GMG and Sun Chemical announce partnership

GMG, a supplier of color management products, has partnered with Sun Chemical to integrate spot color definitions from the ink company into the GMG contone and halftone proofing products GMG ColorProof, FlexoProof and DotProof. The arrangement provides a means for GMG software to connect via the internet to the Sun Chemical SmartColour Engine, a centralized, spot-color database comprising over 250,000 identities. This is intended to result in more accurate spot color results on proofs, supporting the potential to drive the adoption of digital spot color definitions, in lieu of ink swatches or physical samples.

Paul Willems, CEO of GMG, said: ‘The already powerful GMG proofing solutions are now even more appealing for packaging service providers, including pre-press and designers. With a large and growing base of established packaging users, the partnership is a means for GMG to better support current prepress customers, and an opportunity to also serve an increased number of packaging design companies.’

Since 2007, Sun Chemical has been developing a central, web-based library of spot color information, including spectral data and various metadata, as well as tonal color and descriptive parameters. The data is used by leading brands as well as Sun's internal color matching operations to yield spot color inks that match brand and design expectations, and yield global consistency.

Patrice Aurenty, global leader of Sun Chemical's SmartColour group, said: ‘Without the groundbreaking proofing technology that GMG provides, the adoption of a digital spot-color workflow is difficult to execute, especially on highly-chromatic colors as well as throughout the tonal range. Wider gamut inkjet technology, new substrates and color management technology have all converged to provide a technical platform that is capable of making full use of the Sun SmartColour platform, and we are particularly excited to be announcing this partnership today.’

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