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. 

Color Concepts, a leading service provider for tech giants in the visual communications industry, is collaborating with Fedrigoni Self-adhesives to conduct rigorous performance tests, certifications for HP Latex printers, and create accurate printer profiles for popular Fedrigoni Self-adhesives print materials. In total, the two companies will collaborate on different materials across a range of different applications.

Color Concepts, the renowned print industry partner that specialises in profiling, training, material testing, and media certification programs, is undergoing a radical transformation. Now, it is quickly becoming a leading-edge tech company offering a plethora of digital services that connect the industry. At first glance, this shift can seem radical and sudden - but, like the caterpillar that becomes a butterfly, this metamorphosis has been a long time in the making and a natural evolution of the company’s long term strategy.

Color Concepts has announced the launch its first product for print shops: Colorbase.com. This online platform is a one-stop resource for print shops and converters and is home to a growing number of powerful colour tools and rich video content that end-users anywhere in the world can use to improve their print performance. Registration and membership are free to all.

Colorbase.TV has launched the first episode of ‘Let’s Talk’ – a brand new TV show full of news, views, interviews and special features. Hosted by CEO of Color Concepts, Marco Roos, the first episode focused on the upcoming launch of the Colorbase Exchange, and included interviews with developers, resellers and users of the extensive media products and profile exchange system.

Let’s Talk, presented by Color Concepts, is a new talk show designed to get you up to speed with news, trends, and updates across the visual industry. Let’s Talk invites you to sit back, relax, and enjoy as host Marco Roos engages with innovators, game-changers, and leaders to learn and discuss the latest developments in our space.

In recent weeks a lot of exciting information has been coming from Rotterdam-based Color Concepts. The company is launching new services and partnerships and has announced several new additions to its constantly growing team.

The Wrap Institute began as a vision to create a new, accessible way to learn about wrapping. A comprehensive online training resource for the industry did not exist and the idea quickly evolved into a mission to develop a cutting-edge, digitally-based instructional platform with a global reach. The Wrap Institute was launched in 2014 and has become the authority on industry standards, tools, and techniques. Now, with more than 2,400 instructional videos, thousands of active subscribers, and online and live events around the world, The Wrap Institute offers those in the wrap and restyling world a convenient, economical and professional way to improve their knowledge and increase their skill set.

Color Concepts proudly announces that material manufacturers can get their range of media certified for the newly launched HP Latex 700 & 800 series at the Color Concepts labs in Europe and North America.

Chad Rutter - a video editor expert, animator, and motion master - is now our Multimedia Specialist at Color Concepts. He will be responsible for animation and video editing for ColorBase Creative Studios.

Color Concepts has launched ColorBase Creative Studios - a unique video production agency focused on the Graphic Arts industry, and powered by the technical expertise and innovative drive of the world’s largest independent print lab. From concept to delivery, Creative Studios has the technical knowledge and creative prowess to translate its client’s messages into clear, compelling videos for any purpose.

The Canon Colorado 1650 is the second member of the Colorado family at Color Concepts, with a new flexible ink for customers producing applications that need to be folded, wrapped or bent such as framed canvasses, soft signage, front- and back-lit graphics, surface décor applications such as flexible wall coverings, and outdoor applications including vehicle graphics. The Colorado 1650 also features unique FLXfinish technology. This enables customers to choose between gloss or matte effects without the need to change ink or media, offering an even wider range of applications.

ColorBase Exchange is a new cloud-based platform that connects printing material manufacturers to resellers like never before. This new technology revolutionizes the way that users do business, streamlining data exchange, procurement, the sales process, customer acquisition, payments and logistics.

Color Concepts launches the Color Concepts Online Academy with a training for sales professionals active in the large-format-printing industry. The Academy platform features video training presentations and interactive webinars with printing- and sales specialists, creating a blended learning experience.

Anastasia Gudzenchuk was born in East Siberia, Russia, but she wanted to explore what the world had to offer. England, Iceland, Greece, France, Norway, and Spain, are all countries Anastasia has lived in. Now she is ready for a new challenge and moved to the Netherlands!

This program, already introduced for rigid applications and materials, is now completed with the incorporation of flexible materials. Allowing you to explore all the possibilities that this hybrid printer can offer.

Gido van Praag, family man, enthusiastic blue-water sailor, Master Scuba diver & Divemaster, and marathon runner, is an industry veteran who spent over 30 years in the printing industry at Océ/Canon and HP in a variety of different roles.

With a Bachelor of Science in Sport Marketing and Management, Roeland den Hertog, now 26 years young, gained a lot of sales experience over the last 6 years. He developed his skills at BMW where he started first as a Consultant and worked his way up as an Account Manager in fleet sales. His main focus was building relationships with large international corporates.

Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital production technologies, and Color Concepts, an independent professional services provider for the digital wide format printing industry, have announced a partnership. Color Concepts has been appointed as premium partner for Durst Professional Services. It will provide color management support after Durst Workflow Software is installed. This service will be provided first within EMEA.

HP and Color Concepts are introducing the new Latex Certification Program for the R Printer Series for rigid media. Color Concepts is an exclusive Latex Certification partner of HP and will offer this program in the USA and the EMEA region.

Viktor studied logistics and production engineering at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy. His career started in the quality management department of a construction company. Later he joined Barbieri Electronic in which he began as a Purchasing Manager. Throughout the years at Barbieri, Viktor became responsible for the supply chain. Besides that, he had the opportunity to visit numerous trade shows and customers in the digital printing industry.