Color Management Group celebrates 20 years

The original group’s founding members consisted of West Coast consultant-based resellers Alder Technology, Left Dakota, Piccus 4 Color, RP Imaging, and Rods and Cones, together with their Silicon Valley distributor, Color Management [Distribution] that was established in 1998. The original alliance joined a team of industry leaders with experience and technical expertise. The group started to grow by peer nomination and approval vote, adding new members across North America and then worldwide. In 2022, CMG’s roster is international and consists of Consultant, VAR, Reseller, Affiliate, Honorary and Founding Members and touts an enviable color management community including customers and followers of over 67,000.

Leading brand consultant, Ron Ellis of Ron Ellis Consulting, says, 'Color Management Group has always provided the best solutions for brands, suppliers and industry. In addition to leading the way, CMG has always provided the best support, logistics, and resources to help customers get the most from their color management needs. The group provides knowledge, training, support and a wide range of resources. I count on support from CMG on a daily basis.'

The Color Management Group’s model assesses client needs and offers a custom mix of printers, measurement devices, RIP and workflow software, consulting and/or training and consumable products to provide color management-based products quickly and effectively for all printing methods across many applications – both digital and analog.

Roger Gould, president, #1 Network remarks, 'Color Management Group has been an integral supplier to #1 Network for over a decade, we truly appreciate the support they provide.'

The group’s alliance companies are said to bring years of experience supporting high-end clients and direct relationships with premier color management vendors and industry associations. CMG Members have worked together over the past 25 years at certification/re-certification courses, and vendor trainings; industry trade associations programs such as Brand Q, Digital Color Professional, G7, first, and Process Control Expert; roadshows, seminars, and special events; technical symposiums, and trade shows/expositions; standards related meetings and committees such as Print Properties and TAGA; plus, the notorious bi-annual meetings. In doing so, members have developed strong relationships with each other and shared a wealth of technical information – resulting in their ability to harness exponential results in support of client systems and provide support to a diverse and technical client base.

According to the company, The Color Management Group boasts members who are accomplished early adopters of new technologies, technical integrators, teachers, seminar leaders, writers, beta testers and software developers who directly impact and shape the products available today and in the future. The members’ 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.