CHILI publish and Ricoh have announced their decision to join the Ghent Workgroup.

The Ghent Workgroup, formed in June 2002, is an international assembly of industry associations and suppliers from across Europe and the United States. The Ghent Workgroup’s objective is to establish and disseminate process specifications for best practices in graphic arts workflows.

Kevin Goeminne, CEO of CHILI publish, commented: “We are really proud to join the Ghent Workgroup who has done some important ground and legwork the past few years to standardize PDF across the industry. We have greatly benefited from their market expertise in the development of our innovative CHILI rendro solution for high-res online rendering of PDF files. The interaction with GWG experts and members has been of great value for the integration of CHILI rendro with other vendor platforms.”

David Zwang, Chairman, Ghent Workgroup said: “We strive to engage everyone in the industry to fully comply with our PDF Specifications, workflow validation tools and best practices, from vendor to association to printer and brand owner.”