Hainburg, Germany/Minneapolis, MN -- CGS Publishing Technologies International was named Xerox Corporation 2008 Outstanding Customer First Xerox Business Partner of the Year for its continued contribution to Xerox, its customers and the printing industry. The award was among 16 Xerox presented to 15 partner firms for superior digital workflow software and finishing solutions.

CGS Publishing Technologies through its ORIS brand is the global leader of color management solutions, digital proofing and specially formulated media.  As a Xerox Business Partner it provides ORIS Press Matcher Pro to Xerox Production digital presses and printers and ORIS Press Matcher for Xerox 700 digital presses and Docucolor products in non-production environments.  Both ORIS Press Matcher and ORIS Press Matcher Pro are based on ORIS Color Tuner Pro and CGS Publishing Technologies patented iterative color management technology.  This ORIS solution, validated by Xerox via its Xerox Business Partner Program, produces high-resolution files for digital presses, wide-format inkjet printers and offset color presses by matching the color space of each device to a defined target color space.  The result is standardized color no matter what printing process is used offset, digital, or inkjet.  ORIS Press Matcher Pro produces printed results supporting SWOP, GRACoL, G7 and Fogra standards.  ORIS Press Matcher Pro offers operational benefits for commercial printers, in-plant printers and service bureaus while ORIS Press Matcher creates new business opportunities and benefits for prepress, retail, marketing and advertising environments.

 "CGS Publishing Technologies in honored to receive this award from Xerox", Mike Wolfgang, Director of Digital Print Systems says. "We look forward to continuing to grow our strong partnership with Xerox and affirming CGS' commitment to providing best of class customer care and training."

The Xerox Business Partner of the Year awards are presented annually by the Xerox Global Business & Strategic Marketing Group, which brings to market the full portfolio of Xerox document solutions, software and systems for production and office environments. The awards honor business partners that contributed most significantly to the business success of Xerox and its customers.