Siemens Chooses Agfa Monotype for Multilingual Font Support.Business Editors WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2001 Agfa Monotype Corporation
Monotype Imaging, Inc announced today that they have licensed one of their WorldType multilingual fonts to Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems, Inc. for use in SIPLACE Pro, a data preparation software for SMT (1) (Surface Mount Technology) See surface mount. (2) (Station ManagemenT) An FDDI network management protocol that provides direct management. Only one node requires the software. SMT - Station Management assembly machines being produced by the company. The software being developed by Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems, Inc., allows to program, optimize and control SMT placement equipment SMT (Surface Mount Technology) component placement systems are robotic machines which are used to place Surface Mount Devices (SMD’s) onto a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). , will be implemented on an international basis and therefore requires multilingual support. Siemens' globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation process involved including a single font from Agfa Monotype's WorldType Unicode font library that provided all the required language support in a single package. This font will be embedded within the product, and they can be assured that their customers around the world have the ability to view the product interface in their own language, and use the product as it was designed to be used. The WorldType font provides enhanced Open Type features that include Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK (character) CJK - In internationalisation, a collective term for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The characters of these languages are all partly based on Han characters (i.e., "hanzi" or "kanji"), which require 16-bit character encodings. ) character sub-sets that allow for character support beyond that of a standard Unicode font. "We chose one of Agfa Monotype's WorldType fonts so we don't have to change fonts when working with both European and Asian languages," said Chris Woodward Christopher Michael "Woody" Woodward (born June 27, 1976 in Covina, California) is a Major League Baseball infielder with the Atlanta Braves. Woodward attended Mt. San Antonio College before being selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 54th round of the 1994 Major League , Engineering Manager at Siemens. "It allows us to correctly see Asian words when in European language mode, and vice versa VICE VERSA. On the contrary; on opposite sides. ." "We're very happy to add a company such as Siemens to the list of organizations we've been able to assist with multilingual font support," said Steve Kuhlman, Vice President at Agfa Monotype monotype, type set by the Monotype machine. See printing. monotype or monoprint In art printmaking, a technique prized because of its unique textural qualities. . "Our strength lies in our ability to match the customer with the optimal solution, and we're confident we've done so for Siemens." Agfa Monotype typically supplies clients with WorldType fonts in one of two ways. Either as a single font, similar to the solution Siemens chose, or as a group of font "modules" where each module would contain a geographically based selection of fonts. These modules would then be "plugged-in" to the product as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . All WorldType fonts can be Unicode 3.0 compliant. Unicode 3.0 is the latest version of the Unicode character mapping standards that enable the globalization of software and hardware products. Agfa Monotype is currently the only font company in the world to have produced and implemented full-coverage Unicode 3.0 fonts. Agfa Monotype has provided Unicode compliant solutions to companies such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft, Sybase and others. About Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa Monotype Corporation is a major provider of digital content for graphics professionals. The company is a recognized leader in fonts and font technologies and an innovator in color and screening technologies. Agfa Monotype is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agfa Corporation and is part of Agfa's Graphic Systems business unit. Agfa Corporation, headquartered in Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , NJ, is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics, medical imaging, non-destructive testing and consumer imaging and photography markets. Worldwide, Agfa's annual sales are approximately $4.7 billion. Additional information about Agfa Monotype Corporation can be found on the company's web site at www.agfamonotype.com. About Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems, Inc. Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems, Inc. is a global player in the electronics manufacturing This article presents a typical manufacturing process of an electronic assembly. Component manufacturing Components such as resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits are generally made by specialized contractors. market. In addition to its industry-leading SIPLACE component placement systems, SIPLACE Global Solutions offers its customers complete turnkey assembly lines. Information about Siemens SEAS can be found at www.siplace.com. Corporate office: Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa Monotype Ltd. 200 Ballardvale Street Unit 2, Perrywood Business Park Wilmington, MA 01887-1069 USA Salfords, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5DZ UK Phone 978.658.5600 Phone +44 (0) 1737 765959 Fax 978.657.8268 Fax +44 (0) 1737 769243 Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa-Gevaert Japan, Ltd. 985 Busse Road 8-1, Higashiyama 3-chome Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 USA Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0043 Japan Phone 847.718.0400 Phone 81-3-5704-3141 Fax 847.718.0500 Fax 81-3-5704-3089 |
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