs from multiple competitors to add PostScript® and PDF handling feature to SPEEDIA GE6000.　We have worked very hard to improve Harlequin Embedded RIP performance by assigning Global Graphics RIP core engineers during the last  few years.  As a result of this project our RIP performance has improved a lot on resource limited environment than former versions of the RIP.  I expect our printing and e-document technologies will be used in wide range of Casio products by enhancing our partnership."

The embedded version of the Harlequin RIP is ported onto the embedded controller inside printing devices. Its architecture gives manufacturer’s flexibility and reduces their development costs and time to market.  Manufacturers can license one or any combination of page description languages – PCL 5C, PCL 5e, PCL 6, PS®, PDF and XPS – add their own or a third party’s color management or screening, have a wide choice of font options, and achieve high-performance even with low resource usage.  It supports a wide range of SoCs and development environments.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.  Additional information is available at http://www.globalgraphics.com

About Casio
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of consumer electronics products and business equipment solutions. Since its establishment in 1957, Casio has strived to realize its corporate creed of “creativity and contribution” through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. Today, Casio’s offerings include timepieces, digital cameras, electronic dictionaries, calculators, musical instruments, page printers, handheld terminals, and others.

Global Graphics, Harlequin, the Harlequin logo, the Harlequin RIP, are trademarks of Global Graphics Software Limited which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.  Global Graphics is a trademark of Global Graphics S.E. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics and Software Imaging announce cooperation

Global Graphics and Software Imaging announced today that they have signed a cooperation agreement which will allow both companies to offer a broader range of products and services to office printer manufacturers, and software companies working in the Managed Print Services market.  Software Imaging provides printer driver technologies to the printer manufacturing and mobile device markets.  Global Graphics is the developer of Harlequin® Page Description Language software that is embedded on silicon chips inside devices.

Under the terms of the agreement Software Imaging will recommend Global Graphics’ Harlequin Embedded SDK as its preferred embedded software and Software Imaging will become Global Graphics preferred Printer Driver Partner.  Software Imaging will also integrate Global Graphics’ digital document software, which is branded gDoc, with its own PCL and PostScript® components, to provide printer vendors with document solutions within print-focussed applications and workflows.

Justin Bailey, Global Graphics’ VP of sales, says “Our ability to provide office printer manufacturers with a combination of the Harlequin embedded RIP, fonts, since our acquisition of the URW++ font foundry in September, and now printer drivers from Software Imaging is a winning combination of performance and price.

"Software Imaging’s role as a gDoc Services partner will enable us both to meet the needs of software companies working in the Managed Print Services market.”
 
Peter Lismer, Chief Executive of Software Imaging, says, “I have enjoyed a close association with Global Graphics for 17 years. Both companies have been widely respected for 30 years by their customers for the quality of their technologies and services . Trends in the printer manufacturer market have definitely changed and Justin is quite correct in saying that together we can offer our customers a winning combination of performance and price”.

The embedded version of the Harlequin RIP provides manufacturers with high-performance PDL interpretation and rendering even with only a handful of RAM.  Global Graphics licences its software directly to manufacturers of office printing devices to drive their single and multi-function printers, working alongside chip manufacturers such as Marvell.   In August 2015 Marvell announced that it had set a new performance standard with over 220 pages per minute PDL rendering on its 64-bit quad-core 88PA6270 using the Harlequin engine.

Software Imaging’s printer drivers are also used on some of the fastest office multi-function printers in the world. In partnership with Global Graphics, the two companies will optimize the performance of their respective technologies to deliver the very best results.

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Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.  Additional information is available at http://www.globalgraphics.com

About Software Imaging
Software Imaging is a developer of advanced software solutions for the printer manufacturing and mobile device markets. Customers include Ricoh, Epson, Riso and Roland DG. We supply all types of printer drivers, but also known for our supply of advanced workflow solutions involving mobile, secure document archiving and cloud based services. Software Imaging is based in Oxford, England with partner offices in Tokyo and Osaka. Additional information is available at http://www.softwareimaging.com.

Global Graphics, Harlequin, the Harlequin logo, the Harlequin RIP, are trademarks of Global Graphics Software Limited which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.  Global Graphics is a trademark of Global Graphics S.E. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

Software Imaging is a trademark of Software Imaging Limited which may be registered in certain jurisdictions

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Peter Lismer/Software Imaging
+44 (0)1865 989070

Lewald & Partner joins the Harlequin Partner Network

Lewald & Partner, the Garbsen/Hanover-based developer of software to edit, exchange, manage and impose print PDFs has joined the Harlequin Partner Network, Global Graphics’ partner program that brings together the ecosystem of software developers whose products are designed to work with the Harlequin RIP.

