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LuraTech Europe GmbH
Press Information
January 18th, 2006
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PDF Tools AG and LuraTech establish PDF/A Center of Competence
(Berlin, Germany and Winkel, Switzerland). Last year, the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) designated PDF/A as a standard for
long-term archiving. This standard provides assurance to companies and public
agencies that documents archived in PDF/A format will maintain their appearance
and accessibility regardless of which applications and systems were used to
create them. The newly established PDF/A Center of Competence of the compression
specialists LuraTech and PDF Tools AG provides extensive support for questions
about the new standard and its implementation. The two companies complement each
other ideally in their specialties: PDF Tools AG emphasizes the analysis,
creation and processing of digital PDF files, while LuraTech is renowned for its
expertise for highly compressed, scanned PDF documents.
PDF/A is the ISO 19005-1 standard for long-term archiving, based on PDF format.
It defines a specific profile for using PDF in long-term archiving. The syntax
specifies in detail what content is allowed and what is not. These and other
specifications are intended to ensure long-term readability of documents
regardless of the application software and operating system in which they were
originally produced. Experts predict that the designation of PDF/A as an ISO
standard will promote the popularity of that format, and advantages such as full
text search capabilities will lead to it replacing TIFF in the near future.
Dr. Hans Baerfuss, CEO of PDF Tools AG, had the following comment on the new
standard: "PDF/A will become the standard format for long-term storage of
electronic documents. Company-wide knowledge bases, existing today as documents,
must be validated and migrated to the latest standard to maintain their value
for the future. Together with our partner LuraTech we intend to use the PDF/A
Center of Competence as a vehicle for leveraging our expertise and helping
interested parties achieve this goal quickly and securely."
Carsten Heiermann, managing director of LuraTech Europe GmbH, added: "Since
the publication of the PDF/A standard in autumn 2005, we have observed
considerable interest and a high demand for information from many users and
providers of DMS systems. The comprehensive expertise of both companies will
enable us to provide sound answers for all the tasks and challenges involving
PDF/A. We are particularly pleased to establish this Center of Competence with
our partner of many years, PDF Tools AG."
PDF Tools AG has years of experience in the development and sale of standalone
PDF programming tools and is a leading international supplier of PDF
technologies. The company's core competencies are the analysis, processing and
creation of PDF and PDF/A compliant documents.PDF Tools AG has performed
analyses of more than 50,000 customer documents and thus has extensive
experience with the specifics of everyday document processing and archiving. The
company offers a number of services associated with PDF/A, including consulting,
support for workflow optimization and developing a PDF/A compliant business
process. Another emphasis is the use of tools for analyzing PDF files and
testing for PDF/A compliance as well as tools for converting PDF files into
PDF/A compliant files.
LuraTech Europe GmbH, a recognized specialist for file formats and compression,
provides products that are easy to integrate and meet ISO standards, together
with company-wide support. LuraDocument PDF products enable users to convert
their scanned documents and existing PDFs into highly compressed and full text
searchable PDF files. These will also soon be compatible with PDF/A.
The compressed PDF files can be read using Adobe Acrobat version 5.0 or later,
which is available free of charge. The minimization of file sizes facilitates
the exchange of information between companies or via the Internet. Smaller files
mean significantly faster downloads and data transfer. Many organizations are
already enjoying the benefits of using the PDF Compressor.
The competence center can be reached at the following e-mail addresses:
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Contact LuraTech
LuraTech Europe GmbH
www.luratech.com
Fon.: +49 (0)30 / 39 40 50-0
Fax: +49 (0)30 / 39 40 50-99
info@luratech.com
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Please get in touch if you have any questions or require more information:
North American media contact:
Lori Vierthaler
Phone: 316-992-8271
E-Mail: lori@viercomm.net
European media contact:
Nicole Körber
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Phone: +49 (0)451 / 8 81 99 - 12
E-Mail: luratech@goodnews.de
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