This document provides an overview of Imaging Solutions AG, a company that develops hardware and software for photo and printing finishing. It has 67 employees located in Regensdorf, Switzerland near Zurich Airport with 4,400 square meters of space. The company has four business fields: silver halide processing, framing, layflat binding, and software. It produces various machines for processing prints, binding books, framing photos, and image enhancement software. The company aims to be a leading global supplier of equipment in the categories it represents.

1. Company Presentation
October 2019

2. • Headquarters in Regensdorf,
close to Zurich Airport
• 67 employees
• ca. 4’400 sqm
• Development of hardware and software
• Production of postprocessing equipment
• Worldwide customer base
Imaging Solutions AG

3. Framing
Development and
manufacturing of finishing
machines for the photo
and printing industry
Finishing
Development and
manufacturing of silver
halide exposure and
processing equipment
Silver Halide
Processing
Imaging Solutions Business Fields
Development and
manufacturing of framing
machines for the canvas and
wall decoration industry
Software
Development of different
software solutions for
production workflows and
image enhancement

4. 20182003
Imaging Solutions‘ Evolution
15 years later Imaging Solutions established itself as a leading
supplier for automatized postprocessing solutions for the graphic and
photofinishing industry. 2007 Imaging Solutions introduced industrial
LayFlat bookbinding to the market.

5. Imaging Solutions installations around the world

6. Imaging Solutions machines around the world
NorthAmerica:
AgX: 69 units
LayFlat: 38 units
Framing: 55 units
Rest of the world:
AgX: 28 units
LayFlat: 71 units
Framing: 9 units
Europe:
AgX: 252 units
LayFlat: 201 units
Framing: 76 units
Stand: 03 / 2019

7. Imaging Solutions AG - Mission
Imaging Solutions makes life of production labs easier

8. Imaging Solutions AG -Vision
To become the world’s leading company for every industrial equipment
product category we are represented in.
Our equipment and its products performance should have a “WOW” factor.

10. Product Group Silver Halide Production: Printer
Mass production of AgX prints with lowest production costs per print
• Highest reliability and uptime
• Minimum manpower and lowest maintenance cost
fastPrint20:
• For single prints, Booklet prints
• Performance: 20'000 prints/h
• Installed base: 221 machines since 2003
widePrint 12nG:
• For posters, photo book pages, photo book cover, calendars, post cards
• Performance: 2'150 book sheets/h
• Installed base: 35 machines since 2011
fastPrint 20
widePrint 12nG

11. VSP 50 for 2x fastPrint 20:
• Installed base: ca. 120 machines
VSP 25-12 for widePrint 12nG:
• Installed base: 30 machines
In-line paper processors for fastPrint and widePrint reduce manpower and throughput time to a
minimum
Product Group Silver Halide Production: Paper
Processor

12. Premium photo products made easy

13. SandwichTechnology & LayFlat Binding
Paper PaperInlay
Create professional on demand products. Use
the Sandwich-Technology (inlay plus paper)
to reach highest possible product quality.
Standard Binding
LayFlat Binding
• Showcases impressive panoramic photo spreads.
• Pages stay open easily and are fully on display.

14. History:
• In 2010 the consumer photo book market was 100% HP Indigo and Perfect
• More and more photo book suppliers entered the market which led to shrinking
• 2011 Imaging Solutions introduced industrial LayFlat Binding to the market
• LayFlat Binding in combination with premium silver halide print quality allowed
their photo books for a higher price with a good margin
• Endconsumer is willing to pay more for a better quality
Product Group LayFlat Binding

15. • Adoption in the beginning was slow but steady
• Annual growth is > 20%
• Today share of Layflat books is around 23%
• A consumer who once bought a LayFlat photo book,
will never buy a Perfect Binding book again
• Today the demand for our Layflat photo book machines is
higher than our production capacities
Product Group LayFlat Binding

16. Product Group LayFlat Binding
• Over the years Imaging Solutions added more and more automization, features and speed to
the binding machines to satisfy customer's growing demands
• We currently sell the fifth generation of high-speed fastBlock machines
• Two years ago we introduced a LayFlat entry-level solution for small labs
• Last year we introduced a fully automatic LayFlat solution for professional album makers
 Imaging Solutions can offer LayFlat finishing machines for any needs, from start-up to
industrial, for silver halide, press print and inkjet materials

17. fastBlock for press paper rollsfastBlock for photo paper rolls fastBlock for cut sheets - photo and press
paper
fastBlock allows to produce LayFlat book blocks in high quantities for lowest prices with minimum
manpower
• Perfect for LayFlat books, calendars, greeting cards. Semi-finished softcover books
• From roll or sheet to a to a LayFlat book block in only one workstep
• fastBlock is available in different versions to handle roll paper or paper sheets
• All fastBlock versions can handle silver halide paper, digital press paper and inkjet media
• All fastBlock versions can handle cardboards or synthetic inlays for thicker pages
• Hotmelt gluing technology for same day shipment of books and easy handling
• Integratable into complex, barcode-controlled in-line workflows
Product Group LayFlat Binding: High-speed equipment

18. 3-knife trimming
Casing-in & Joint-forming Perfect LayFlat
premium books
Printed roll
or cut sheets
fastBlock: LayFlat gluing
from roll or single sheet
Optimal industrial LayFlat book workflow
Case-making

