CIP4 Announces 2007 International Award Program Winners

In the category of “Biggest improvement in efficiency and customer responsiveness as a result of process automation”, BVD Druck & Verlag AG (Liechtenstein) took first place with an application that featured and end-to-end JDF-enabled integration project that began in 2003 and will be completed in 2008. The current system includes JDF-enabled integration via Heidelberg’s Prinect Integration System, Prinect Printready System, Prinect SignaStation, Prinect MetaDimension and Prinect Pressroom Manager and BVD is in the process of integrating postpress operations by adding Heidelberg’s Prinect Postpress Manager and will complete the implementation by tying a Xerox iGen3 with a Spire RIP into the JDF workflow with Heidelberg’s Prinect Digital Print Manager. According to BVD’s application, “The data for job production and the permanent monitoring of the production process (tracking) are consolidated into one system that offers easy access to absolutely reliable information for all th