eWarna and Yunique Solutions announced an integration and distribution agreement that paves the way for Yunique to market and deliver advanced online color collaboration tools powered by eWarna's patented Online Color Exchange (OCX) as an integrated component of its popular plmOn solution.

eWarna's on demand web services will allow Yunique plmOn customers to seamlessly store, retrieve, compare and share digital color information in the eWarna OCX. Using plmOn's collaboration and workflow tools, users can communicate digitized color standards, receive/submit color submissions (lab or bulk dips) through industry standard file formats, set approval tolerances and keep detailed records of all color approvals. These color-specific capabilities are critical to driving time and cost out of the product lifecycle of apparel and other fashion-related products.

By adding color management and collaboration, Yunique will extend plmOn's existing suite of industry-specific digital asset (image) management, tech pack management, quotation and bid management, sample and production planning and tracking, pre-concept line management, and materials management capabilities.

The companies have begun integration work and expect to begin delivery of the integrated color capabilities in the second quarter of 2006. Yunique plans to offer the eWarna-powered color tools to existing and prospective plmOn customers as an optional module. plmOn users will gain access to the color functions through the standard plmOn interface without exiting or logging-on to an additional color application.

eWarna.com Sdn Bhd is a developer of online color collaboration solutions for apparel and color critical industries with offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Yunique Solutions Inc is a New York-based developer of 100% browser-based product lifecycle management (PLM) and digital asset management (DAM) solutions targeting at retailers and manufacturers for apparel, home textiles, and accessories.

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