(openPR) ZAANDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (October 17, 2005) — Numerous newspaper groups around the world are switching to the industry’s most powerful and popular editorial solutions — WoodWing Software’s Smart Connection Enterprise™ and Smart Connection Pro™.
WoodWing officials say there are currently newspapers in seven countries and four continents using Smart Connection Pro or Enterprise, making them among the fastest-growing editorial systems in the world.
“We’re extremely excited to see the growth that Smart Connection has experienced in the newspaper industry,” said Erik Schut, President of WoodWing Software. “We’ve especially seen tremendous growth in the past year. What’s happening is that more and more newspaper publishers are realizing that Smart Connection will make their jobs easier and more efficient, and will improve their editorial workflow tremendously.”
The two versions of Smart Connection — Pro and Enterprise — are the industry’s leading editorial solutions for Adobe® InDesign® and InCopy®. Smart Connection Enterprise recently hit an important milestone, as it marked its 100th installation worldwide.
“What’s really impressive about that is that it took just over a year for us to hit the century mark with Smart Connection Enterprise,” said Brian Kruger, CEO of WoodWing USA. “Publications of all types and sizes are realizing all the benefits that Smart Connection has to offer. And that’s especially true in the newspaper world. The growth we’ve seen in that segment of the industry has been absolutely amazing.”
There are newspaper groups throughout North America, South America, Europe and Africa that have made the switch to Smart Connection Pro and Enterprise.
Recent additions in include newspapers like Kidsweek in the Netherlands and the Mail & Guardian and Die Wereld in South-Africa.
In the United States newspaper groups that are using Smart Connection include companies like the Albuquerque Newspaper Group in New Mexico, Today’s Daily News in San Diego and the Seattle Daily Journal.
There is also a tremendous growth of installs in Mexico, several new companies have signed on in the last few months, including El Mañana in Nuevo Laredo, El Expresso in Hermosillo, Ultima Hora in Leon, La Vanguardia in Saltillo and AM in Leon. In Guatemala, Nuesto Diario of Guatemala City is a Smart Connection newspaper, while La Nación in Santiago, Chile, has also switched to the WoodWing system.
Schut predicted that with the enhancements that have been made to Smart Connection Enterprise, the list of newspapers installing the system will continue to grow.
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”Smart Connection Pro and Enterprise have so much to offer any to type of publication. We’re especially excited, though, about the reaction we’ve been getting in the newspaper community. Once they get a look at Smart Connection, they realize it has everything they need and more.” added Kruger.
About WoodWing
Since 1997, WoodWing Software engineers have worked with the Adobe InDesign engineering team to develop plug-ins and solutions for Adobe InDesign and InCopy. Through a combination of publishing industry experience and a deep knowledge of the Adobe InDesign/InCopy architecture, WoodWing Software offers solutions, productivity tools and plug-ins that make publishing with these programs faster, easier and much more effective.
Its products include Smart Catalog, Smart Layout, Smart Styles and the acclaimed Smart Connection family of editorial solutions. WoodWing is based in Zaandam, The Netherlands, with U.S. operations headquartered in Detroit.
