Siegwerk and X-Rite Pantone launch cloud-based color management platform for printers

Siegwerk, with X-Rite Pantone, has made COLORWERK FastMatch Cloud available, a cloud-based color management platform combining ink formulation, color correction and quality control for packaging and label printers. The platform offers a secure database accessible 24/7 via web browser, formula calculations in under 20 seconds (a stated 50% speed increase), and integration with PantoneLIVE. Siegwerk will demonstrate it at LOUPE Americas in Chicago from September 15–17, 2026.

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Market context

Printing inks are liquid formulations of pigments, resins, solvents and additives that transfer images onto substrates such as plastic films, paper and metal. Flexible packaging and label printing are the largest end markets, driven by demand from food, beverage, personal care, household goods and pharmaceutical brands that rely on consistent, high-quality graphics across many print runs. Color accuracy is central to this work, since brand owners set strict tolerances for shade matching, and converters often mix inks, test proofs and correct batches repeatedly before a job passes. Software that speeds formula calculation, stores color data and links to shared color standards can shorten this cycle. For ink suppliers, such tools shift competition beyond chemistry and price toward service, digital integration and the ability to keep customers' production data in one system. Buyers and investors often watch these moves as indicators of how ink makers plan to differentiate in a mature, competitive market.

Source: official release on siegwerk.com. Summary and context written by Market Krystal.