for decades the packaging industry has struggled for standardization beyond the bounds of companies. the specifications of machine manufacturers facilitated this only in parts. more than 25 years ago the dvs company had already started to combine technical knowhow of the machine manufacturers specifications with human experiences in a catalog of criteria. with the help of a simple question answer dialogue for form, execution and checked formulas it became feasible to obtain an almost identical construction only when the 3 dimensional main measurements length, width, height and the materials of the packaging were specified. this is regardless of what packaging developer was confronted with this task.while this collection of formulas was only available for cardboard and then only on paper fortunately the appearance of the personal computer in the middle of the 1980s allowed this to become so much easier. now even a non professional could create standard packaging samples with almost no errors within minutes.in time, the range of possibilities was extended and adapted to the specifications of the big packaging manufacturers associations ecma, fefco including their norm labels and constructions. complex subconstructions have also been created even beyond those specifications.using packedia pro today, packaging developers have standard catalogs for folding boxes, corrugated cardboard boxes and displays at their disposal. thanks to the innovative parameterisation module dvsmap special catalogs for envelopes, cd and dvd packagings can be created on demand according to client specificationstoday the main catalogues have more than 750 standards which are only the tip of the iceberg for several million subconstructions. packadia pro and packedia webpro to be available also in france beside english, netherland and german languages with immediate effect. planned are additional languages packedia webpro as well as packedia pro supply result data to the processing for cad or dtp programs. the widely spread and standardised data format of the dxf serves as a vector interface. calculation data for the transfer is optionally provided.supplier www.dvserp.de