Tuebingen (January 4, 2012) - GMG announces that effective January 1, Saul Arana has joined GMG Latin America as Technical Manager. Mr. Arana has spent his career specializing in color management, process production design, and training in Latin America.
Reporting directly to Paulo Monteiro, Business Manager, Latin America, but closely integrated with the GMG Americas technical support group, Mr. Arana will be responsible for all activities dealing with technical service for GMG software, including training and support for dealers and customers. Arana will also organize all technical presentations, and translations of technical materials for Latin America.
Based in Peru, Mr. Arana has spent nearly fifteen years operating ColorGroup, a color consultancy business, in Latin America. The company has been dedicated exclusively to color management as it relates to all specialized hardware or software color tools. During these years, Arana has been a close advisor to GMG and has assisted in the implementation of many color managed workflows and color solutions applying GMG technologies. Saul also operated his own small digital printing business, CusiData Printing house, and was IT Manager of Microland, the largest Apple Computer dealer in Peru. Mr. Arana began his career as a developer on the Apple platform for Xerox Corporation. Arana was educated with degrees in Food Science and Food Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Agraria "La Molina". He has also taken a number of high-end desktop publishing training courses on Apple technology, in partnership with other brands during his years on Xerox and Microland. Mr. Arana is fluent in both Spanish and English.
"GMG is very fortunate to have an exceptional technical expert such as Saul Arana on our staff. He has the expertise and leadership skills, as well as years of experience with GMG and other color management tools. Saul is an extremely important resource for all our dealers and customers throughout Latin America," comments Paulo Monteiro. "GMG Latin America integrates many functions with GMG Americas -- such as order processing and warehousing, but the addition of Saul Arana allows us to make more specific product and service centric decisions that best serve our customers in Latin America."
Saul Arana can be reached at saul.arana@gmgcolor.com.
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About GMG: GMG is a leading developer and supplier of high-end color management software solutions, founded in 1984 and located in Tuebingen, Germany. With more than 25 years of experience in the graphic arts industry, the GMG brand is synonymous with a guarantee for high-quality solutions for everything to do with color. GMG's goal is to provide complete solutions for standardizing and simplifying the color management workflow in order to achieve consistent colors on all media types and with any printing technology. Today, more than 11,000 systems are in use among customers around the globe. These span a wide range of industries and application areas including advertising agencies, prepress houses, offset, flexo, packaging, digital, and large-format printers as well as international gravure printers. GMG is represented by branches and authorized dealers the world over.
About the GMG solutions: Based on the 4-D color-transformation engine, the proofing solution GMG ColorProof provides the most accurate way of calibrating digital inkjet proofing devices to produce contract color proofs precisely matched to the printing process. GMG DotProof® enables users to generate contract quality halftone proofs, using the original bitmap data of the output RIP. GMG FlexoProof is specifically tailored to the needs of the packaging industry, simulating any kind of substrate structures and spot colors in the halftone proof. GMG ProofControl guarantees reliable and complete quality control of digital color proofs based on a defined standard. GMG ProofMedia is a range of proofing-specific substrates manufactured to strict tolerances specifically for color critical applications.
www.proofr.com is an internet platform enabling online proofing services in GMG quality through a worldwide network of remote proofing locations. GMG ColorServer, with automatic hotfolder technology and based on the Adobe® PDF Library, provides fully automatic color conversions for all printing processes - CMYK-to-CMYK, RGB-to-CMYK and RGB-to-RGB. The GMG SmartProfiler wizard allows the profiling and calibration of different output devices, such as digital presses or large format systems, easily and quickly. GMG InkOptimizer automatically reduces chromatic colors, thus providing cost savings by reducing unnecessary ink usage, along with better print stability on press. GMG FlowConnect enables the complete integration of the color management solutions GMG ColorServer and GMG InkOptimizer into current workflow systems. GMG PrintControl is an easy-to-use solution for standardizing printing presses and effective process control in the pressroom.
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