Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has won eight MUST SEE ‘EMS awards—the most presented to any participant. The company shared details about its range of award-winning products at Graph Expo 2016, held from 24 to 26 September at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
EFI’s performance in the 2016 awards program marks the sixth consecutive year that the company has earned the most MUST SEE ‘EMS honors of any exhibitor. These eight wins have taken EFI’s MUST SEE ‘EMS award count to 52 over the last six years. The EFI strategy of proactive product innovation recognized by the MUST SEE ‘EMS awards enables important advances for customers, who are able to boost productivity, efficiency and business opportunities as they develop a stronger profit advantage in their businesses.
One such customer, Californiabased Studio Blue benefits from using several EFI technologies that have received the awards, including EFI Fiery Color Profiler Suite and Fiery JobMaster software. These products have helped the company produce jobs 25% faster, with better quality. “We find that we have much better control over color with our EFI Fiery workflow, and that has helped us double our cut-sheet digital print volumes,” shared Bob Barker, Studio Blue’s operations manager. EFI’s 2016 MUST SEE ‘EMS award-winning products, with categories shown in parenthesis, include.
EFI Fiery Color Profiler Suite G7 calibration and verification (Color Management and Quality Control); EFI Digital Marketing Automation Platform (Variable, Transactional and Multi-Channel); EFI Nozomi C18000 single-pass corrugated board digital press (Pressroom: Digital Presses); EFI AquaEndure Inks (Pressroom: Wide Format); EFI Armor Erase UV Coating (Pressroom: Wide Format); EFI and Esko integrated workflow for digital packaging (Management Systems); EFI Corrugated Packaging Suite (Management Systems); and EFI Optitex Collaborate software (Prepress and Premedia).
“We are thrilled that, for the sixth year in a row, EFI’s innovations have led the industry in this highly respected industry competition,” said Ghilad Dziesietnik, EFI’s chief technology officer. “Our growing, multi-year streak receiving the most awards of any Graph Expo exhibitor is a happy and welcome by-product of having an unwavering commitment to R&D that results in real customer success.”