PDFTron Systems

PDFTron Systems Incorporated is a Canadian software company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company provides developer tools for enterprise PDF software.[1]

PDFTron Systems Incorporated
Private
IndustrySoftware
Founded1998
HeadquartersVancouver, Canada
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsPDFNet, WebViewer, Various other PDF solutions
WebsitePDFTron.com

History

Founded in 1998 by Catherine Andersz and Ivan Nincic, PDFTron was among the first companies outside of Adobe Systems to offer PDF development tools. Their core product, PDFNet SDK, has gone through many iterations since its introduction in 2002. They were early adopters of Microsoft Silverlight and XPS technologies, launching the PDF2XPS product within a year of the format standardization.[2] Advancing into the mobile arena PDFNet now has capabilities in Windows Mobile, iOS, Android[3] and HTML5. The HTML5 feature of their new WebViewer enables platform neutral document viewing and web annotation.[4]

In 2019, PDFTron is teamed up with Silversmith Capital Partners and received growth investment of $71 million.[5]

PDFTron continued growth in 2020 by acquiring BCL Technologies[6] and ActivePDF[7] adding B2C solutions (PDFOnline and easyPDF converter) and server-side PDF automation tools to their portfolio.

Products and clients

Notable clients include Brother Industries,[11] Thomson Reuters,[12] Konica Minolta[13] and Canon Inc.[14]

Community

PDFTron is member of PDF Association[15] since 2009. It is also member of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA),[16] the Association for Information and Image Management AIIM[17]

In 2018, PDFTron CEO Catherine Andersz was elected to the PDF Association Board of Directors.[18] [19]

References
  1. Cardoza, Christina (29 November 2016). "The PDF file format: A work in progress". SD Times. Plainview,NY: D2 Emerge, LLC. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. "Planet PDF"
  3. "PDFTron Releases PDFNet Mobile PDF SDK for Android™ and iOS". www.prweb.com. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2018. The PDFNet Mobile SDK was engineered using an advanced, custom tiling viewer that leaves a small memory footprint and enables high-zooming for up to 500x, without sacrificing rendering speed or performance
  4. "IT Enquirer"
  5. "PDFTron Receives $71 Million Growth Investment Led By Silversmith Capital Partners". businesswire. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. Visconti, Ambrogio (30 June 2020). "PDFTron System's Acquisition Of BCL Technologies". Global Legal Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. La Bella, Patricia (1 July 2020). "ActivePDF is Acquired by PDFTron, Creating a New Future of PDF Technologies". prweb. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  8. "PDFNet". PDFTron Systems Inc. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  9. Bennett, Nelson (6 August 2012). "Local web developers cash in on switch to HTML5". Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  10. "PDFTron Receives $71 Million Growth Investment Led By Silversmith Capital Partners". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  11. "OmniJoin User Guide" (PDF). www.omnijoin.com. 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2018. PDF technology in OmniJoin is powered by PDFNet SDK copyright © PDFTron™ Systems Inc.,2001-2012, and distributed by or on behalf of Brother Industries, Ltd. under license.
  12. "Thomson Reuters EndNote Guide"
  13. "Printgroove POD Serve User Guide" (PDF). www.konicaminolta.com. KONICA MINOLTA. 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  14. "Océ PRISMA®access" (PDF). www.canon.com. CANON. 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2018. ... The Océ PRISMAaccess operator console offers an integrated calculator, featuring PDFTron technology. This helps the operator to develop quotes based on job requirements ...
  15. "PDF Association"
  16. "Technology Directory". BC Tech. Vancouver: Business in Vancouver. 2018. p. 64.
  17. "Association for Information and Image Management" Archived 2012-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  18. "PDF Association Board". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  19. "PANEL: Five visions of a PDF future". 3 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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