Hemlock Printers and PDI Group acquire PrismTech Graphics
August 26, 2020
By PrintAction Staff
Hemlock Printers and PDI Group, two leaders in the Canadian print industry, have formed a partnership to acquire Burnaby, B.C.-based PrismTech Graphics, a wide format and specialty printing company. The acquisition marks the launch of a new venture that will provide customers of both companies with access to a complete solution for their graphics production requirements. As the acquisition provides Hemlock and PDI with significant capacity, technology and resources, the two companies plan to strategically promote a newly integrated and comprehensive service offering to sign and display customers requiring both regional and national in-store graphics production and distribution. The PrismTech team and brand will be retained under the new ownership, effective September 1, 2020. Hemlock’s wide format operations will move into PrismTech’s 30,000-square-foot production facility in Burnaby. The combined capabilities of the new company will include flatbed UV, screen and roll print technologies, as well as finishing and installation services. Advertisment
Following the change in ownership, Richard Kouwenhoven, president and COO of Hemlock Printers, will be named president of the new organization. Paul Milburn, the former president and owner of PrismTech, will remain with the company. Jamie Barbieri, president of PDI Group will be named director in support of the new partnership. “After several years of consistent growth, we felt it was the right time to take the next step with our wide format service offering. Our partnership with PDI and the acquisition of PrismTech is a perfect strategic fit for us and we are very excited for the future of this business. I have had the privilege of getting to know Paul and his dedicated team at PrismTech over the past number of months and they exemplify the same values that have been key to our success – a constant focus on quality and the customer experience, a deep commitment to the staff and an ongoing commitment to re-invest in the latest technologies,” said Kouwenhoven. “In keeping with our past success and growing partnership with Hemlock, the PrismTech acquisition enables both companies to provide customers with a unique regional and national service offering,” added Barbieri. “Our combined and proven experience in large format print production, along with a shared commitment to excellence, will deliver unmatched value in the solutions we bring to clients across all sectors and sizes.”
“We have always admired Hemlock and see this acquisition as a testament to shared commitment to quality, innovation and sustainability,” noted Milburn. “This initiative will provide exceptional opportunities for both our customers and our staff.”
The joint venture between Hemlock and PDI marks the second partnered acquisition by the two companies. In 2017, they together purchased Richmond, B.C.-based Kirk Marketing to form Hemlock Harling Distribution Ltd., a provider of mailing, fulfillment and distribution services.

