Impresse Corporation Extends Service to Europe.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2000 Leading Print e-Commerce Services Provider to Support Unique Needs of European Market; Customer Base Expands With New Installation Impresse, a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) e-commerce commercial print procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and collaboration services, today announced that it is expanding its online print procurement solution, impresse.com, to support the European market. Printers and their print customers will benefit from an online print procurement service specifically designed to meet European business requirements and enable successful print strategies as conducted by impresse.com's wide blue-chip client-base. The impresse.com service was selected by prominent French-based printer, SICOP SICOP Società Italiana Di Chirurgia Nell'ospedalità Privata (Italian) SICoP SGS (Shipboard Gridlock System) Interface Control Program , which services clients in France, Germany and Switzerland. Leveraging the power of the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises impresse.com service will enable European printers and print buyers to streamline all the complex, labor-intensive tasks that go into commercial print procurement, from project specification, quoting, proofing, and production management to reporting and billing. The European version of the impresse.com service will incorporate European procurement European Procurement is a centralized system of notification of public procurement of all supplies, services, and works by government bodies in the European Union (formerly known as the EEC) has been in existence since before 1992, as seen in Directive 92/50/EEC. specification standards and printing formats. The impresse.com service will be translated and localized for European languages, as well as to support relevant European measurements, address fields, and time and date formats. The print procurement service will also support local currencies and the Euro. "Impresse will offer European printers and corporations increased efficiencies and stronger relationships in the print supply chain," said Nimish Mehta, president and 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. of Impresse. "The impresse.com service will enable European printers and print buyers to streamline the complex, labor-intensive tasks of commercial print procurement, from project specification, quoting, proofing, and production management to reporting and billing." Adopting the impresse.com service is SICOP, a large French printer. Led by visionary Luc Manne, a strong advocate for utilizing the Internet to help reorganize re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. and streamline the graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. and printing industries, Manne is providing his team of over 125 employees with the resources to enable seamless online print procurement with clients. "We have observed the trend towards online print procurement, and conclude that Impresse is the leading provider of e-commerce services in our industry," said Luc Manne, President of SICOP and of ImpriFrance, the largest network of French printers. "We are implementing impresse.com to better service our clients while giving us greater control of the procurement process." About Impresse Corporation Impresse, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , is a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions for the creation and procurement of commercially printed materials. Impresse.com is an Internet service designed to streamline and automate complex, labor-intensive processes. The impresse.com service provides a collaboration platform An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels. for corporations, their commercial print suppliers, their design, advertising and marketing agencies and other participants in the print supply chain to design, specify, price, order, track, fulfill, and pay for print jobs. For more information, contact Impresse at infoeurope@impresse.com or visit our web site at www.impresse.com. The service was introduced in the U.S. in September 1999 and to date has over 250 registered users. Note to Editors: Impresse and impresse.com are trademarks. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged |
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