Amsterdam, February 14th, 2007 – Van Gennep has signed a distribution agreement with PDI Consultores, for sales of new Dolce Vita Plan in Spain and Portugal. As the first application in the new Dolce Vita Media Solutions™ line, Dolce Vita Plan™ provides a stand-alone flat planning design tool, offering small publishing companies, small work groups and freelance creatives the benefits of unique ease of use and production streamlining capabilities.

Jose Luis Hidalgo, Managing Director, PDI Consultores comments: 'We are delighted to have the Van Gennep Dolce Vita system in our stable of product offerings. In recent years, technological advances have made their mark on the publishing arena, with companies now looking for ways to integrate business solutions with new technologies to ensure optimum production performance.

'As such, we were looking for a workflow solution that was not dependent on a server or central database, and was simple to use. When we saw Dolce Vita Plan, we immediately recognised its suitability for small to medium sized newspaper and magazine editorial production in Spain and Portugal.'

Launched for the first time at IFRAExpo 2006, the stand-alone, publication design tool, Dolce Vita Plan, is the first product of van Gennep's new Dolce Vita Media Solutions product line. It is a flexible, easy-to-use, affordable desktop solution helping to save time and money.

Jose Luis Hidalgo, continues: 'As a business, we are committed to finding solutions that improve efficiencies in the publishing workflow. This is especially important for small publishers launching new magazines, where cost savings delivered by the Van Gennep system will help to significantly reduce any new business risk.'

Enabling users to work locally, either alone or in small groups, Dolce Vita Plan streamlines production of magazine and other, magazine like, publications. Downloadable from the Internet, Dolce Vita Plan is an off-the-shelf product that requires very limited operator training.

Jose Luis Hidalgo, continues: 'Van Gennep is a very well respected company, and its products are renowned for their high quality design and customer support. We had heard of Ton Van Gennep's reputation for developing solid, innovative systems, and knew that we wanted to do business with him. We are looking forward to receiving significant interest in this product over the coming months, and delivering a product to customers that will really make a difference to their business.'

Established 10 years ago, PDI Consultores currently employs a range of permanent and freelance staff, serving the Spanish and Portuguese press and publishing media industry.

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