Danka and Heidelberg Expand Partnership to Broaden Digital Market Presence.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ST. PETERSBURG Petersburg, city (1990 pop. 38,386), politically independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Appomattox River; inc. 1850. A port of entry and an important tobacco market, it has industries producing chemicals, pharmaceuticals, furniture, structural steel, lumber, , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2003 Danka Business Systems PLC (Nasdaq:DANKY) and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg Heidelberg (hī`dəlbĕrkh), city (1994 pop. 139,430), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, picturesquely situated on the Neckar River. Manufactures include machinery, precision instruments, leather goods, and tobacco and wood products. ) today announced a series of agreements designed to expand their presence in the digital print marketplace and to further meet the needs of their digital customers. The agreements are among Heidelberg USA, Danka, and NexPress Solutions LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control -- a development and manufacturing joint venture of Heidelberg and Kodak (company) Kodak - The photographic company responsible for Photo CD. http://kodak.com/. . Key elements include: -- A multi-year distribution agreement enables Danka to continue direct sales of the branded Heidelberg Digimaster(R) product family worldwide, including the 9110 system, the high-speed high-speed adj. 1. Operated or designed for operation at high speed: a high-speed food processor. 2. Taking place at high speed: a high-speed chase. 3. 9150i print system, and a full range of finishing products and accessories. -- A cooperative marketing agreement gives Heidelberg USA and Danka more direct access to each other's digital product portfolios. For example, Danka customers can gain access to the new NexPress 2100 digital production color press through Heidelberg USA's sales force. Heidelberg customers will have access to Danka's portfolio of high-quality document output systems through Danka's sales force. -- A cooperative-service arrangement enables Heidelberg USA to extend its service geographies in the U.S. by outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. service to Danka's highly regarded nationwide Technical Services organization. "These agreements build on Danka's status as the only company worldwide, besides Heidelberg, that sells the Heidelberg-branded Digimaster family of products," said Bill Troxil, senior vice president, Production Print, Danka. "While they give both us and Heidelberg entry into new products and market opportunities, our customers are the real winners by gaining access to one of the industry's most comprehensive suites of products and services." "This expanded partnership demonstrates the commitment both Heidelberg and Danka have to the advancement of digital printing," said Bill Blair Bill Blair may refer to:
About Danka Danka delivers value to clients worldwide by using its expert technical and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to implement effective document information solutions. As one of the largest independent providers of enterprise imaging systems and services, the company enables choice, convenience, and continuity. Danka's vision is to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems customers to benefit fully from the convergence of image and document technologies in a connected environment. This approach will strengthen the company's client relationships and expand its strategic value. For more information, visit Danka's Web site at http://www.danka.com. About Heidelberg Heidelberg (http://www.heidelberg.com) is the world's leading print media solution provider. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). , the company manufactures and supports an extensive and integrated range of sheetfed, digital and web press systems as well as prepress In typography and printing, the preparation of camera-ready materials up to the actual printing stage, which includes typesetting, page makeup and plate processing. By the turn of the century, the creation of digital content by authors and designers, digital printers, computer-to-plate and postpress components, software and consumables for all printing applications. Heidelberg has by far the largest manufacturing and support network in the industry with 20 manufacturing sites, 250 sales and service sites in 170 countries and around 24,000 employees. The installed base of Heidelberg print media technologies includes more than 400,000 systems at 240,000 customer sites worldwide. 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. . 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. Danka is a registered trademark of Danka Business Systems PLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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