Hybrid Software acquires Conics

Hybrid Software has acquired Conics, a software development and consultancy firm for the printing and packaging industry based in Ypres, Belgium.  

Conics specializes in partnering with customers to assist the selection and implementation of graphical software and bridges gaps with custom development and integration services. 

Hybrid Software CEO Mike Rottenborn stated: ‘Our strategy has always been to build from our core competency of high-end graphical software for labels and packaging, then strengthen that with targeted acquisitions of complementary technologies. With the addition of Conics, we strengthen our position in project management and consultancy. Their experience in successfully delivering complex projects is a perfect complement to our existing expertise and is increasingly requested by printers and brands. 

In addition, Conics’ expertise in AI and in particular its products are a perfect fit with Hybrid's own offering for labels and packaging.

'We are planning to jointly develop even more innovative software solutions that will have a significant impact on the labels and packaging industry,' Rottenborn said. 

Conics’ founders Dries Maerten and Frederic Vandelanotte confirmed this.  

‘We are excited to become part of the Hybrid Software family. We know their software well, having executed many high-profile integrations of Hybrid’s Cloudflow workflow over the last several years,’ Vandelanotte said. 

‘We will remain a separate business unit of Hybrid Software and will continue to operate out of our offices in Ypres. We integrate software solutions from many industry vendors as required by our customers, and this will continue in the future,’ confirmed Maerten.