The Harlequin Partner Network formally recognizes the growing community of third-party software developers whose products are used in the same print workflow as the Harlequin RIP or alongside it inside a Digital Front End. There are hundreds of thousands of Harlequin RIP installations worldwide and the Partner Program is designed to maximize the value of the Harlequin RIP to those users. It creates a framework for third-party vendors to develop and integrate their products more efficiently so giving print shops access to a broad workflow of products from multiple vendors.

As a Harlequin Network Partner Lewald & Partner will collaborate with Global Graphics on technical and marketing activities. Jens Lewald, L & P Chief Technology Officer and his team are delighted about the partnership and to present the Harlequin RIP to a German audience. “The collaboration between Global Graphics and Lewald & Partner will allow us to seamlessly integrate any number of Harlequin RIPs to a RIP farm cluster. We will be able to provide a fully fledged workflow from a single page to CTP. Our customers will be able to increase their productivity as well as decrease their errors due to fully automated processing.“

Martin Bailey, Global Graphics Chief Technology Officer who leads the partnership programme, comments “The Harlequin Partner Network is all about building a cooperative environment for the many companies who develop solutions that work with the Harlequin RIP. Sharing product roadmaps and marketing information are compelling reasons to join and enable partners to be better prepared to offer services to the extensive Harlequin installed base worldwide.”

Members of the Harlequin Partner Network include Pageflex, Color-Logic, Ultimate TechnoGraphics, Hamillroad Software, Bodoni Systems, Dynagram, Alwan and abgraph and covers vendors of products used in newsprint and publishing, direct mail, packaging and wide format graphics.  

Companies who wish to join the Harlequin Partner Network can do so by visiting the website at www.globalgraphics.com/harlequin-partner-network, or by contacting Martin Bailey at martin.bailey@globalgraphics.com

Print shops using Harlequin technology – there are estimated to be hundreds of thousands of active installations world-wide – can look up which technology is complementary to their RIP from the list of partners and their products on the Global Graphics website.

Editors notes

About Lewald & Partner
Lewald & Partner’s software solutions support agencies, publishers and print shops to realize their print jobs quickly and at their best. As a longtime retailer for print- and media industry Lewald & Partner provides IT-systems and IT-protection, color management and proofing systems as well as print equipment such as ink, paper and further print accessories. Lewald & Partner customer base consists of local and national offset and digital print shops, commercial agencies as well as graphic and print industry businesses. Since establishment of Lewald & Partner in 1994 more than 1000 companies trust continuously our expertise. Lewald & Partner is located in Garbsen / Germany, near Hannover. http://www.lundp.de/en/

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of software platforms on which partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to Cambridge University, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near this iconic university town. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.  Additional information is available at http://www.globalgraphics.com.

Global Graphics is a trademark of Global Graphics S.E. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics
+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Ms Katja Mathan/Lewald and Partners
+49-5131-49 32-20
presse@lundp.de

Global Graphics : trading update for the quarter and the nine months ended 30 September 2015

GLOBAL GRAPHICS SE (Euronext: GLOG), a developer of software platforms for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications, provides a trading update for the third quarter and first nine months of the financial year ending 31 December 2015.

Operational highlights for the quarter ended 30 September 2015

·        Ricoh Europe have licensed the Group’s gDoc technology to enable Ricoh to develop digital document solutions that support flexible, mobile access to information.  During the quarter, Ricoh Europe launched Ricoh eBinder across the EMEA region via its 23 operating companies and their resellers. In addition to the standard Ricoh eBinder application, Ricoh will deliver customised versions to meet the requirements of large enterprises and selected vertical markets.

·        On 15 September 2015, the Company announced that it had acquired the entire issued share capital of URW++ Design & Development GmbH ("URW"), a font manufacturer located in Hamburg, Germany.  Part of the consideration was settled in cash and part was settled with Company shares.  A total of 925,926 new ordinary shares were created, increasing the number of issued shares from 10,289,781 to 11,215,707, resulting in a dilution of 8.26%.

