X-Rite Color Seminar Program Expanded With New QC Workshop
Grand Rapids, Mich.–based X-Rite Inc., owners of Pantone LLC, will kick off its North American series of color workshops on Feb. 28.
The training program will be held in 10 cities in the United States and in Canada. The program includes X-Rite’s Fundamentals of Color and Appearance (FOCA) workshop, which provides hand-on training in sample measurement, data collection and reporting for quality control.
The course is designed to address
color-control issues for a range of industries, including retail and apparel brands, textile design, graphics arts, packaging, and consumer electronics and automotive.
Attendees who have taken the FOCA course or who already have a working knowledge of color theory can take X-Rite’s new Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Quality Control (FIQC) seminar to learn how to create color standards, develop appropriate color tolerances, measure samples against the target color and analyze the results.
Each seminar runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and continental breakfast and lunch will be served. X-Rite will provide computers, software and instruments. The cost to attend is $595 for the FOCA seminar and $895 for the FIQC. A 10 percent discount will be applied to those who register before Feb. 24, and the cost to attend both seminars is $1,295. The seminars also qualify as continuing education under certain accreditation programs.
“These seminars are particularly effective and fun because we encourage hands-on participation,” said Joel Schick, business-development manager of X-Rite Color Services. “Attendees are asked to bring their own samples so they can develop best practices in measuring the colors of their products to improve and monitor workflows. We love it when the attendees come prepared with questions about their quality-control needs.”
The seminars will begin on Feb. 28 in Chicago and run through May. West Coast stops include April 17–18 in Los Angeles and May 22–23 in Portland, Ore.
Workshops will also be held in New York; Nashville; Cincinnati; Baltimore; St. Louis; Milwaukee; Clemson, S.C.; and Toronto.
A complete schedule and more information, including registration information, can be found at www.xrite.com/seminar.—Alison A. Nieder