Hemlock Printers and PDI Group acquire PrismTech Graphics

PrismTech Moves Market-Leading Proven DDS Solution to Open Source as      Eclipse Cyclone
To reflect its enhanced solutions and value proposition, the      company also is amplifying its relationship with parent company ADLINK
October 20, 2017 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
BOSTON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--PrismTech™, a global leader in software platforms for distributed      systems, today announced that it is expanding its Vortex™ DDS product      portfolio to offer the open source option “Eclipse Cyclone.” With      support from the Eclipse Foundation and its open source ecosystem,      Eclipse Cyclone represents a genuinely open source data distribution      solution with full source code access and updates. For users that are building mission- and/or business-critical systems,      the company also offers a commercially supported version with extra      features and guarantees of support. As part of this effort, the company is undergoing a strategic marketing      and enhanced branding initiative to more precisely reflect its core      offerings and value proposition, amplify its relationship with parent      company ADLINK, and serve as a leader in embedded edge computing and      distributed systems. “Expanding to open source is an efficient, effective and logical      solution to address the industry’s challenges of moving data in a high      performance, distributed system,” said Rob Risany, Executive Vice      President, IoT Strategy and Business Solutions, ADLINK Technology. “Whether standard open source or additional support is required, we are      providing customers with the future proofing and scalability made      possible through our powerful, elegant DDS solutions.”
With the launch of Eclipse Cyclone, PrismTech’s product portfolio will      include the product lines Eclipse Cyclone, Vortex DDS, Vortex Edge and      Spectra™. Eclipse Cyclone and Vortex DDS are built on the Object      Management Group®'s (OMG®) Data-Distribution Service™ (DDS™) open      standard and Spectra is built on the Software Communications      Architecture (SCA) open architecture. With the anticipated exponential growth of the Industrial IoT and the      continued trajectory away from siloed, proprietary technologies that      support these high performance distributed systems, an open source      strategy allows the company to fuel innovation and serve a more diverse      customer base. DDS, which is managed by the OMG and is specifically      designed for high performance distributed systems, is widely deployed in      some of the most mission-critical systems throughout the defense,      air-traffic control, telecommunications and financial industries. “With the continued growth of the Industrial IoT, 5G, artificial      intelligence and autonomous machine technology, we fully anticipate DDS      to serve as the data sharing platform of choice,” said Risany. “Quite      frankly, its strengths such as responsiveness, scalability and fault      tolerance are just too compelling.”
The company will be announcing the project proposal of Eclipse Cyclone      at EclipseCon Europe Oct. 24-26 in Germany. “Open source technologies are driving the IoT industry and providing the      core technologies within advanced, distributed systems,” said Mike      Milinkovich, Executive Director at Eclipse Foundation. “With this new      strategy, the PrismTech-ADLINK team is firmly positioning itself in a      lead role in enabling innovation and market growth for these types of      systems, and allowing the Eclipse IoT developer community to work with      these advanced, leading edge technologies.”
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About PrismTech, an ADLINK Company
PrismTech’s customers deliver systems for the Internet of Things, the      Industrial Internet and advanced wireless communications. PrismTech      supplies the data connectivity solutions, tools and professional      services they need to build systems with the required: platform      coverage, performance, scalability, efficiency, flexibility and      robustness. PrismTech’s customers service many market sectors,      including: industrial automation, energy, healthcare, transportation,      smart cities, financial services, aerospace and defense. For additional      information about PrismTech, visit http://www.prismtech.com . Vortex and OpenSplice are trademarks of PrismTech. DDS and      Data-Distribution Service are either registered trademarks or trademarks      of Object Management Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other      countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective      owners.

PrismTech Moves Market-Leading Proven DDS Solution to Open Source as Eclipse Cyclone

PrismTech to Demonstrate Open Source FACE 2.1 Transport Services      Segment Reference Implementation at NAVAIR FACE Exhibition and TIM
TSS open source implementation helps to deliver interoperability      to the aviation sector
October 16, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
BOSTON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--PrismTech™, a global leader in software platforms for distributed      systems, will demonstrate its open source Future Airborne Capability      Environment (FACE™) 2.1 Transport Services Segment (TSS) reference      implementation at the NAVAIR FACE Exhibition and Technical Interchange      Meeting (TIM) on October 17 in Solomons, MD. The reference      implementation is for use with PrismTech’s Vortex™ OpenSplice™ solution,      a leading open source / commercial implementation of the Object      Management Group®'s (OMG®) Data-Distribution Service™ (DDS™) standard. PrismTech will be demonstrating at booth No. 17. The NAVAIR FACE Exhibition and TIM represents an opportunity for      government and industry FACE contributors to share information about new      FACE concepts, products and tools in a technically focused environment. PrismTech’s open source TSS reference implementation provides a      mapping-layer between the FACE Transport Services (TS) Application      Programming Interface (API) and the standard OMG DDS API. The new TSS      implementation supports both C++ and Java APIs and enables portable      components to share and exchange data using DDS. PrismTech has a strong heritage of providing standards based, open      architecture defense and aerospace solutions. PrismTech's Vortex      OpenSplice is being used in numerous mission-critical defense and      aerospace applications, ranging from radar processors to simulation and      next-generation network-centric systems. Vortex OpenSplice is part of PrismTech’s Vortex Intelligent Data Sharing      Platform, a suite of solutions for real-time device, edge and cloud data      sharing based on the DDS standard. Vortex is a crucial enabler for      systems that have to reliably and securely deliver high volumes of data      with stringent end-to-end qualities-of-service (QoS). Vortex plays a      crucial role in many mission-critical systems by ensuring that the right      information is delivered to the right place at the right time. Further information about PrismTech’s Vortex platform is available at: http://www.prismtech.com/vortex . --- END ---
About PrismTech, an ADLINK Company
PrismTech’s customers deliver systems for the Internet of Things, the      Industrial Internet and advanced wireless communications. PrismTech      supplies the data connectivity solutions, tools and professional      services they need to build systems with the required: platform      coverage, performance, scalability, efficiency, flexibility and      robustness. PrismTech’s customers service many market sectors,      including: industrial automation, energy, healthcare, transportation,      smart cities, financial services, aerospace and defense. For additional      information about PrismTech, visit the web site at http://www.prismtech.com . Vortex and OpenSplice are trademarks of PrismTech. DDS and      Data-Distribution Service are either registered trademarks or trademarks      of Object Management Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other      countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective      owners. Contacts

