Bellissima DMS Available In India
Prepress company Hamillroad Software has appoint- ed Digiflex, a flexographic plate-making company ba- saed in Hyderabad, India, to take its Bellissima DMS screening to market. Global Graphics Completes HYBRID Acquisition Global Graphics PLC has successfully completed its acquisition of the HYBRID Software Group S.à r.l. from Congra Software S.à r.l, following the passing of a shareholder resolution at a General Meeting held on January 8. HYBRID Software is a group of software develop- ment and marketing companies focused on enterprise software for the graphic arts industry, with a strong focus on labels and packaging. It becomes the fourth subsidiary company in the Global Graphics group and sits alongside Global Graphics Software, Meteor Inkjet and Xitron. The acquisition roughly doubles the size of the Glob- al Graphics group of companies in terms of headcount, expanding the global workforce to around 250 people. It adds several more operating locations to the group through HYBRID Software’s offices in Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France and the United States. Flint Establishes Xsys Prepress Flint Group has taken over Xeikon’s prepress divi- sion and used it as the basis for a new prepress divi- sion, Xsys, which will also include Flint’s own plates, images and sleeves and be aimed at the flexo and let- terpress markets. Xsys will be made up of three subdivisions — Pre- press, Plates and Sleeves — each with its own P&L and revenue targets. Dagmar Schmidt, who was promoted to President of Flint’s Flexographic Group last year, will continue as President of Xsys. The new company will keep all of Flint’s established brands, including Nyloflex and Nyloprint plates, pro- cessors and Xpress imagers, as well as the ThermoF- lexX and Catena imagers and Nylosolv washout solvent plus the Rotec sleeves and adaptors.The company will continue with its efforts in thermal processing as an alternative to using solvent but will not develop wa- ter-washable plate solutions. Xsys will operate as a wholly owned subsidiairy of Flint Group.
6 January 18, 2021 Flexo Market News
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