Offset printing expertise

Improve color control and reduce makeready waste.

Faster makeready, steadier color, less waste. ColorLoop is Rutherford’s production software for offset.

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Estimated yearly saving≈ €145,000

for a B1 six-color packaging press. What could ColorLoop save in your pressroom?

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Who we are

Rutherford.fr

European team specialized in offset and flexo color management. compatible with industry-standard measurement, we support printers, packaging converters and brands across more than 30 countries, with over 1,000 systems deployed worldwide.

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How we work

The expertise, software, and technology behind Rutherford

Rutherford combines offset print expertise, software, and technology to help modernize production control.

Rutherford.fr

Rutherford brings years of offset print expertise in color management, press-side workflow, and production consistency.

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ColorLoop.ai

ColorLoop is Rutherford’s software platform for modern offset production control, built from real pressroom experience.

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Veoria.fr

VEORIA, Rutherford’s sister company, is a printing technology company focused on industrial printing systems and inline color control for label printing. Its engineering team developed the technology behind ColorLoop together with Rutherford’s offset printing expertise.

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Case studies

Results from the field

Stories from the field where Rutherford helped offset teams hit targets faster, reduce waste, and standardize production.

Wauters B'Pack

Challenge: Maintaining tight color precision across high-volume packaging offset.
Result: Stronger color accuracy, faster makeready, and more confidence on every job.

Viappiani Printing

Challenge: Holding precision and speed on demanding commercial offset jobs.
Result: Faster makeready, less waste, and tighter color control with Rutherford closed-loop.

Autajon Packaging Milan

Challenge: Holding brand color consistency across high-end packaging production.
Result: Stronger color consistency and better press efficiency shift to shift.

LEFRANCQ Packaging

Challenge: Running demanding packaging jobs with no room for color drift.
Result: “We can’t run the press without it.”, closed-loop control adopted as a daily standard.

GS Monaco & Forbes Monaco

Challenge: Matching demanding luxury brand color standards with Forbes Monaco.
Result: Tighter color control, shorter makeready, and confident high-end output.

Moderna Printing

Challenge: Slow, manual startups driving makeready waste on sheetfed offset.
Result: Smarter startups, reduced waste, and faster time to saleable sheets.

ColorConsulting Italy

Challenge: Industrializing color expertise across Italian packaging customers.
Result: Standardized workflows and measurable color performance improvements.

Printwell USA

Challenge: Scaling consistent color across high-volume commercial offset in the US.
Result: Standardized pressroom, faster onboarding, and reliable customer deliveries.

Avery Dennison Queretaro

Challenge: Scaling color consistency across international label production.
Result: Standardized pressroom, reliable color quality, and cleaner data across sites.

Stop losing money

Stop losing money on every makeready

Color drift burns sheets, ink and press time. Check for free whether your press is eligible for Rutherford closed-loop color.

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How Rutherford helps

Concrete outcomes for real offset production environments.

Rutherford supports offset teams with color management, press-side workflow, and production standardization, focused on what moves the press, not buzzwords.

Stable color across runs

Standardized calibration, ink models, and closed-loop correction that keep deliveries consistent from one job to the next.

Lower makeready waste

Fewer sheets, less ink, and shorter setup cycles thanks to predictable target-hitting and tighter press control.

Better workflow control

Clearer press-side decisions, connected measurement data, and structured hand-off between operators and management.

Production standardization

Repeatable processes across presses, shifts, and sites, so brand owners and converters can trust what ships.

The software

ColorLoop for offset printing

Built from Rutherford’s closed-loop experience, ColorLoop helps offset teams reduce setup time, improve color consistency, and connect production data more clearly across the workflow.

Faster makeready

Reach target color sooner with AI guided setup and correction workflows.

Lower waste

Reduce paper, ink, and unnecessary reruns through better setup consistency.

Better repeatability

Use stable production data to improve performance from one job to the next.

Connected visibility

Bring measurements, quality data, and production insights into one clearer operational layer.

Integrations

ColorLoop works with industry-standard tools like MeasureColor and IntelliTrax2, keeping your existing measurement and reporting investments.

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Who we work with

Who Rutherford works with

If any of these sound familiar, Rutherford is likely a good fit. We work best with teams that care about real press outcomes.

Offset printer marking up a plate in front of a Manroland Roland 500

Offset printers

Printers who want faster makeready and more stable color results across jobs, shifts, and presses.

Sheetfed offset production line in a packaging plant

Packaging converters

Converters looking for stronger production control, standardization, and repeatability across their pressroom.

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Decision makers

Leaders evaluating workflow modernization, closed-loop color strategy, or console compatibility before a rollout.

Regulation

PPWR & DPP

We support printers and brands every step of the way toward PPWR compliance and Digital Product Passport readiness.

Digital Product Passport

Each pack becomes a data carrier. A single scan reveals composition, materials origin and recyclability, structured data, updated in real time, shared across the value chain from supplier to consumer.

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PPWR compliance

Recyclable by design, validated recycled content, FSC-certified substrates, minimised packaging. We help you turn regulatory text into concrete production standards, audited, documented and ready for market checks.

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Your fast-track to PPWR & DPP readiness

From the blog

Latest insights

Rutherford notes on offset production, color management, and industry shifts.

Standards

G7 for European exporters

North American buyers ask for G7 calibration. How European printers already on ISO 12647-2 add G7 and hold it on press through every production run.

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News

Offset press retrofit, not replacement

Komori is buying a semiconductor chiller maker. When press builders diversify, an offset press retrofit becomes the realistic route to better color.

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Regulations

PPWR: new inks, same color target

PPWR substance limits applied on 12 August 2026 and they cover inks and coatings, so reformulated ink sets are reaching the press with new color behavior.

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Made in France

Our Team

Rutherford.fr and Veoria.fr are two sister companies based in France. Our team combines offset expertise, software engineering, and industrial printing technology to support printers, converters, and brands across Europe and beyond. Every project is handled directly from France, with people who know your press, your workflow, and your business.

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