Gretag, Professional Imaging Division Acquired by Oce N.V.Business Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2001 Gretag Imaging Group Inc. and Oce N.V. (Nasdaq:OCENY) a major supplier of Professional Document Systems, have reached an agreement on Oce's acquisition of Gretag's Professional Imaging Division, composed of Raster Graphics See bitmapped graphics. (graphics) raster graphics - Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics. , Onyx Graphics, Cymbolic Sciences and ANAgraph. This Division develops, manufactures and sells products for wide format color inkjet and photo laser printing, including raster image processors See RIP. Remember... try the acronym first! (application, printer) Raster Image Processor - (RIP) A device (usually hardware but can be software) that takes a Page Description Language description of a page and converts it into a bitmap for printing. (RIPs), for indoor as well as outdoor applications. Under the agreement Oce will purchase the shares of Raster Graphics, Inc. (USA) as well as the business-related assets of Raster The horizontal lines (scan lines) displayed on a TV or computer monitor. This is the origin of the term "raster graphics," which is the major category that all bitmapped images and video frames fall into (GIF, JPEG, MPEG, etc.). Graphics' subsidiaries in Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany. Raster Graphics, Inc. (USA) is the holding company for the Professional Imaging Division. As Gretag Professional Imaging Division has a strong position in the Large Format Digital Printing market, the acquisition will greatly strengthen Oce's presence in terms of technology and distribution outlets in this strategically important and fast-growing market. This market, called Display Graphics within the Oce organization, includes products that enable the production of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color graphics in large formats. Typical applications include trade show graphics, banners, and bus shelter bus shelter bus n → abribus m bus shelter n → Wartehäuschen nt bus shelter n → pensilina ( posters, backlit An LCD screen that has its own light source from the back of the screen, making the background brighter and characters appear sharper. displays in airports, point of sales graphics in shops, fleet graphics on trucks or buses, digital photo enlargements, etc. The customer groups of both Oce and the Professional Imaging Division complement each other to a large degree. Oce maintains a strong position among blueprinters, copy shops and in-house printing departments. The Professional Imaging Division has a strong presence among digital printers, photo labs, screenprinters and sign makers. Once the merger is finalized, the Gretag Professional Imaging Division will be known as Oce Display Graphics Systems, which will be part of Oce's Wide Format Printing Systems strategic business unit. Rak Kumar will continue to manage the new Oce Display Graphics Systems organization as its CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . The global market for the Mid- and High-Volume Display Graphics segment projects an expected annual growth rate of 15 percent. With this acquisition, Oce emphasizes its aim to be a strong player in this segment of the Display Graphics market. Oce holds a very strong position in black and white wide format printing. "This acquisition is accelerating the rapid growth we are experiencing in this market today," said Michel Frequin, executive director of Oce's Strategic Business Unit WFPS WFPS Water-Filled Pore Space (Wide Format Printing Systems). "It confirms and strengthens our position in the Display Graphics market. The integration of the acquired division provides synergy, facilitates availability of new products to existing as well new customer groups. This acquisition underlines our strategy to become a leader in the Display Graphics market." Revenues of Gretag Professional Imaging Division for the fiscal year 2000 amounted to US$ 105 million. The division has 450 employees, of which 90 are active in research and development. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Closing of the transaction is expected to take place the next couple of weeks. Filing of the transaction with the appropriate anti-trust authorities has taken place. About the Professional Imaging Division The Professional Imaging Division's mission is to be one of the leading suppliers of application-specific equipment, software, services and consumables for wide format digital printing; and computer-to-plate solutions for web and offset printing. The Professional Imaging Division brings together leaders in large format technologies, including ANAgraph, Cymbolic Sciences, Onyx Graphics and Raster Graphics, to offer a range of solutions specifically designed for the print-for-pay, large format service provider, and commercial printer. About Oce N.V. Netherlands-based Oce N.V. employs a workforce of more than 22,000 people and maintains production and R&D Facilities in the Netherlands, the Netherlands, The officially Kingdom of The Netherlands byname Holland Country, northwestern Europe. Area: 16,034 sq mi (41,528 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 16,300,000. Capital: Amsterdam. Seat of government: The Hague. Most of the people are Dutch. U.S.A., Germany, France, Belgium and the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. . Worldwide revenues for FY2000 were $2.8 billion. Oce is a worldwide supplier of digital printers, scanners, software, supplies and services for professional imaging applications, with worldwide revenues of $2.8 billion in FY2000. The Strategic Business Unit Wide Format Printing Systems is one of the major suppliers of wide format printing systems for technical documentation environments. Oce is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. . Its ordinary shares are listed on the stock exchanges in Amsterdam, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt/Main (and in Switzerland on the Electronic Stock Exchange). In the USA Oce shares are traded on the NASDAQ system as American Depositary Receipts American Depositary Receipt (ADR) Certificates issued by a US depository bank, representing foreign shares held by the bank, usually by a branch or correspondent in the country of issue. under the symbol OCENY. NOTE TO EDITORS: In the company name Oce noted in this news release, there is a forward accent over the e. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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