News archive 2011

Version 6.2 of FileTrain is now released. Even though version 6.1 was recently released, we choosed to make an upgrade due to demands for new features from resellers and end customers.
All information about the new features can be read here. For more general information on FileTrain, click here.

The publishing house Talentum, with titles like Ny Teknik, Affärsvärlden and Dagens Media, buys Cargo. The installation will be split in two parts where step one is to set up a fully working Cargo system integrated with Atex Enterprise including Cargo Online Preflight.

Later, the system will be upgraded with the Cargo Connect modules which will give a tight integration with Atex Enterprise aswell as both a production and a proofing system.

Talentum Finland is the head company in this business group .

Version 6.1 of FileTrain is now released. All information about the new features can be read here. For more general information on FileTrain, click here.

Since about a year, Aller in Sweden runs Feedback. Now the Danish Aller buys a Feedback license to have the same automatic workflow where Feedback gets all the information from the PDF´s sent to print. Feedback is fed automatically and any kind of report can be produced to handle the copyrights. Installation in January 2012.

Metro France has choosen to buy a license of Cargo XL incl. Cargo Online Preflight. At Metro France, Asura from OneVision is used for preflighting, and a integration here will be developed before installation. The Cargo system will also be integrated with the ad booking system AdPoint from Lineup. This integration gives the users of Cargo the possibility to search and match both advertising files and advertising bookings. Even the sales personell will benefit since Adpoint can show the sales person where in the Cargo workflow the advertising file is at the moment.

We are happy to announce that Västerbottens-Kuriren has made a decision to go for Cargo. Västerbottens-Kuriren is one of the larger daily newspapers in northern Sweden. A Cargo XL with the module Cargo Online Preflight will be installed and integrated with Tieto CrossAdvertising. This integration makes it possible to match the advertising files entering with the orders in the booking system. The installation will take place in the befinning of 2012.

Egmont Magasiner buys Cargo XL with the Cargo Online Preflight module. The system is integrated with a Navision ad booking system. A testsystem has been installed for a a period of time and can now immediatelly be set into production. At the same time, Egmont Tidskrifter in Sweden buys the same Cargo solution. In Sweden it will be integrated with the ad booking system P1 from PositionEtt.
The deal is done in cooperation with our Danish reseller Infomax.

The most profitable newspapers- and free newspapers in Sweden are Metro, Lokaltidningen Mitt i Stockholm, Dagens Industri and Nya Wermlands-Tidningen. All of these newspapers have something in common, they all use the Cargo system from Laidback Solutions to handle their advertising workflow.
Using the Cargo system they have an effective way to handle ads from their customers, spending a minimum of time internally per file.

Links to the information (in Swedish only, sorry)

The most profitable newspapers

The most profitable free newspapers

Berling Media buys Cargo XL with the Cargo Online Preflight module. One system will serve several companies in the business group and will be installed in the end August / beginning of September. This Cargo system will be integrated with both P1 from PositionEtt and CrossAdvertising from Tieto.

One of the newspapers in the business group Fairfax Media Ltd, the largest media group in Australia, starts using ColorMan. The deal is done by our reseller in Australia, Pivotal BT.

Metro in The Netherlands invests in Cargo XL with Online Preflight in order to create an effective workflow for advertising files. The system will be integrated with the Adpoint adbooking system which is used by all Metro newspapers around the world. The system will be installed late August.

We welcome Medialogix as a reseller for England and Ireland. Medialogix focus is on images, image archiving and automated workflows. The first customers (Durham Constabulary and Jason Clarke Photography) has bought FileTrain to handle parts of their workflows.

Skånska Dagbladet creates a version of their newspapers as an e-paper. There are several editions handled with pages extracted and inserted in the editions depending on a number of variables. FileTrain has now been configurated to handle this instead of the old system and the time spent on putting the files together for the e-paper has been reduced with several hours per day.

Version 6.05 of FileTrain is now released. Please download your upgrade here.

