Midtown Printing Co., Inc.(MPCI), a Davao-based printer, was awarded the first ever ISO 12647-2 Certification from Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG in the Philippines.
This was announced by Leonilo G. Claudio, Chairman and CEO of Midtown.
The ISO 12647-2 Certificate was awarded last December 2, 2014 during the HPH Digital Event at Manila Peninsula Hotel Makati City. The award was presented by Mr. Ralph Streng, HPH SSU Managing Director and Mr. Eugene Marquez –HPH Business Unit Manager (Prinect& CtP) PCM/ISO 12647-2 Project Manager and Mr. Noel Soquerata – HPH Business Unit Manager (Press, Postpress & Remarketed Equipment). Mr. Alpha Alexander C. Atega, VP for Print & Production, received the Certificate on behalf of Midtown, Claudio said.
Heidelberg Philippines Inc. (HPH) & Heidelberg Graphics Taiwan Ltd. (HTW) Technical Team composed of Mr. Dennis Huang – Project Team Leader, HTW Press Application Engineer, Mr. Arci Calamanan HPH – Senior Technical Application Specialist (Prepress Cons), Mr. Andre Pingol – HPH Technical Application Specialist (Press Cons), Mr. Jeffrey Obstaculo – HPH Systems Application Engineer (Prepress Software) and Mr. Romeo Agapito – HPH Press Application Engineer evaluated and conducted the first ever ISO 12647-2 Certification Project from August 11 – 21, 2014 in Midtown Plant located in Toril, Davao City.
The whole project includes consultation that defines the standardization of the print process through printing. Starting from prepress linearization of the plates and process calibration, to saving the print characteristic curves on the RIP. Ink presetting curves, pre-inkingand speed compensation was also adjusted for optimum quality assurance. The ICC profiles generated from the color calibration test from were being calculated on the Prinect profile tool to establish the least Delta in the LAB color values.
After a series of tests and careful evaluation, the results were consolidated and sent to Heidelberg Germany for final evaluation and certification. The result was released six weeks later and Midtown Printing was cited to have Satisfactorily Passed the ISO 12647-2 Certification, which is valid for two years.
Established in 1967 by the Claudio family, Midtown started as a small-scale printer and has continuously upgraded to become one of the country’s well-established printing companies in the industry today. The company earned its stead from the trust and confidence of satisfied customers for decades of well-founded experience. Midtown started printing school publications and yearbooks as early as 1970. In 1998, Midtown opened its doors to the academic community by publishing its own line of preschool books, authored and illustrated by local talents, and carefully prepared to enhance classroom experience of young learners. Midtown then opened its own photography studio, which later expanded to a multimedia service doing video coverage for special events, producing interactive yearbook in DVDs, and a wide range of multimedia and graphic services, Claudio added.
Midtown is equipped with the latest state of the art printing technology integrated from prepress to press systems which includes Heidelberg Speedmaster SM74-4 four color press with inline measuring device Prinect Easy Control spectrophotometer, Heidelberg Suprasetter A75/ATL online processor CtP Imaging System, and Heidelberg Prinect Workflow (Prepress Manager) Automated System.
As ISO 12647-2 certified, Midtown Printing will greatly improve in terms of print
quality and productivity. This also means less paper wastage and fast make-ready with the standardization of print color management, Claudio concluded.
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