Leading Costa Rican media company Grupo Nación opts for Scandinavian media technology

As one of the first in Latin America, Costa Rica’s leading media company Grupo Nación recently implemented Washington Post’s novel editorial system Arc XP. Grupo Nación has now teamed up with Roxen to complete the solution to seamlessly incorporate print production.

Grupo Nación, the leading media company in Costa Rica with titles such as La Nación, El Financiero and La Teja, is using the state-of-the-art Arc XP solution for its editorial production and online publishing. With the print channel still being of significant importance to Grupo Nación, their solution needed to be extended with a module for print production.

"As we searched the market for a print module to match the capabilities of our new Arc XP system, we found Roxen, a Swedish software developer of innovative media technology, that offered a perfect match both in terms of product functionality and efficient integration with solutions from other vendors," says Pedro Abreu, Executive Director at Grupo Nación.

"Our print software can be utilized as interoperable module for customers employing several vendors, allowing them to create their own bespoke, best-of-breed solutions. Roxen is today used as an integrated print module in several larger systems, now including Arc XP," says Per Östlund, President and CEO at Roxen.

Grupo Nación is also automating their image processing with ColorFactory from Norwegian developer Fotoware. To utilize the new technology and further increase productivity, Grupo Nación has employed Norwegian workflow specialists and Roxen partners TikkTakk to design a new templated editorial workflow.

"By incorporating a print solution and improved image handling in our Arc XP solution, we will achieve the most efficient production environment possible for our journalists and editors to ensure that we are well positioned to continue serving our customers with quality content while growing our business profitably," Pedro Abreu concludes.

"We are immensely proud to be supporting Grupo Nación in their implementation of a comprehensive, modern editorial solution for their newsrooms and editorial communities. We are equally proud to be part of a collaborative effort drawing on the innovations and technical prowess developed in our competitive Scandinavian home market to enable a forerunner in Latin America," Per Östlund concludes.

For more information, contact:

Per Östlund, CEO, Roxen AB
P: +46 732 30 30 13 / per.ostlund@roxen.com

Pedro Abreu, Executive Director, Grupo Nación SA
P: +506 2247 4747 / pedroabreu@nacion.com