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X-Rite Wins

Prestigious

iF design

award 2017 AD

X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science paints and synthetic fabrics. TAC brings virtual
and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, are designs to life with digital material representations that
the winners of this year's world-renowned iF DESIGN are truly physically correct. Using the TAC ecosystem,
AWARD for their Total Appearance Capture (TAC™) product designers, 3D artists, material specifiers and
scanner. The TAC7 scanner is part of a marketers can scan in physical material samples and
comprehensive solution that brings a new level of create vendor-neutral Appearance Exchange Format
accuracy and realism to the capture, communication (AxF™) files to digitally communicate and share
and digital presentation of physical materials in the consistent appearance-related data with Product
virtual world. A team of 58 judges, made up of Lifecycle Management (PLM), Computer-Aided
independent experts from all over the world, reviewed Design (CAD), and state-of-the art rendering
a total of 5,500 entries and selected TAC7 as a winner applications. Incorporating the TAC ecosystem into
in the product discipline. the digital design process helps to improve design
time, reduce approval cycles, and accelerate
“We’re thrilled to win the prestigious iF Design Award,” speed to market.
said Dr. Francis Lamy, Executive Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer, X-Rite. “The TAC7 scanner Since 1953, the iF DESIGN AWARD has been
represents a breakthrough in digital material capture awarded annually by Germany's oldest independent
and has the potential to transform the product design organization, Hannover-based iF International
design-to-production process. This award recognizes Forum Design GmbH. An entity recognized as an
the dedication of the X-Rite product development arbiter of quality for exceptional design, it is
team to expanding our solution portfolio beyond color comprised of a panel of independent experts that
to address the more significant challenge of capturing assesses each entry strictly and fairly, live and on site,
and managing appearance.” according to a specific set of criteria including degree
of innovation, formal quality, functionality and
The TAC7 scanner is part of a full ecosystem that ecological compatibility. The iF label is renowned
addresses a key challenge in product design – the worldwide for outstanding design services, and the iF
ability to accurately capture and virtualize today’s DESIGN AWARD is one of the most important design
increasingly complex materials such as special effect prizes in the world.