PrismTech to Demonstrate Open Source FACE 2.1 Transport Services Segment Reference Implementation at NAVAIR FACE Exhibition and TIM

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be implemented on Thales Australia’s ICS for the next-generation
protected mobility vehicle, Hawkei
systems, today announced that Thales Australia has selected its Vortex™
OpenSplice™ as the data sharing platform for its Integral Computing
System (ICS), implemented in the next-generation protected mobility
vehicle, Hawkei, which is being delivered to the Australian Defence
Force. Thales is a longtime user of PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice
software for a wide variety of defence applications around the globe. ICS is a hardware and software computing infrastructure that will enable
third-party Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
(C4I) systems to be easily integrated into the Army’s new Protected
Mobility Vehicle-Light (PMVL), Hawkei. The infrastructure is based on
the UK Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) Def-Stan 23-09 principles. Hawkei meets the requirements of global defence forces for a highly
protected, mobile and integrated vehicle able to operate in an
environment under threat from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), mines
and ambushes. Service™ (DDS™) standard as their data communications protocol. PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice is the leading (commercial and open
source) implementation of DDS and enables high-level communications and
interoperability between the vehicles’ advanced onboard systems. “We are pleased that Thales Australia has selected the capabilities of
PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice on such a sophisticated vehicle,” said
Hans van’t Hag, Vortex Product Manager, PrismTech. “Vortex OpenSplice
offers the most-cost effective, proven and reliable solution for data
distribution.”
and secure delivery of voluminous data. Vortex OpenSplice is a
comprehensive and intelligent data sharing platform for highly
distributed real-time systems such as those found in aerospace and
defence. are essential for the Hawkei fleet,” said Paramvir Thind, ICS Senior
Solution Architect, Thales Australia. “Vortex OpenSplice will provide
our system with scalable and interoperable real-time data sharing with
the required qualities of service.”
Further information about Vortex OpenSplice is available from
PrismTech’s website at: http://www.prismtech.com/vortex/vortex-opensplice . About PrismTech, an ADLINK Company
PrismTech’s customers deliver systems for the Internet of Things, the
Industrial Internet and advanced wireless communications. PrismTech
supplies the data connectivity solutions, tools and professional
services they need to build systems with the required: platform
coverage, performance, scalability, efficiency, flexibility and
robustness. PrismTech’s customers service many market sectors,
including: industrial automation, energy, healthcare, transportation,
smart cities, financial services, aerospace and defense. For additional
information about PrismTech, visit the web site at http://www.prismtech.com . Vortex and OpenSplice are trademarks of PrismTech. DDS and
Data-Distribution Service are either registered trademarks or trademarks
of Object Management Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

Thales Australia Selects PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice for Integral Computing System