·        The Group has been working with a number of inkjet press manufacturers that have been suffering with quality issues to develop entirely new half-tone screening technology for high-speed presses that can vary the amount of ink delivered in any one location on the media.  Significant improvements in output quality have already been achieved and further progress is expected over the coming months.  Martin Bailey, Global Graphics’ CTO, presented a session on this subject, titled "Colour management is not enough: achieving maximum inkjet quality with screening” at The Inkjet Conference on 7th October 2015.

More information about all of the above can be found in the news section of the Company’s website at http://www.globalgraphics.com/news/

Financial highlights for the quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2015

The following information is unaudited.

For the quarter ended 30 September 2015

·        Revenue for the quarter was €2.98 million (2014: €3.28 million).

·        The Company’s measure of adjusted operating profit or loss for the quarter was a profit of €0.10 million (2014: €0.98 million profit).

For the nine months ended 30 September 2015

·        Revenue for the period was €11.37 million (2014: €8.62 million).

·        The Company’s measure of adjusted operating profit or loss for the period was a profit of €3.08 million (2014: €1.98 million profit).

Non-recurring other expenses
During the quarter the Group expensed an amount of €0.15 million in relation to the expenses involved with the acquisition of URW.  No additional amount is expected to be incurred in relation to this matter.  The amount is not included in the aforementioned measure of adjusted operating profit for the quarter or nine months ended 30 September 2015.  It will be included in the unadjusted reported operating result for the current financial year in the Company’s year-end consolidated financial statements.

Cash
Cash at 30 September 2015 was €2.52 million (2014: €1.61 million).  The Group continues to have no outstanding debt, therefore, no interest payments or capital repayments out of cash flow are required.

Effect of URW
URW is included in the Group’s financial reporting with effect from 15 September 2015.  During the quarter, URW contributed revenue of €48,368 and an operating profit of €8,164 to the Group’s results.  The operating profit excludes any acquisition related expenses and amortisation that may arise from the acquisition accounting.

The net effect on cash during the period as a result of the acquisition was a reduction of €1.16 million.  The net outflow was made up of €2.00 million paid out for consideration, offset by €0.84 million of cash balances acquired.

Segment sales analysis

The following table provides information about revenue for the Group’s operating segments for the quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2015, with URW font sales being reported as a separate operating segment.

Quarter ended 30 September
Nine months ended 30 September
€ 000s
2015
2014
2015
2014
Print
2,465
1,991
9,581
6,885
eDoc
466
1,292
1,738
1,735
Fonts
48
–
48
–
Total revenue
2,979
3,283
11,367
8,620

On 4 March 2014, the Company announced that it had signed a contract to license its Harlequin technology to a global manufacturer of office printing devices to drive their single function, multi-function and production printers.  During the quarter, €0.12 million (2014: €0.25 million) was recognised as revenue from this new contract, making a total of €3.59 million that has been recognised as revenue during the nine months ended 30 September 2015 (2014: €2.61 million).

Strategic market sales analysis

The following table shows the revenue attributable to each of the strategic markets for the quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2015.

Quarter ended 30 September
Nine months ended 30 September
€ 000s
2015
2014
2015
2014
High-speed
729
713
1,838
1,484
In-house
89
74
120
88
Office
764
1,593
5,578
4,466
Traditional
1,349
903
3,783
2,582
Fonts
48
–
48
–
Total revenue
2,979
3,283
11,367
8,620

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics
+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Graeme Huttley/ Global Graphics
+44 1223 926472

Global Graphics SE reports a change in major shareholdings

Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) discloses notification of a change in major shareholdings in the Company’s shares.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN MAJOR SHAREHOLDING

On 8 October 2015, the Company received notification from Parana Management Corp BVBA that, as a result of the Company’s capital increase on Friday 25 September 2015, they had on an aggregate basis crossed below the threshold of 8.00%, to 7.537% of voting rights in the Company’s shares.

The content of the notification received is shown below.

Name of the shareholder:
Parana Management Corp BVBA
Contact name:
Guido Van der Schueren
Contact telephone number:
+32 475 84 47 78
Reason for notification:
Increase in the issuer’s share capital
Date threshold crossed:
25 September 2015
Date of notification:
8 October 2015
Threshold crossed/reached:
8%

Voting rights:

Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction		 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares		 Number
of
Voting
Rights		 Number
of shares		 Number of voting
rights		 % of  voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary Shares of €0.40 each
840,000
840,000
840,000
840,000
None
7.537%
–

Total voting rights
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
840,000 7.537%

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.    

