Hannover, March 4, 2005 – ColorGATE the leading supplier for color management and printing software solutions (RIPs) announces the appointment of Daniel Lowicki as Technical Operations Manager. As part of his new responsibilities, Daniel Lowicki will head the support team and take on the task of securing quality assurance (QA) at ColorGATE. This new appointment will strengthen the company which, since its establishment in 1996, has seen steady growth. Today ColorGATE’s production workflow and color management solutions are available in over 40 countries of the world, and in many cases have advanced to become the accepted standard. Daniel Lowicki will be based at the Hannover headquarters of the company. After his studies and certificate in communications engineering, he has worked entirely in graphic arts. For years he has been in charge of his own graphics agency providing complete prepress services. Since 2002, Daniel Lowicki has been engaged in adult education as lecturer for all topics related to digital media prepress. In 2003, he became substitute professor for “technology in media prepress” at the Polygraphic Technology faculty of the Technical College for Technology, Economics and Culture in Leipzig (FH/Germany), a post he held up to his appointment at ColorGATE. In addition, Lowicki has been head of the board of examiners at IHK Berlin for the professions of advertisement and media template submission producer as well as digital media designer for digital and print media, branch designing. Several publications in trade magazines bear his name. As an accredited prepress, color management and workflow expert, Daniel Lowicki has strengthened the leadership team of ColorGATE from March 1, 2005 with the aim to develop new markets. He will be undertake the organization and implementation of projects focusing on streamlining workflows and process optimization. “We are very happy to have been able to engage such a renowned expert for the coordination of our technical customer support and technical documentation. Daniel’s appointment has completed a highly qualified and experienced leadership team at ColorGATE”, explains Thomas Kirschner, Managing Director at ColorGATE.