Appligent Document Solutions

Appligent Document Solutions is one of the oldest and most innovative independent PDF technology companies in the world, with customers in the government, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, publishing and legal sectors, among others. The company invented PDF redaction and form-flattening and was first to market with PDF-specific server applications for forms, stamping, appending, encryption and digital signatures, all available on the leading server OS platforms. The company created the first business document service bureau for PDF files in 1996, and now offers PDF forms development, Section 508 compliance, document automation and publication imaging services, among others.

Appligent Document Solutions is a leader in the continuing development of PDF International Standards, with active participation in ISO 32000 (PDF), ISO 19005 (PDF/A) and ISO/DIS 14289 (PDF/UA).

Appligent Document Solutions and PDF/A
In October, 2002, Appligent Document Solutions became one of the first organizations to join the effort to create the PDF/A International Standard for archiving electronic documents. Appligent’s CTO, Mark Gavin is one of the original members of the PDF/A ISO working group, contributing heavily to the process of drafting ISO 19005-1.