About us

We are experts in automating production in reprographic businesses.

PlanCom Datensysteme GmbH is an owner-managed company in Wiefelstede near Oldenburg, Germany. We develop, sell and support our software ourselves.

Our history

From plot service to software development.

Before founding PlanCom Datensysteme GmbH, managing partner Andreas Grieß worked as a sole proprietor in CAD and network technology.

Working with architects and engineers led to the plot service, and the plot service led to our own software, which reprographic service providers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland use today to produce millions of square metres of CAD plans, construction drawings and engineering drawings every year.

  1. Sole proprietorship for CAD and network technology
  2. PlanCom Datensysteme GmbH founded in Oldenburg
  3. Digital production line with one of the first digitally controlled folding systems in Europe. Controlled by our in-house developed ReproManager software.
  4. The ReproManager goes to the first reprographic businesses. We are proud that some of our customers from those days are still with us today.
  5. Focus on software for reprographics, COALA large-format colour copying software presented at CeBIT and distributed worldwide
  6. ReproManager 3.0, a complete redevelopment
  7. Move to Wiefelstede
  8. Acquisition of re-FAST 4win, an established invoicing software in the reprographics industry, to connect and automate production and invoicing
  9. SimCOL 2 colour management in the ReproManager
  10. COALA 64 HD as pure 64-bit software with the new SimCOL 3 colour engine
  11. SimCOL 3 colour management in the ReproManager
  12. ReproManager 4.0 Client Module
  13. Fundamental research for SmartPlot
  14. New rasterisation engine for the ReproManager: 64-bit, native on Windows and Linux
  15. New data centre built for SmartPlot. Development of the IT infrastructure, with parallel firewalls and fibre-optic data lines for maximum resilience.
  16. SmartPlot trade mark registered with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
  17. SmartPlot trade mark registered with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
  18. Development of the SmartPlot web interface and workflow
  19. First SmartPlot order in the lab: the entire chain from the web interface to the printed plan was completed.
  20. Planned launch of SmartPlot