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Progressive Information Technologies was founded in 1950 in
York, PA, as a hot metal typesetting shop, known then as Progressive
Typographers. Today, the company leads the way in developing
technologies and providing services for publishing content to
multiple media channels such as print, CD, wireless, Web, Braille
and accessible products.
Follow our progression in the timeline below.
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Richard (Dick) S. Schiding started the typesetting and
composition services business in his backyard garage and
named the company Progressive Typographers. Dick led the
company through the days of hot metal typesetting and
advanced into the new technology of photocomposition in
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Dick Schiding's eldest son, Richard B. Schiding, assumed control
of the company. Richard continues in his role as CEO today.
Under his leadership, the company has advanced technologically
and financially to maintain its reputation for high quality
and high-tech services.
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Progressive Typographers purchased its first computer in 1969,
long before many companies even considered using computers.
The computer had 4K of "core", considered state-of-the-art at
that time. This purchase was the beginning of the company's
transition to the computer age.
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The company transitioned through three eras of the typesetting
and composition business, from hot metal to photocomposition
to the digital age. In addition, services in prepress, art creation
and scanning, and SGML workflow were added through the 1970s
and 1980s to complement the business.
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Progressive expanded its publishing services by adding a new
division, named Progressive Publishing Alternatives (PPA), to
handle project management, editorial, and design services. This
division is a complement to the traditional composition services
as it helps publishers by handling their overflow of work. PPA
also provides expertise to manage projects of any complexity
level through the production cycle.
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Progressive began to develop a content management system for
WB Saunders' flagship product, the Dorland's Medical Dictionary.
This software enabled WB Saunders to better manage, organize,
and repurpose the content of the dictionary to multiple spin-offs
and to publish them in print, CD, and Web formats.
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Progressive Typographers changed its name to Progressive Information
Technologies to better reflect its new core business of organizing,
managing, and structuring information for publishing to multiple
media such as CD, wireless, Web, Braille, and print products.
A new tagline was also incorporated: Information Architects
for Publishing.
Enhancements were made to the content management system developed
for the Dorland's Medical Dictionary. The system could now accommodate
a project for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
(IEEE) to manage the content of its electrical engineering standards.
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Realizing that its content management system created for the
WB Saunders and IEEE projects had developed into a product that
could manage and repurpose any type of content, Progressive
launched its TARGET 2000 Content Management System at the Seybold
Seminars in San Francisco, where it was selected as one of the
show's "Hot Picks." Data analysis and modeling, DTD writing,
consulting, and training services were added to support the
software clients.
The New Media and Electronic Products Division was added to
Progressive's publishing services. The division offers an array
of CD, wireless, and Web products to provide an alternative
to print publishing for its clients.
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The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in the information
management and publishing services industry.
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Progressive was selected as one of the "100 Best Places
to Work in Pennsylvania."
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Progressive launched the seventh version of its TARGET 2000
Content Management System and changed its name to the Vasont
Content Management System to better reflect the continuing enhancements
and significant new features to the software.
Advent Publishing Systems became Progressive's first international
client and partner when Advent chose Vasont to manage its documentation
for its ACS publishing system.
Progressive was named to ContentWorld's content500® Plus list
of top Internet content technology leaders.
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E-Learning products became a part of the New Media division's
product offerings. Through this initiative, Progressive donated
their services and developed a Volunteer Tutor Workshop
E-Learning CD for the York County Literacy Council, a non-profit
organization.
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Progressive Information Technologies announced that its Vasont
content management software applications and service offerings
would now operate under the name “Vasont Systems,”
a sister division of Progressive Information Technologies. The
new name better reflected Vasont’s range of applications
and services and was a result of the product’s exceptional
growth and increased brand recognition in the content management
software market.
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