GWG

The Ghent Workgroup, formed in June 2002, is an international assembly of industry associations and suppliers from across Europe and the United States. The Ghent Workgroup’s objective is to establish and disseminate process specifications for best practices in graphic arts workflows.

Since its inception eight years ago, the organization has consistently produced numerous process specifications for PDF dissemination as well as developing useful tools for automating processes and establishing consistent PDFs for print and publishing – all available free at: www.gwg.org.

Members are comprised of graphic arts associations including: AIDO (Spain), BPIF
(UK), BVDM (Germany), CMBO (the Netherlands), DDPFF (Denmark), Digital AdLab UK, ERA (Germany), Febelgra (Belgium), FESPA (UK), FTA (USA), IDP Group (The Netherlands), IPA (USA), IdeAlliance (USA), Madrid Graphic Arts Cluster (Spain), Medibel+ (Belgium), Nederlands Uitgeversverbond/Cebuco (The Netherlands), PDFXready (Switzerland), PPA (UK), rotasjon (Norway), TAGA Italia (Italy), UNIC (France), VFG (Austria), VIGC (Belgium), and VSD (Switzerland).

Vendor members are: Adobe, Adstream, Agfa, Callas, CGS, DMP, Dalim Software, Enfocus, EskoArtwork, Global Graphics, GMG Color, ICS, Kodak, OneVision, Quark, Screen Europe, and Specle.

Industry members are: Associated Newspapers, Bleuprocess, Four Pees, Hearst
Publishing, Medit Consult, Phototype, World Color (formerly QuebecorWorld) ,
Sanoma Magazines Belgium, Square, and University of Wuppertal.

For more information about the GWG, including a full list of its members and
objectives, visit www.gwg.org.