Hybrid Software program receives two 2026 Pinnacle Awards for Expertise

Hybrid Software program has obtained two 2026 Pinnacle Awards for Expertise from Printing United Alliance for Mako Core with Apex and PACKZ Max. The award-winning merchandise introduce two business firsts: the primary totally GPU-native renderer for print workflows and the primary PDF editor with an built-in raster picture processor (RIP), a press launch acknowledged.

The Pinnacle Award for Expertise honors merchandise that advance the printing business by innovation, improved performance, and measurable manufacturing advantages.

Mako Core with Apex, developed by Hybrid Software program Helix, is the primary software program improvement package for print workflows to include a completely GPU-native renderer. Not like typical architectures that use GPUs just for chosen acceleration duties, Apex executes your complete rendering pipeline on the graphics processor and delivers rendering efficiency as much as 30 occasions quicker than conventional CPU-based approaches. It additionally permits post-processing capabilities, together with halftone screening, to be carried out immediately on the GPU, lowering bottlenecks and offering a extremely scalable platform for advanced, high-resolution, and variable-data print workflows.

PACKZ Max, from Hybrid Software program’s labels and packaging enterprise, is the primary PDF editor with an built-in RIP. It combines PDF enhancing and the Harlequin RIP from Hybrid Software program Helix in a single software, enabling prepress operators to edit, preview, display, and output recordsdata inside one setting. Customers can see precisely how a job will picture earlier than it reaches the platesetter, bringing duties that historically require separate enhancing and RIP functions right into a single workflow.

“These awards spotlight innovation throughout Hybrid Software program,” stated Mike Rottenborn, CEO of Hybrid Software. “Mako Core with Apex and PACKZ Max exhibit how we proceed to problem established approaches to print manufacturing. We’re honored that Printing United Alliance has acknowledged the influence these merchandise are having throughout the business.”

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Naresh Khanna – 12 January 2026

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