Auto Parts Asia — February 2018

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dvanced Graphic Systems

(AGS), the market leader in

colour matching industry

in India, has unveiled new

colour management technologies in

association with X-Rite, a global leader

in colour science and technology.

AGS has introduced in India X-Rite’s

Total Appearance Capture (TAC)

ecosystem, Virtual Light Booth (VLB)

and the next-generation MA-T family

(MA-T6 and MA-T12), multi-angle

spectrophotometers for characterizing

effect finishes. The company will

leverage its pan India presence and

distribution network to market them in

the country.

“AGS has held a very strong

partnership with us for over 12 years

selling and supporting the X-Rite

portfolio in many of the markets we

serve. As our product portfolio expands

into new technology like appearance,

we will work with AGS as a partner in

the Indian market,” Thomas Dlugos,

Director, Sales, OEM, X-Rite, said.

“AGS shares a very special relationship

with X-Rite. It dates to almost 22 years

when we were working with Gretag

Macbeth, a well-known

brand in Indian colour

solutions industry. It was

acquired by X-Rite which

today is leader in the

colour matching solutions

globally. Together with

X-Rite, we have brought in

one of the most advanced

solutions in Indian colour

industry creating a niche

for ourselves and setting

the industry benchmarks

for future innovation in this

field,” VC Gupte, Head,

Colour Business, AGS,

said.

TAC Ecosystem

TAC ecosystem is an

appearance measurement

solution that brings a

new level of realism

and efficiency to the capture,

communication and digital presentation

of physical materials in the virtual world.

TAC enables designers, 3D artists,

material specifiers and marketers

to bring their product designs to life

with digital materials that have the

same visual characteristics as their

physical counterparts. Its

sophisticated technology

captures physically

accurate material

measurements and

appearance properties,

reducing the need for

manual adjustments to

scanned materials, and

improving design and

approval cycles.

TAC ecosystem takes

virtualisation forward.

TAC digital materials are

physically correct and

do not require manual

adjustments, vastly

improving virtualisation.

Dlugos said, “The TAC

Ecosystem consists of

four key components:TAC

Scanner (TAC7); Pantora

Material Hub; VLB; and Appearance

Exchange File Format (AxF).

TAC ecosystem scans the Vendor

Neutral Physical material samples

using the TAC7 scanner under all

lighting conditions. They are digitally

represented in AxF files, managed as

a digital material library in the Pantora

By T Murrali

AGS,

X-Rite

To Sell

Colour

Tech.

For Automobiles

In India