CompuMedia German prepress specialist and sister company CrossMedia, providers of digital production and publishing workflow solutions use Dalim software to manage production workflows

Pre-press specialist CompuMedia and sister company CrossMedia rely on DALiM TWiST, the fastest, most flexible automated workflow system available today, to automate their production workflows and to support a new ad portal service for international publisher Motorpresse for easy and secure ad creation and submission to over 30 newspaper titles.

CompuMedia and CrossMedia are based in Munich, Germany and together offer a wide range of prepress and production services, including ad, newspaper, catalogue and free-sheet production, image preparation, conversion and archiving, text layout, proof reading, Internet publication solutions and design, production, management and hosting of online solutions.

The prepress and production companies use the award-winning DALiM TWiST system to handle a highly automated production workflow for newspaper and catalogue production for high-profile global publishers and companies. These include Motorpresse Verlag, Süddeutsche Zeitung Verlag, Europa-Fachpresse Verlag, Münchner Wochenblatt Verlags- und Werbegesellschaft and BMW. These publishers titles include widely recognised regional and national German newspapers and magazines such as Motorrad, auto motor und sport, Men's Health, Runner's World, SZ Magazin and W&V (Werben & Verkaufen), as well as publications in China, South America and Eastern and Southern Europe.

DALiM TWiST is a feature-rich package that offers such  performance features as JDF-driven file preflighting and imposition, web-based job tracking, file submission and production of print-predictable PDFs. CompuMedia has found that its DALiM TWiST powered production workflow is faster than any other solution they have used previously.  The company enjoys the freedom and flexibility, which the modular DALiM TWiST allows, to build specific workflows to suit their needs.

CrossMedia develops solutions for publishers, and using DALiM TWiST has developed an advertising portal solution for Motorpresse Stuttgart, which publishes over 200 lifestyle and motoring newspapers and catalogues worldwide. This online service allows advertisers to book, upload and immediately deliver their ads direct to the chosen publication from Motorpress Verlag's 30+ titles, securely and cost-effectively. Advertisers and publishers no longer experience the inconvenience of missing or incorrect files, which can often occur when files are sent by CD, tape or email. The online portal saves time and money by cutting expenditure on late copy charges, additional handling charges, couriers and proof production. This system is very successful, with MotoPresse receiving over 90% of its ads through this easy-to-use and highly automated system.