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Organisations around the world are doing more every day, with Typefi. No two clients are the same, and neither are the automated publishing solutions we deliver. Check out their success stories and discover how the flexible and innovative Typefi publishing automation platform streamlined their publishing workflows and solved their business challenges. Are you ready to do more too?

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Apa Publications

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  • Categories: E-books, On-Premises
  • Industry: Travel Guides

Apa Publications is a travel publisher with imprints including Insight Guides, Berlitz, and Rough Guides. The company produces over 400 visually-rich titles for print and e-book formats. Using Typefi, production time was reduced by more than half and e-book production was moved totally in-house. Additionally, Typefi made it easy to maintain consistent styling and repurpose content for app production.

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Billabong

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  • Categories: Catalogs, On-Premises
  • Industry: Manufacturing and Technical Communication

Billabong is one of the world's most recognised surf and clothing brands. Based in Australia, the company produces three series of regional product catalogues per year. Typefi was able to completely automate catalogue composition and separate product data from catalogue design so edits can be made quickly at any stage. The result is improved accuracy and faster production times.

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BlueScope Lysaght

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  • Categories: Catalogs, On-Premises, Typefi API
  • Industry: Manufacturing and Technical Communication

BlueScope Lysaght is Australia’s premier manufacturer and distributor of quality steel building products. The company produces 7 regional versions of its product catalog for each release. Thanks to Typefi, manual re-keying of product data was eliminated and catalog production time was reduced by 60%. The entire production process now takes just 4 weeks.

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Federation of Animal Science Societies

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  • Categories: Inera eXtyles, JATS XML, Maths, Microsoft Word, On-Premises
  • Industry: Scientific and Scholarly Publishing

FASS publishes more than 14,000 pages of complex journals annually. Typefi replaced a labour-intensive, manual typecoding process and, along with Inera eXtyles, reduced journal composition time by more than half. Complex elements are now published automatically and everything is done in-house.

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GradeMaker

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  • Categories: Exams, Maths, On-Premises
  • Industry: Education and Textbooks

GradeMaker is a web-based tool that enables online exam authoring and publishing. The company eliminated manual typesetting, significantly improved the composition of mathematical notation, and launched a new flagship product thanks to Typefi automated publishing software. GradeMaker can now export fully composed exams directly from its platform in PDF and INDD formats.

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Hachette Antoine

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  • Categories: Microsoft Word, Multilingual Publishing, On-Premises
  • Industries: Book Publishing, Education and Textbooks

Hachette Antoine is a regional publisher, based in Lebanon, producing mainly Arabic textbooks and fiction. Using Typefi, Hachette Antoine improved the quality of Arabic typesetting, significantly reduced production and review time, and eliminated outsourcing. It's now possible to go to press in less than 48 hours!

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IGI Global

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  • Categories: BITS XML, CMS, Inera eXtyles, JATS XML, On-Premises, Typefi API
  • Industries: Education and Textbooks, Scientific and Scholarly Publishing

IGI Global is a leading international academic publisher. The company produces both print books and content for its XML-powered online learning platform. Using Typefi along with Inera eXtyles and a CMS has enabled a massive production increase—before the new system was implemented, IGI Global produced just 120 books per year; that has now increased to more than 650 books annually.

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Overhead Door

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  • Categories: Manuals, Microsoft Word, On-Premises
  • Industry: Manufacturing and Technical Communication

Overhead Door is one of the largest door manufacturers in the United States. The company produces over 1600 installation guides for its products, which are updated regularly. Overhead Door saved 80% in publishing time by automating the production of its install guides with Typefi.

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PMC

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  • Categories: CMS, Manuals, Multilingual Publishing, On-Premises
  • Industry: Manufacturing and Technical Communication

PMC is a Japanese document solutions company specialising in publishing for manufacturers. Typefi integrated seamlessly with PMC's XML-based CMS, enabling true single-source document creation with the ability to edit content and design at any stage. As a result, PMC's production has “increased explosively”, with minimal changes to staffing.

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Publishing Concepts

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  • Categories: Custom Solution, Custom XML, On-Premises
  • Industry: Book Publishing

Publishing Concepts (PCI) works with organisations including private high schools, universities, clubs, and military branches to capture stories from their members and alumni, then compile and distribute them as print books and digital versions. Using Typefi, PCI reduced production time for print books from seven weeks to just 4 hours and reduced overall cost by minimising the amount of paper used per book.

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Rhino-Rack

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  • Categories: Manuals, Multilingual Publishing, On-Premises
  • Industry: Manufacturing and Technical Communication

Rhino-Rack is an Australian manufacturer of roof racks and accessories. The company produces fit guides in 4 languages for each of its products, and guides are updated every 1-2 months. The old production cycle was nearly constant and errors caused significant delays. After implementing Typefi, production time per guide was reduced from one month down to three to four days with a noticeable reduction in errors.

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The Federation Press

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  • Categories: E-books, Microsoft Word, On-Premises
  • Industries: Book Publishing, Education and Textbooks

The Federation Press is an independent, Australian-owned publishing company specialising in legal, social and academic books. The company produces print books and e-books up to 1500 pages long. Using Typefi, the company's small production department can produce 50 books per year and make changes at any stage without time-intensive reformatting.

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