Océ and EFI expand partnership
24 March 2011
New worldwide referral agreement on MIS solutions
MIS end-to-end solution
12,000 print installations in place
New worldwide referral agreement
Long-term partnership
Océ – leading distributor of EFI
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“Océ has been among the leading distributors of EFI’s award-winning Fiery® controllers for many years. With this agreement, we continue to enhance our ability to ensure we are providing leading edge end-to-end solutions to our global customer base.”
Crit Driessen, Océ vice president of Marketing and Strategy
“With more than 12,000 print MIS installations already in place around the globe, we’re confident that Océ’s customers will realize huge gains in productivity and profits with our Pace and Monarch systems.”
Marc Olin, senior vice president/general manager, EFI APPS
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Email nick.gale@oce.com
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Océ and EFI expand partnership
New worldwide referral agreement on MIS solutions
Venlo, The Netherlands and Foster City, California, USA, 24 March 2011 - Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, and EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced they are extending their long-term partnership to include a new worldwide referral agreement.
MIS end-to-end solution
The new agreement allows Océ to refer their customers to EFI for MIS systems. Océ now has the option to add extended value to their consultancy offerings by referring their customers to EFI for their EFI Pace™ and EFI Monarch solutions.
“Océ has been among the leading distributors of EFI’s award-winning Fiery® controllers for many years,” said Crit Driessen, vice president of Marketing and Strategy at Océ. “With this agreement, we continue to enhance our ability to ensure we are providing leading edge end-to-end solutions to our global customer base.”
12,000 print installations in place
“EFI and Océ have been working successfully together for many years, and we’re pleased to have a referral arrangement in place that will allow EFI solutions to reach a broader customer base in many new markets,” said Marc Olin, senior vice president/general manager, EFI Advanced Professional Print Software (APPS). “With more than 12,000 print MIS installations already in place around the globe, we’re confident that Océ’s customers will realize huge gains in productivity and profits with our Pace and Monarch systems.”
EFI Pace is a complete MIS system for commercial printshops, specialty and wide-format companies that automates the entire business process from estimating to production. EFI Monarch is a robust multi-dimensional workflow and management solution with multi-company, multi-division, multi-language and multi-currency capabilities.
About EFI
EFI is a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. EFI's award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The company's robust product portfolio includes Fiery digital print controllers and solutions; VUTEk® superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Rastek™ UV wide-format inkjet printers; Jetrion® industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and management information software; and corporate printing solutions. For more information visit www.efi.com.
About Océ
Océ is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Océ offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Océ is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the Fortune Global 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Océ customers. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Océ is active in over 100 countries and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. Total revenues in financial 2010 amounted to approximately €2.7 billion. Océ is listed on Euronext in Amsterdam. For more information visit www.oce.com.
Océ and Canon: Stronger together
In 2010 Océ joined the Canon Group of companies with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, to create the global leader in the printing industry. Canon develops, manufactures and markets a growing line-up of copying machines, printers, cameras, optical and other products that meet a diverse range of customer needs. The Canon Group comprises over 197,000 employees worldwide. Global net sales in 2010 were more than USD 45 billion. For more information visit www.canon.com.
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