(X-Rite: Grand Rapids, MI) -- X-Rite, a global leader in color science and technology, will showcase its latest innovations in color management at industry events across North America this fall, including Coatings Trends & Technologies, Western Coatings, Advanced Design & Manufacturing, and AMI Plastics World trade shows and expositions. With demonstrations of the new Judge LED light booth and Autura Effects formulation software, X-Rite is helping plastics and coatings manufacturers digitize workflows, streamline approvals, reduce waste, and prepare for the future of AI-driven automation.

Matthew Adby, product management director at X-Rite, says, “To embrace AI and other advanced manufacturing technologies, manufacturers need quality data, and that starts with digitizing processes, including color workflows. X-Rite offers connected, end-to-end digital color workflow solutions that make it easy to specify, produce, control, and monitor color across the supply chain. This allows manufacturers to create a strong color data foundation to accelerate approvals, reduce waste, and fully leverage AI-driven automation.”

Event schedule

Coatings Trends & Technologies: Sept. 3–5, 2025, Table 29, Lombard, Illinois

Western Coatings: Oct. 19–22, 2025, Booth 430, Las Vegas

Advanced Design & Manufacturing (ADM): Oct. 21–23, 2025, Booth 804, Toronto

AMI Plastics World Expos: Nov. 12–13, 2025, Booth C420, Cleveland

What’s new in color management

X-Rite will spotlight the latest advancements designed to enhance every stage of the color journey, from design and formulation to quality control.

Autura cloud-native software: This cloud-based ecosystem helps streamline color formulation for effect finishes using advanced prediction models. Autura reduces color corrections from seven steps to just two or three, shrinking material use and approval timelines.

Judge LED light booth: Accurately assess and evaluate color under standard LED light sources, aligning with the global shift toward energy efficient and sustainable lighting solutions.

Color iQC: Available as a subscription, this quality control software monitors color from specification to production and finally assembly, with tools to intelligently automate color control and reduce errors.

Ci7860 Sphere benchtop spectrophotometer: Delivers industry-leading inter-instrument agreement and repeatability across opaque, transparent, translucent, and brightened samples.

“By combining advanced prediction models and digital workflows, customers can achieve greater precision, faster results, and more sustainable outcomes,” says Adby. 

For more information about X-Rite color management solutions, visit https://www.xrite.com/.