Contact

Graeme Huttley
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472
Email: graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Jill Taylor
Corporate Communications Director
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489
Email: jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics SE reports a change in major shareholdings

Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) discloses notification of a change in major shareholdings in the Company’s shares.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN MAJOR SHAREHOLDING

On 28 September 2015, the Company received notification from Stichting Andlinger & Co. Euro-Foundation that, as a result of the Company’s capital increase on Friday 25 September 2015, they had on an aggregate basis crossed below the threshold of 19.00%, to 18.23% shareholding in the Company’s shares.

The content of the notification received is shown below.

Name of the shareholder:
Stichting Andlinger & Co. Euro-Foundation
Contact name:
Johan Volckaerts
Contact telephone number:
+3226478070
Reason for notification:
Increase in the issuer’s share capital
Date threshold crossed:
25 September 2015
Date of notification:
28 September 2015
Threshold crossed/reached:
19%

Voting rights:

Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction		 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares		 Number
of
Voting
Rights		 Number
of shares		 Number of voting
rights		 % of  voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary Shares of €0.40 each
2,032,011
2,032,011
2,032,011
2,032,011
None
18.23%
–

Total voting rights
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
2,032,011 18.23%

Editors notes

About Global Graphics

Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

Contact

Graeme Huttley
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472
Email: graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Jill Taylor
Corporate Communications Director
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489
Email: jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics: Share capital increase

GLOBAL GRAPHICS SE (Euronext: GLOG), a developer of software platforms for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications, announces today that it has increased its share capital.

As authorised by Resolution 12 that was passed at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 28 April 2015, the Board has today increased the Company’s share capital by allotting 925,926 new Ordinary shares as part of the consideration for the acquisition of the share capital of URW++ Design & Development GmbH, as announced on 15 September 2015.

The total number of Ordinary shares issued by the Company has increased from 10,289,781 to 11,215,707, with 70,519 held in treasury.  The total number of voting rights is therefore 11,145,188.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics

Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

Contact

Graeme Huttley
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472
Email: graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Jill Taylor
Corporate Communications Director
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489
Email: jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics shares advances in high-speed inkjet quality at The Inkjet Conference Duesseldorf

How do you achieve the optimum image quality on a high-speed inkjet press? That’s the question posed by Martin Bailey, Global Graphics’ CTO, at the Inkjet Conference, Düsseldorf which opens on 7th October.

With one inkjet press manufacturer describing droplet placement while inkjet printing at high-speed like “high-level bombing in a gale” the subject is a topic of much debate in the industry with many press manufacturers frustrated in the knowledge that they are not yet able to get the most out of their high-speed presses.  

Which is why for many months, Global Graphics Software has been working with a number of inkjet press manufacturers to develop entirely new half-tone screening technology for presses that can vary the amount of ink delivered in any one location on the media.  

“The partners we are working with have already seen significant improvements to their output and we’re still at the exploratory stage,” says Martin Bailey, Global Graphics’ CTO. “We’ll be sharing some samples at The Inkjet Conference in Düsseldorf (October 7th and  8th http://www.theijc.com/ ) and we’d  like to encourage other manufacturers to try it for themselves.”

“Every UV inkjet press vendor we speak to has problems with droplets ‘randomly’ coalescing at some tone values, leading to an uneven or streaky effect,” Bailey continues. “In the same way aqueous inkjet vendors suffer from the loss of extreme highlights in a way that’s reminiscent of flexography. Both are affected significantly by media selection, but most press vendors struggle to prevent their customers from using the most cost effective media at the quality they require and cannot avoid the issues by recommending different media.”

““Colour management is very important, but it’s not enough. If you haven’t got the right screening to apply no amount of colour management will give you the image quality you need. If you’re printing graphics, images, graduations and anything else that requires a full range of tonality, the half-tone screening that we’re developing is what you will need to avoid artefacts.  It works hand in hand with good colour management.”

A halftone screen persuades the human eye to see a tone or colour that is not actually there by marking areas that are too small to be resolved individually. The physics of inkjet printing leads to challenges such as losing highlights or pseudo-random coalescing of dots on the media, challenges which can best be addressed with the results of Global Graphics’ development.  

Martin Bailey’s session is titled “Colour management is not enough: achieving maximum inkjet quality with screening” and will take place at The Inkjet Conference on 7th October.  Watch the video preview http://bit.ly/1JkbqBy
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About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.  Additional information is available at http://www.globalgraphics.com

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