Including the first Finnish language newspaper for DTIHans Boije, CEO at HSS Media Ab, says: “The DTI solution was chosen for a number of reasons. Firstly we found that the system included the functionalities that we value in our process development. We were looking for a flexible solution to help produce our newspapers, which are published in different cities, but by the same organization. DTI system’s functionality simplifies layout work as much as possible, which provides valuable timesavings. We are also particularly impressed with how open the system is, which will easily adapt to our workflow.”

Another key reason HSS Media Ab selected DTI was because of its complete integration with Adobe InDesign. Vasabladet, the largest newspaper in the group and known as a pioneer in newspaper technology, was the first newspaper in Europe to use InDesign. HSS liked DTI because it combined the powerful design capabilities of InDesign with a layout driven and highly automated workflow.

“Last, but not least, we found that DTI as a company provides reliable and high quality development routines and above all, has a clear vision for the future, which we value and also share.”

The DTI editorial system to be installed at HSS Media Ab, incorporates Adobe’s InDesign and InCopy and consists of:

40 PageSpeed seats – page design and layout application

55 SpeedWriter seats – text editing system

4 PlanSpeed seats – planning and pagination software which unifies the planning of both editorial and advertorial content

SpeedDriver – database OPI and output management solution that allows printing to continue in the background while the user works on something else without interruption

eWriter – easy remote story filing – enables journalists and outside news contributors to submit stories to the news database remotely using a web browser.

Geoff Walker, managing director at DTI, says: “We are pleased to be awarded this contract. Our business continues to grow in Finland and our focus on the Nordic region is affording us exciting opportunities to work with some very talented new partners.”

About HSS Media

HSS Media, located in Vaasa on the west coast of Finland, is the main publisher of Swedish newspapers in Ostrobothnia. Its newspapers reach more than 80 % of the Swedish population in the area and thus 30 - 35% of the total Swedish population of Finland.