ColorMan for InDesign CS5 does not work in CS 5.5. We have made a new version for InDesign CS 5.5 which is now available for download in the product page for ColorMan.

ColorMan for CS 5.5 does not work on the same license number as CS5, you need to upgrade with a new license number. This upgrade is free for all customers with a valid SUP-agreement.

Laidback is open all summer. But of course there will be members of our staff off on vacation. Please use Vour general e-mail addresses info (at) laidbacksolutions.se and support (at) laidbacksolutions.se for fastest response. Happy holidays!

Aller förlag, one of Swedens larger publishing houses with about 30 titles, buys Feedback. Using Feedback, Aller will now be able to create reports automatically telling which images they have used in the different publications and send these reports in a number of different formats (e.g. pdf, html, excel) to the picture agencies. All the reports are created from the PDF-files generated for print.

The oil- and gas company PPT Public Company Limited, buys FileTrain. FileTrain will be used in the business group to automate some workflows, especially workflows concerning images. PPT is a public company listed on the stock exhange in Thailand, delivering gas, oil, petrol and other petrochemical products in Thailand and internationally. The deal with PTT is done by our Thai reseller Eviotech who also creates the workflow.

Edita, one of the leading print houses in the Nordic countries, buys Cargo. The system will be used mainly to handle all the print files entering Edita Sweden. The system will be installed May/June.

MetroXpress in Denmark invests in Cargo XL with Online Preflight in order to create an effective workflow for advertising files. In connection to the implementation of Cargo, FileTrain will be equipped with a feature for QuarkXPress Server to automate PDF creation. The system will be integrated with the Adpoint adbooking system which is used by all Metro newspapers around the world. The system will be installed May/June.

The newspaper Israel Hayom buys Cargo from our Israelian reseller Shimone. In order to meet local demands, support for the Hebrew language is implemented in Cargo.

Cargo will handle both imagefiles and advertising files at Israel Hayom.

The Swedish publishing house, Forma Publishing Group has decided to go for Cargo XL with Online Preflight. Forma Publishing Group is one of the major publishers in Sweden with more than 400 employees in 3 different countries. There are 3 different business areas within Forma, Forma Magazines, Forma Books and Forma Contracts (customer unique magazines).

Cargo will serve all the handling of advertising files for the magazine production.

Svenska Dagbladet, one of the leading daily newspapers in Sweden, upgrades their Feedback installation to version 3. At Svenska Dagbladet, Feedback is used to create reports of the copyrighted images they are using aswell as keeping updated that they only buy relevant images. This deal is taken care of by our reseller Buildpix.

Version 3 of Feedback is a major upgrade. Using this version the whole process be done fully automatic. Previous versions of Feedback did only use documents from InDesign and QuarkXPress, in version 3 you can use PDF-files aswell. This option makes it possible to make the complete workflow fully automatic starting with just a copy of the PDF made for printing. More information on Feedback here.

All users with a valid SUP-contract can upgrade without any upgrade fee. Please contact us for license number and installation files.

Version 6 is a major upgrade of FileTrain. Lots of new features, much improved speed and performance. Check all the details and download a 30 day demo here.

All users with a valid SUP-agreement can download the new version for free. You still need to contact us to get a new license number.

Other customers using earlier versions of FileTrain, please contact Laidback for an offer for an upgrade.

Metro Stockholm buys Cargo XL to handle advertising files entering the newspapers. The Cargo system will be integrated with the adbooking system Adpoint which is used at all Metro papers in the business group. The system will be installed in the middle of March.

Dagens Nyheter, the largest newspaper in Sweden, buys ColorMan when changing editorial solution. Buildpix handles the installation and training.

Dagens Industri, the leading financial newspaper in Sweden, upgrades their AddMan Pro to a Cargo XL system. Atex Enterprise is used for adbookings and will be integrated in the solution, accessable from within Cargo XL. The installation is scheduled in the beginning of February.