X-Rite announces Fall Fundamentals of Colour Training
X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in colour science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, today announced a fall Fundamentals of Colour Training Series in 12 locations throughout North America during September to December 2015
The seminar classes are designed to help attendees understand and establish colour quality standards across their organizations. The interactive seminar is ideal for colour specifiers, quality control professionals, lab technicians and anyone who evaluates or approves colour.
Attendees can register for either the two-day seminar or one of the individual sessions. Day One: Fundamentals of Colour and Appearance (FOCA) training provides a solid understanding of the art and science of colour, covering the physics of colour, importance of lighting, how to use spectrophotometers and colour data. Day Two: Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Quality Control (FIQC) is a hands-on workshop where attendees use X-Rite spectrophotometers and Colour iQC software to create colour standards, develop appropriate colour tolerances, measure samples against target colours and analyse the results.
“This seminar series will benefit participants who are responsible for the communication, specification, measurement, and reporting of colour,” said Murphy Keeley, Vice President of Marketing and Services, X-Rite. “
By providing practical information applicable to all industries dealing with colour, seminar attendees will leave with an understanding of how to improve quality control processes by streamlining colour measurement, reporting and recording.
”Seminar classes are taught by X-Rite colour experts, each of whom has many years of experience in the art and science of colour. The classes incorporate decades of best-practice colour management experience and have been conducted globally for over 25 years.
Attendees receive X-Rite’s exclusive FOCA and FIQC books and are entered into a sweepstakes drawing for X-Rite software valued at USD 3200. They also receive a discount voucher valid through December 31, 2015.
Seminars commence on September 9th in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Other locations include Charlotte, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Seattle, Washington; Cleveland, Ohio; Hunt Valley, Maryland; Edison, New Jersey; Toronto, Canada; San Jose, California; Atlanta, Georgia, and
Chicago, Illinois.
The combined Seminar cost is USD 1295. The individual cost for the Fundamentals of Colour and Appearance Seminar is USD 595; and Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Quality Control Seminar is USD 895. A 15 % discount is available for individual seminar classes using the coupon code “fun2015”.
Registration and a full list of dates and locations, as well as an online course programme can be found at www.X-Rite.com/Fundamentals.