Advanced workflow solutions for newspaper publishing on tablets and smartphones and increased efficiencies and cost-savings in newspaper print production from Agfa Graphics can be found at the World Publishing Expo 2013 (IFRA Expo & Conference) next month in Berlin. Agfa Graphics will present the broadest variety of print and mobile publishing solutions for newspapers at WPE, during which visitors to the Agfa Graphics booth (Hall 2.2.540) will be the first in the world to see the all-new Arkitex Production, the latest, most intelligent newspaper prepress workflow to date.
Arkitex Eversify (Hall 3.2.Counter N, www.eversify.me), Agfa Graphics' mobile publishing solution, enables newspaper publishers to create a native app for their titles, offering a high-quality mobile reader experience on different smartphones and tablets. Arkitex Eversify makes it easy for local, regional, national and international newspapers to have a satisfying mobile reproduction without the tremendous investment of time or finances.
"Agfa Graphics' deep roots and experience in the newspaper publishing industry has resulted in the creation of Arkitex Eversify. Every day more than 520 million newspapers are sold globally and Agfa Graphics' products play a major role in the creation of more than half of them," said Bobby Grauf, Newspaper Segment Manager, Agfa Graphics. "Arkitex Eversify offers newspaper publishers fast start-up into mobile publishing for the best tablet and smartphone reading experience for consumers, whilst offering advertisers a genuinely new platform to promote their products and services. Detailed analytics captured by Arkitex Eversify deliver publishers and advertisers a new range of value-added insight into their readership."
In addition to advanced mobile publishing workflow solutions, Agfa Graphics will be demonstrating its industry-leading portfolio of prepress products for fast, reliable and cost-efficient newspaper production.
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Paul Adriaensen
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