SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 – SAN JOSE, CA -- The Color Management Group announced an exciting new consortium, bringing together six leading companies in the color management industry. The Color Management Group’s “dream team” consists of West Coast Consultant-Based Resellers Alder Technology, Left Dakota, Piccus 4 Color, Renaissance Photographic Imaging, and Rods and Cones, Inc., together with their Silicon Valley distributor, Color Management. The alliance joins a strong team of industry leaders with expansive experience and technical expertise. The Color Management Groups’ model assesses client needs and offers a custom mix of complex hardware, software, consulting and training products to provide color management solutions quickly and effectively. The Color Management Groups’ alliance companies bring copious years of experience supporting high-end clients and direct relationships with the premier color management vendors. While the alliance companies have worked together informally over the past five years and have shared technical information – providing support to a diverse and technical client base – alliance companies can now harness the exponential results in support of client solutions. Frank Windgassen, Manager of Prepress at Macy’s West, states, “Color management service provider (Rods and Cones) has been a key component in the successful color management program at Macy’s West… I look forward to their affiliation with The Color Management Group because this group pledges to share technical know-how and field experience. Being part of this group is like having a safety net. In this brave new world of color management, we all win when there’s good backup.” The Color Management Group boast members who are accomplished technical integrators, teachers, seminar leaders, writers, and beta testers who directly impact and shape the products available today and in the future. Their understanding of current and future technology is continually sharpened by the combined analysis of the best minds in color management. As a group, they offer an unsurpassed level of expertise in each area of color management – enabling the alliance to quickly provide comprehensive solutions towards installing, troubleshooting and managing sensitive color workflows. “Seybold is truly happy to be working with the Color Management Group…in a short period of time (they’ve) put together an excellent digital color workflow. The Color Management Group, Seybold, and Seybold attendees will benefit from their work,” stated Pete Headrick, Senior Account Executive, Seybold Seminars. The Color Management Group will provide a pavilion dedicated to the digital color workflow at Seybold San Francisco’s Booth 127, with representatives from each alliance company available for discussion. The Color Management Group also will be participating in the GATF Color Conference later this year. Further information on this bold new alliance can be found at ColorManagementGroup.com or contact Lida Marschke at 408.224.1093.