Hybrid Software Group Strategic report Governance Financial statements Other information Hybrid Software Group PLC Annual Report 2022 16 17 BUSINESS SEGMENTS Hybrid Software Group PLC Annual Report 2022 Enterprise software Under the HYBRID Software brand, we offer specialised production software designed primarily for labels and packaging, including native PDF workflow and editing, variable data embellishment and imposition, enterprise cloud and SaaS solutions, scalable technology with low cost of ownership, and direct integration with leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and output devices. HYBRID Software’s products are based on the company’s extensive experience in the labels and packaging industry as well as their commitment to industry standards: no proprietary or legacy file formats are used by HYBRID Software’s products, only industry standard formats like PDF and TIFF™. Our products are used by more than 1,000 customers worldwide in all areas of pre-press and printing, including labels and packaging, folding cartons, corrugated, and wide format. HYBRID Software’s products are used both for conventional and digital printing processes. Although HYBRID Software does have OEM customers who manufacture equipment for package printing, most of its customers are end users: companies who print and convert labels and packaging to support brands and consumer product companies. Selling directly to end users requires specially trained employees in all major markets worldwide to provide sales, support, training, installation and integration services, and these employees are critical to the success of HYBRID Software. The Company’s business segments are: Enterprise software – file preparation and workflow automation for print manufacturing Printhead solutions – electronics and software for industrial inkjet devices Printing software – graphic processing engines for fast and high-quality digital output Enterprise software continued... Executive Chairman Guido Van der Schueren joins the team on the booth at Print4All, Milan. HYBRID Software’s iC3D Suite was updated with new features and enhancements including an optimised shrink sleeve template. The award-winning iC3D Suite was the first all-in-one design software specifically developed for packaging designers and converters. HYBRID Software created a unique gateway to cuttingedge solutions through access to the PACKZ and STEPZ in-app solutions store. Available solutions enable users to build prepress services quickly and more accurately with ready-made dynamic marks, augmented infopanels, swatch libraries, and colour books. In action at Gulf Print & Pack 2022 in Dubai. Getting down to business at ExpoPrint, Sao Paulo, Brazil. HYBRID Software’s booth at Graphispag in Spain was printed entirely on corrugated board. Key Products • CLOUDFLOW: A modular production workflow suite for file processing, asset management, soft proofing and workflow automation. It is a flexible application platform specifically tailored for packaging graphics with support for, among other things, PDF colour separation, trapping, layout, and variable data as well as rasterisation and screening using the Company’s leading Harlequin Core RIP. CLOUDFLOW can run on physical hardware as well as in public or private cloud computing environments. • PACKZ: The professional PDF editor for packaging and label production using any printing method: flexography, offset lithography, gravure, as well as digital printing. PACKZ operates on native PDF files and utilizes 64-bit multi-processing and multi- threading facilities for high performance. PACKZ provides a “Swiss Army Knife” containing a full set of tools for packaging pre-press, and its support for native PDF eliminates the need for file conversions or proprietary file formats. • STEPZ: A specialised production tool derived from PACKZ but with a feature set aimed specifically at digital printing of labels and packaging. STEPZ contains the same powerful tools for layout and variable data as PACKZ but drops functionality such as trapping which is not required for digital printing. • iC3D is a full software suite that generates photorealistic 3D virtual mock-ups and offers a large library of modelling templates for digital packaging design and prototyping.
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