3/9/01 (WhatTheyThink) Printium, a leading E-Commerce platform for the printing industry in Germany, is to announce the release of a new print management software in April. The new software offers print buyers a private site, which enables them to specify print jobs, get direct price indications for budget calculations, send out print jobs within their specific print pool, submit orders and follow the actual status of an order any time. A unique tool within the new software is the PrintiumCalculator which gives print buyers a live price indication for the majority of print products fulfilling the need for short notice budget calculation with no concrete print job. "The new software release allows us to offer print buyers a customized E-Commerce tool for the handling of their print volume while using their known, reliable printers", said Christian Stammkoetter, founder and CEO of Printium. "This software will save up to 30 percent of the process costs." In addition to the new software release, Stammkoetter said Printium broadens its range of offline services. "Print buyers now have the opportunity to outsource the quality management and even the complete handling of print projects." Printium’s pretension is to offer solutions for all kinds of print jobs and all phases of the print process. Located in Berlin, Germany, Printium AG (www.printium.com) is the leading full service supplier for the printing industry in Germany. Printium’s services include a public marketplace for print jobs, private procurement sites for print buyers, print consulting and offline services such as print approval and quality management. In addition Printium offers a variety of print consulting services starting from analysis of current print processes, the optimisation of specific pools of print suppliers ending with the outsourcing of data and quality management. Printium offers part of the offline services through a local partner network, which operates in the six major cities in Germany. Printium is Venture Capital financed through IVC Venture Capital AG, Germany and currently closing its second round financing.