Company:PDFTron Systems

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Short description: Software company in Canada
PDFTron Systems Incorporated
TypePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1998
HeadquartersVancouver , Canada
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsPDFNet, WebViewer, Various other PDF solutions
WebsitePDFTron.com

PDFTron Systems Incorporated is a Canadian software company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company provides developer tools for enterprise PDF software.[1]

History

Founded in 1998 by Catherine Andersz and Ivan Nincic, PDFTron was among the first companies outside of Adobe Systems to offer PDF development tools. Their core product, PDFNet SDK, has gone through many iterations since its introduction in 2002. They were early adopters of Microsoft Silverlight and XPS technologies, launching the PDF2XPS product within a year of the format standardization in 2007.[2] Advancing into the mobile arena PDFNet now has capabilities in Windows Mobile, iOS, Android[3] and HTML5. The HTML5 feature of their new WebViewer enables platform neutral document viewing and web annotation.[4]

In 2019, PDFTron is teamed up with Silversmith Capital Partners and received growth investment of $71 million.[5]

PDFTron continued growth in 2020 by acquiring BCL Technologies[6] and ActivePDF,[7] adding B2C solutions (PDFOnline and easyPDF converter) and server-side PDF automation tools to their portfolio.

In 2022, PDFTron acquired iText, a provider of PDF Software,[8] PDFlib GmbH, Germany-based innovator of dynamic, server-side PDF creation technology[9] and eversign, GmbH, an Austrian e-signature platform for an undisclosed sum.[10]

Products and clients

Notable clients include Brother Industries,[14] Thomson Reuters,[15] Konica Minolta[16] and Canon Inc.[17]

Community

PDFTron has been a member of PDF Association[18] since 2009. It is also member of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA),[19] the Association for Information and Image Management AIIM[20]

In 2018, PDFTron CEO Catherine Andersz was elected to the PDF Association Board of Directors.[21] [22]

References

  1. ↑ Cardoza, Christina (29 November 2016). "The PDF file format: A work in progress". SD Times (Plainview,NY: D2 Emerge, LLC). https://sdtimes.com/adobe/pdf-file-format-work-progress/. 
  2. ↑ "Planet PDF"
  3. ↑ "PDFTron Releases PDFNet Mobile PDF SDK for Android™ and iOS". 26 September 2011. https://www.prweb.com/releases/pdftron/pdf_sdk_for_android_ios/prweb8825745.htm. "The PDFNet Mobile SDK was engineered using an advanced, custom tiling viewer that leaves a small memory footprint and enables high-zooming for up to 500x, without sacrificing rendering speed or performance" 
  4. ↑ "IT Enquirer"
  5. ↑ "PDFTron Receives $71 Million Growth Investment Led By Silversmith Capital Partners". 16 May 2019. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190516005151/en/PDFTron-Receives-71-Million-Growth-Investment-Led. 
  6. ↑ Visconti, Ambrogio (30 June 2020). "PDFTron System’s Acquisition Of BCL Technologies". http://www.globallegalchronicle.com/pdftron-systems-acquisition-of-bcl-technologies/. 
  7. ↑ La Bella, Patricia (1 July 2020). "ActivePDF is Acquired by PDFTron, Creating a New Future of PDF Technologies". https://www.prweb.com/releases/activepdf_is_acquired_by_pdftron_creating_a_new_future_of_pdf_technologies/prweb17226504.htm. 
  8. ↑ "PDFTron Acquires iText, Adding Significant Scale & Complementary Functionality for Developers" (in en). https://pdftron.com/blog/news/pdftron-acquires-itext/. 
  9. ↑ "PDFTron Extends EU Presence with Acquisition of PDFlib". https://www.pdftron.com/blog/news/pdftron-acquires-pdflib/. 
  10. ↑ "PDFTron Broadens Leading Document Technology Platform by Acquiring E-signature Innovator eversign". https://www.pdftron.com/blog/news/pdftron-acquires-eversign. 
  11. ↑ "PDFNet". PDFTron Systems Inc.. 21 August 2018. https://www.nuget.org/packages/PDFNet/6.8.66.7102. 
  12. ↑ Bennett, Nelson (6 August 2012). "Local web developers cash in on switch to HTML5". https://biv.com/article/2012/08/local-web-developers-cash-in-on-switch-to-html5. 
  13. ↑ "PDFTron Receives $71 Million Growth Investment Led By Silversmith Capital Partners" (in en-US). https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pdftron-receives-71-million-growth-133000069.html. 
  14. ↑ "OmniJoin User Guide". 2014. http://www.omnijoin.com/pdf/omnijoin_eng_ug_c.pdf. "PDF technology in OmniJoin is powered by PDFNet SDK copyright © PDFTron™ Systems Inc.,2001-2012, and distributed by or on behalf of Brother Industries, Ltd. under license." 
  15. ↑ "Thomson Reuters EndNote Guide"
  16. ↑ "Printgroove POD Serve User Guide". KONICA MINOLTA. 2009. https://konicaminolta.ca/wps/wcm/connect/bca/d9330cd4-6f47-4aeb-a51c-444fc5bb7172/PrintgroovePOD_serve_user_guide.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CONVERT_TO=url&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE.Z18_0IDCHAS0L03T10A5N5R0IT3PU6-d9330cd4-6f47-4aeb-a51c-444fc5bb7172-lRu2qKh. 
  17. ↑ "Océ PRISMA®access". CANON. 2014. https://csa.canon.com/online/wcm/connect/csa/25865e2c-0d71-4cb0-8865-9b0cb3761699/PRISMAaccess-Brochure.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=25865e2c-0d71-4cb0-8865-9b0cb3761699. "... The Océ PRISMAaccess operator console offers an integrated calculator, featuring PDFTron technology. This helps the operator to develop quotes based on job requirements ..." 
  18. ↑ "PDF Association"
  19. ↑ "Technology Directory". BC Tech (Vancouver: Business in Vancouver): p. 64. 2018. https://issuu.com/bivmediagroup/docs/bctech_2018e. 
  20. ↑ "Association for Information and Image Management"
  21. ↑ "PDF Association Board". https://www.pdfa.org/board/. 
  22. ↑ "PANEL: Five visions of a PDF future". 3 July 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=Fz0OKjYJ104. 




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