Softpress
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| UK Limited Company, US Corporation - Softpress Inc. | |
| Industry | software publishing |
| Founded | Oxford, England, UK (1993) |
| Headquarters | Witney, England, UK |
Key people |
Joe Billings, Managing Director Richard Logan, Financial Director Stewart Fellows, Technical Director |
| Products | Freeway Pro, Freeway Express, Chroma, Exhibeo |
Number of employees | 10 (2013) |
| Website | www.softpress.com |
Softpress Systems was a software publisher with its headquarters in Witney in Oxfordshire, UK. The company was founded in 1993. Originally the developers of a print-publishing application called Uniqorn. Development of Uniqorn ended after Apple discontinued printing support for its QuickDraw GX component.
The company initiated development of Freeway (currently version 7) in 1996, a DTP (Desktop publishing)-style website creation program. Freeway is an HTML generator, as opposed to an HTML editor, allowing users to design in similar ways to DTP applications rather than work directly with code. There is a Pro - professional - version and Express version - focused towards home and small business users. Softpress also develops Exhibeo, an easy-to-use creation tool for web galleries and showcases.
Softpress Systems was managed by Joe Billings (Managing Director), Richard Logan (Financial Director), and Stewart Fellows (Technical Director).
Closure
On the 4th July, 2016, Softpress announced that it had ceased trading, saying that “current revenue and new product development, are insufficient to sustain the company as a viable entity going forward’.[1]