19. Key benefits:
• Industrial High-Speed bookbinding machine:
Fully automatic and flexible at the same time
• Hotmelt gluing dramatically lowers the gluing
No expensive adhesive foils needed
• Up to 14.5’’ x 18’’ (370 x 457 mm) book block
• Handles silver halide paper and digital press
• Performance max. 2’500 gluings/h
Product Group LayFlat Binding: fastBlock 05

20. Key benefits:
• Industrial High-Speed bookbinding machine
developed for the grahics market
• Fully automatic and flexible at the same time
• Hotmelt gluing dramatically lowers the gluing
No expensive adhesive foils needed
• Up to 13.5’’ x 14.5’’ (343 x 370 mm) book
• Handles digital press paper and offset paper
• Performance max. 1’800 gluings/h
Product Group LayFlat Binding: fastBlock Graphics

21. Key benefits:
• Perfect solution for professional labs (XXL books
calendars, wedding albums, luxury brochures):
Fully automatic and flexible at the same time
• Hotmelt gluing dramatically lowers the gluing
No expensive adhesive foils needed
• Up to 18 x 18" block size
• Handles silver halide paper, press paper and
• Performance max. 1'000 gluings/h
• Installed base since 2017: 23 machines
Product Group LayFlat Binding: fastBook Professional

22. Key benefits:
• Machine for small softcover booklets
• Perfect to upgrade standard single prints into
margin booklets
• From roll to a ready-to-ship softcover booklet
workstep
• Booklet format range: 100 x 100mm to 127 x
• Performance: 2'500 gluings/h = 5'000 pages/h
• Installed base: 9 machines
Product Group LayFlat Binding: fastBooklet

23. • Multi-format production with automatically
adjustable frame intake
• High-Speed manufacturing - up to 180 frames / h
• Developed for industrial production - 24/7
• Designed for the mass production of the most requested
frame sizes: 200 x 200 mm to 610 x 610 mm
• Interface for automatic loading - loading of frames and
canvases could be done by robots
• Simple operation
• Quick and cost-effective production without batching
• Barcode reader for automated product selection
Product Group Framing: fastFrame 600 SA Speed & Autoformat

24. • High quality and precision of the frames
• Simple operation
• Quick and cost-effective production
• Pneumatic centering of frames for easy loading
• Laser alignment for faster positioning of canvas
• Barcode reader for order tracking
• Quick loader for staples
• Processes canvas and photo paper
• Field-upgradable to fastFrame 1200+ (max format
120 cm x 120 cm / 48” x 48”)
Product Group Framing: fastFrame 1000+

25. • Produce impressive wall decoration
• Max. frame size: 120 x 120 cm
• High quality and precision of the frames
• Simple operation
• Quick and cost-effective production
• Pneumatic centering of frames for easy loading
• Laser alignment for faster positioning of canvas
• Barcode reader for order tracking
• Quick loader for staples
• Processes canvas and photo paper
Product Group Framing: fastFrame 1200+

26. • Automated process for the framing of small canvases
• faster than manual production:
up to 100 frames per hour
• 100% consistency, identical quality &
precision with every frame
• Frame sizes from 10 x 10 cm to 30.5 x 30.5 cm,
4 x 4’’ to 12 x 12’’
• Easy operation
Product Group Framing: fastFrame 300

27. Product Group Software:
VIESUSTM
Image enhancement
for perfect and more
vivid memories

28. VIESUSTM
• is a piece of software that takes everyday digital camera/ smartphone
images and makes them look more beautiful
• is designed for fully automatic unattended image enhancement
• is used by leading photo labs worldwide
• processes tens of millions images/day – fast and reliable
• is directly applicable to any output device or technology
Product Group Software: VIESUSTM

29. A fully automatic image enhancement that incorporates all state-of-the-art
image correction steps, such as:
Product Group Software: VIESUSTM
• Correction of over- and underexposures
• Removal of color casts
• Recovery details lost in shadows
• Restoration of lost contrast
• Correction of Red Eyes
• Reduction of noise and grain
• Up- and downsampling
• Sharpness control
ICC profiles are taken into account the way they should.

30. Product Group Software: VIESUSTM
How can I use VIESUSTM image enhancement?
• In an easy-to-use graphical interface – to see results immediately and
simplify parameter optimization.
• With a scalable hotfolder application – for the unattended enhancement
of very large numbers of images and pdfs.
• Custom integrations into any workflow – for the tailor-made incorporation
of VIESUSTM that exactly fits your existing workflow.
• 32 and 64 bit. Windows, Linux, Mac.
VIESUSTM can handle not only the popular image files such as .jpg and .tif, but also enhances
pdf files with embedded images.

31. Product Group Software: VIESUSTM Mobile SDK
VIESUSTM Library Mobile SDK (iOS)
• Integrate VIESUS Library directly into mobile Apps
• Timed GUID based license
• No hardware or image restrictions
• SDK includes
• API documentation
• VIESUS Library as .dylib
• Sample source code for simple integration
• Pricing: TBA
VIESUSTM Library Mobile SDK (Android)
• Android SDK Version since Q3/2018