Danka Announces New Multi-Million-Dollar Order From Kinko's; Canon Color, Black-and-White Devices Featured.Business Editors ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001 Danka Business Systems PLC (Nasdaq:DANKY) today announced agreements totaling more than $38 million with Kinko's Inc., a world leader in visual communications services and document copying. The agreement includes initial placements of Canon CLC (The Computer Language Company Inc.) The publisher of this Encyclopedia. See About this product. 1120 and CLC 1150 Color Laser Copiers and other color copiers over the next four months. The new contract for Canon equipment builds upon a previous contract for Canon imageRUNNER(TM) 600/550 digital copiers, which was announced in March. Danka will also service and support this equipment. "Danka's ability to supply and support innovative Canon digital equipment provides us with a competitive advantage when servicing our retail and corporate customers," said Ross Waddell, Kinko's Vice President of Purchasing. "Danka's service and after-sales support of Kinko's locations continues to be outstanding--and we look forward to having Danka involved in our future growth." "Canon is the leading copier producer in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and their products provide our customers with valuable new features and reliable performance. Kinko's relies upon us to provide not just emerging technologies, but the expertise to properly configure and support those solutions as well," said Brian Merriman Brian Merriman (circa 1749 – July 27 1805) was an Irish language poet and teacher. His single surviving work of substance, the 1000-line long Cúirt An Mheán Oíche (The Midnight Court , Danka's President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . Merriman added that large customers like Kinko's place greater emphasis on vendor support during the decision-making process due to their sizable investments in digital technology and the required integration with existing network infrastructures and devices. Over the last several years, Danka has laid a strong foundation for supporting digital platforms with its Digital Solutions Center, specialized "hands on" training programs for field sales and technical support staffs and 24/hr x 7/wk customer support centers. Danka also allows customers to maximize their investment by enabling printing and publishing solutions to handle many different types of jobstreams, thanks to its DankaWare(TM) solutions. These web-enabled solutions marry industry standard printing platforms with specialized software to make customers' workflows more efficient. About Kinko's Kinko's is the world's leading provider of visual communications services, document creation and copying. Its global network of over 1,000 digitally connected locations offers 24-hour access to technology for color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). , finishing and presentation services, Internet access See how to access the Internet. , videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems and Web-based on-demand printing See print on demand. and document management solutions. Named for the third-consecutive year as one of Fortune's 100 best companies to work for in America, it is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation , with more than 25,000 co-workers, and locations in nine countries. Kinko's is headquartered in Ventura, Calif. For more information, go to www.kinkos.com. About Danka Danka Business Systems PLC, headquartered in London, England and St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg (often shortened to St. Pete) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The city is known as a vacation destination for North American and European vacationers, as well as a politically important battleground in U.S. Presidential politics. , is one of the world's largest independent suppliers of office imaging equipment and related services, parts, and supplies. Danka provides office products and services in 29 countries around the world. For additional information about copiers, printers, and other office imaging products, visit our web site at http://www.danka.com or call 1-800-OK-DANKA (800-653-2652). Certain statements contained in this press release, including statements related to Danka's future business and financial performance, are forward-looking. Such statements reflect the current views of Danka with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , including all statements in this release and other risks, including those identified in any of the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date they are made. Note: DankaWare is a trademark of Danka. ImageRunner is a registered trademark of Canon. |
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