AlphaGraphics Announces Signing of a Master Franchise Agreement for Portugal.TUCSON Tucson (t  `sŏn'), city (1990 pop. 405,390), seat of Pima co., SE Ariz.; inc. 1877. , Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 1999-- AlphaGraphics AlphaGraphics is a franchise chain of business centers that provide print communication solutions that include one-to-one marketing, mailing services, large format printing, design services, copying, printing, and finishing and bindery services. Inc., the international franchisor of AlphaGraphics Printshops Of The Future design, copy and print stores, has recently signed a Master Franchise Agreement that will result in 20 new stores in the European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. country of Portugal. The first location is scheduled to open in Lisbon in August of this year. Mailtec Tecnologias de Informacao, S.A., based in the capital city of Lisbon, has acquired the rights to open and operate AlphaGraphics Printshops Of The Future stores in Portugal. Mailtec, S.A. is one of Europe's leading providers of digital variable data printing and digital direct mail printing. "Mailtec, S.A. currently provides professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to large corporate customers such as banks and telecommunications companies See telecom company. . With this development, AlphaGraphics and Mailtec and will expand their customer base and provide a full range of services throughout the country," said Carlos Oliveira, administrator for Mailtec. "This will allow the Portuguese small and medium enterprises, as well as individual entrepreneurs, to benefit from the high-end level of technology services usually available exclusively to large customers," said Oliveira. "A country of 10 million people, Portugal is very technologically advanced and has a high rate of growth of new entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. businesses, such as Mailtec. "Small and medium size business customers will now have access to technology such as print-on-demand, distribute-then-print, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). publishing, customer-to-store electronic file transfer and the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ," said John Kellen, director of International Development for AlphaGraphics Inc. AlphaGraphics Printshops Of The Future stores offer services that are ideal for businesses that require a one-stop source for design, copy, print and digital publishing expertise on reports, proposals, presentation materials, newsletters, brochures, resumes, flyers, letterhead, business cards and web site design. AlphaGraphics Inc, is the franchisor of AlphaGraphics Printshops Of The Future, the leading providers of print-related and digital publishing services for businesses worldwide. AlphaGraphics has more than 340 franchise locations in 25 countries throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe. In the next 12 months, the company plans to open locations in Athens, Budapest and Vienna. For more information, visit AlphaGraphics web site at www.alphagraphics.com. |
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