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ColorBase Announces Participation in Mimaki Digital Textile Microfactory Event

By Lukas Ungerman | 2024-10-24 10:55

Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands – 21 October, 2024 ColorBase is excited to announce its participation in the upcoming Mimaki Digital Textile Microfactory event, taking place on October 30th, 2024, at the Mimaki facility in Los Angeles. This event, organized by Mimaki USA, will focus on the latest advancements in digital textile printing, with…

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Brother and ColorBase are launching profiles for the Brother WF1-L640 – we are proud to collaborate!

By Kai Chaplin | 2024-06-13 13:27

Brother and ColorBase are collaborating on the WF1-L640 Launching Profiles Program, whereby ColorBase profiles a selection of premium print materials, enabling purchasers of Brother’s newest wide format printer to hit the ground running. We are creating 2 profiles for 48 different materials from prominent material manufacturers such…

Announcing the Fujifilm Acuity Prime Hybrid Launching Materials Program – ColorBase is proud to play a part!

By Kai Chaplin | 2024-04-03 10:30

The Launching Materials Program – What Is It? Fujifilm and ColorBase are collaborating on the Fujifilm Acuity Prime Hybrid Launching Materials Program, whereby ColorBase profiles a selection of premium print materials, enabling purchasers of the Acuity Prime Hybrid to hit the ground running. We are creating four profiles per material: High Quality mode for ColorGate…

ColorBase Announces Participation in Color Quality Conference ’24

By Kai Chaplin | 2024-01-22 15:39

Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands – 22 January, 2024 ColorBase is thrilled to announce its participation in the upcoming Color Quality Conference ’24 in Tampa, Florida. Our Product Manager Kai Chaplin will be representing ColorBase at the event, hosted and organized by ChromaChecker. The Color Quality Conference, known for its unique blend of hands-on…

ColorBase Profile Search wins at the Pinnacle Product Awards 2023 in the Technology Category

By KaiC | 2023-09-25 13:48

Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands, 26 September, 2023 – ColorBase, a leading provider of digital solutions for the printing industry, today announced that its ColorBase Profile Search software has won a 2023 PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Technology Award. The Pinnacle Technology Awards recognize innovative solutions that have a significant impact on printing and graphics…

ColorBase, Under the Hood: The Data Model Upgrade Enabling a Smarter Printing Industry

By KaiC | 2023-07-17 10:28

Quiet Transformation Our industry’s most advanced database of material, printer, RIP and ICC profile data is undergoing a quiet transformation. While it’s true that code is never “done” – iterative progress is the rule, not the exception – ColorBase is undergoing an internal transformation that far exceeds the scope of routine day-to-day improvements. We’re on…

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ColorBase Nominated for Computable Awards 2023 in Digital Transformation Category

By KaiC | 2023-07-03 18:36

Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands, 5 July, 2023 – ColorBase, the leading provider of digital solutions for the printing industry, is proud to announce its nomination in the Digital Transformation category for the prestigious Computable Awards 2023. The nomination recognizes ColorBase’s commitment to revolutionizing the printing industry through its innovative cloud-based platform. The ColorBase…

ColorBase’s Changing of the Guard: Teunis’s Journey and Juriaan’s Torch

By KaiC | 2023-06-26 10:30

ColorBase has been a small but important part of the large format community for 20 years – we don’t bring it up to brag, but because we want to emphasize the impact that ColorBase veteran Teunis Roos has had, not just on us but on our industry as a whole. We are extremely sad to…

ColorBase Launches ColorBase Labs, a Cloud-Based Application that Enables Organizations to Collect and Analyze Testing Data Like Never Before

By KaiC | 2023-03-28 12:23

Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands, 28 March, 2023 – ColorBase, formerly Color Concepts, has announced the launch of its latest cloud-based software application, ColorBase Labs. ColorBase Labs is a data-structuring and collaboration tool that provides significant productivity boosts to not only the engineers and technicians performing testing work, but also to the managers and…

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ColorBase GM Brend Kouwenhoven aims to Reduce the $90 Billion of Waste in Print

By Jack Gocher | 2023-02-04 10:17

Brend Kouwenhoven, the new general manager of ColorBase, has joined the company to oversee the transformation and rebranding of the business into a fully digitised and democratised resource. He and the company are on an exciting mission to reduce the massive cost of printed waste on the industry and our planet. The Scale of Printing…

Color Concepts Announces Rebrand to ColorBase

By KaiC | 2023-02-04 06:39

Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands, 6th February, 2023 – Effective immediately, Color Concepts B.V., is changing its name to ColorBase. This change reflects the company’s focus on reducing waste in the printing industry by connecting players through intelligent platforms that enable smarter collaboration, material sourcing, and color management solutions. Those familiar with Color Concepts…

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“Color Concepts was the answer!” Fedrigoni’s Paola Cerichai elaborates on their strategic collaboration with Color Concepts in new interview

By KaiC | 2022-05-19 10:32

“Color Concepts was the answer!” explains Paola Cerchiai, in a recent interview with Jack Gocher of Eye On Display. Cerchiai, Business Development Manager at Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives, met with Gocher to discuss Fedrigoni’s new strategic collaboration with Color Concepts and how it is helping the organization become one of the major players in the graphic arts industry. Fedrigoni…