Thales Australia Selects PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice for Integral      Computing System
Vortex OpenSplice, an industry-leading data sharing platform, to      be implemented on Thales Australia’s ICS for the next-generation      protected mobility vehicle, Hawkei
September 12, 2017 03:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
LONDON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--PrismTech™, a global leader in software platforms for distributed      systems, today announced that Thales Australia has selected its Vortex™      OpenSplice™ as the data sharing platform for its Integral Computing      System (ICS), implemented in the next-generation protected mobility      vehicle, Hawkei, which is being delivered to the Australian Defence      Force. Thales is a longtime user of PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice      software for a wide variety of defence applications around the globe. ICS is a hardware and software computing infrastructure that will enable      third-party Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence      (C4I) systems to be easily integrated into the Army’s new Protected      Mobility Vehicle-Light (PMVL), Hawkei. The infrastructure is based on      the UK Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) Def-Stan 23-09 principles. Hawkei meets the requirements of global defence forces for a highly      protected, mobile and integrated vehicle able to operate in an      environment under threat from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), mines      and ambushes. The vehicles use the Object Management Group®'s (OMG®) Data-Distribution      Service™ (DDS™) standard as their data communications protocol. PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice is the leading (commercial and open      source) implementation of DDS and enables high-level communications and      interoperability between the vehicles’ advanced onboard systems. “We are pleased that Thales Australia has selected the capabilities of      PrismTech’s Vortex OpenSplice on such a sophisticated vehicle,” said      Hans van’t Hag, Vortex Product Manager, PrismTech. “Vortex OpenSplice      offers the most-cost effective, proven and reliable solution for data      distribution.”
Vortex OpenSplice provides device-to-device data sharing in real time      and secure delivery of voluminous data. Vortex OpenSplice is a      comprehensive and intelligent data sharing platform for highly      distributed real-time systems such as those found in aerospace and      defence. “Vortex OpenSplice provides dependable and efficient communications that      are essential for the Hawkei fleet,” said Paramvir Thind, ICS Senior      Solution Architect, Thales Australia. “Vortex OpenSplice will provide      our system with scalable and interoperable real-time data sharing with      the required qualities of service.”
Further information about Vortex OpenSplice is available from      PrismTech’s website at: http://www.prismtech.com/vortex/vortex-opensplice . About PrismTech, an ADLINK Company
PrismTech’s customers deliver systems for the Internet of Things, the      Industrial Internet and advanced wireless communications. PrismTech      supplies the data connectivity solutions, tools and professional      services they need to build systems with the required: platform      coverage, performance, scalability, efficiency, flexibility and      robustness. PrismTech’s customers service many market sectors,      including: industrial automation, energy, healthcare, transportation,      smart cities, financial services, aerospace and defense. For additional      information about PrismTech, visit the web site at http://www.prismtech.com . Vortex and OpenSplice are trademarks of PrismTech. DDS and      Data-Distribution Service are either registered trademarks or trademarks      of Object Management Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other      countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective      owners.

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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE , England -- -- PrismTech ™ , a global leader in software platforms for distributed systems , today announced that its Vortex ™ intelligent data sharing platform has been selected by Lely Astronaut to ensure real-time data connectivity for the company 's automated robotic milking machines , the Lely Astronaut .

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Vortex platforms were selected by NASA for SMART-NAS after an in-depth evaluation of the various data sharing platform options that are based on the Object Management Group ® 's Data-Distribution Service ™ standard .

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Wintec is a company that received a Department of Defense SBIR/STTR grant for a project entitled: Modeling Algorithms for Unmanned Aircraft/Weapons Management Systems. The abstract given for this project is as follows: Current methodologies for integration of weapons on unmanned and manned aircraft platforms and the associated control software development/integration typically result in a lengthy and expensive integration process. Problems are frequently discovered in the hardware/software prototyping or flight test program phases, when they are difficult and expensive to fix and likely to result in significant program perturbations. Potential safety issues that were not forecast can also be encountered. Recent studies by both U.S. and NATO organizations have identified structured modeling technologies and processes (including the evolving Model Driven Architecturer, or MDAr, process supported by commercial industry) as having a high potential to significantly mitigate the identified problems, if appropriately adapted and incorporated into the platform avionics and weapon integration design approach. To support such a model-based process, flexible modeling algorithms for weapon control systems and associated weapon employment functionality need to be developed in languages such as the Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL) and Executable Unified Modeling Language (xUML). The effort proposed here would investigate the requirements and feasibility of a set of appropriate modeling algorithms for this purpose, and define a proposed approach for development and demonstration of prototype algorithms in a follow-on Phase II program.

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Prismtech, founded in 1992 with offices in the USA and Europe, is a software company that aims to serve international Fortune 500 customers in the telecommunications, data communications, defense and aerospace sectors. PrismTech is a provider of productivity tools and middleware, with solutions ranging from wide-scale integration to embedded real-time systems, supporting applications from operations support systems through to software defined radio.

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