Case Study: SP Group Ltd. achieves automated PDF optimization, standardized prepress and faster production with DALIM SOFTWARE’s MISTRAL

SP Group gets MISTRAL involved in all of the processes

SP Group Ltd., a UK-based specialist in time-critical retail promotions, needed to replace labor‑intensive, inconsistent prepress processes with an open, vendor‑neutral workflow that could automatically optimize PDFs for multiple print technologies. To meet that need they selected DALIM SOFTWARE’s MISTRAL (with the TWIST backbone) to centralize file preparation, color management and device‑specific optimization while allowing customization and human intervention where required.

DALIM SOFTWARE’s MISTRAL was implemented as SP’s prepress hub, automating ISO‑standard PDF building, color management, two‑stage approvals and routing to RIPs while retaining manual control when needed. The result was faster throughput, consistent, automated optimization and improved color matching across devices, with measurable impact: significant time and cost savings and business growth — SP Group more than doubled in size over ten years while prepress headcount increased only 30–40%.

SP Group Ltd.

Nick Stevens

Technical Director