Kodak and Ricoh Announce Reseller Agreement for KODAK NEXPRESS Systems in the United States
Graph Expo 2007 visitors can see NEXPRESS systems running at Kodak booth 1246 and Ricoh booth 3046
CHICAGO, Sept. 9—Kodak and Ricoh Americas Corporation announced at Graph Expo 2007 a U.S. reseller agreement under which Ricoh will offer four KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Production Color Presses to its customers in the in-plant, data center and graphic arts markets.
“NEXPRESS Digital Production Color Presses give Ricoh customers a proven, high end production color solution that compliments our office and light production color products,” said Carl Joachim, Vice President, Marketing, Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group. “The combination makes perfect sense, combining Ricoh’s strength in the office market with Kodak’s leadership in digital production color for graphic communications.”
Working through its newly formed Production Printing Business Group, Ricoh will sell the KODAK NEXPRESS 2100, 2100 Plus, 2500 and the new S3000 Digital Production Color Presses. Kodak representatives will work closely with Ricoh’s dedicated direct sales force, focused on production printing to help Ricoh customers implement new digital production color capabilities. Service will be provided by KODAK Service and Support.
Graph Expo visitors can see the NEXPRESS 2500 Press running live at Ricoh’s booth 3046. Kodak will be showing the new NEXPRESS S3000 Press at its booth 1246.
“The relationship with Ricoh provides Kodak an additional and strategic channel to key customer segments in the U.S. market. We believe customers will see significant value in the Ricoh and Kodak alliance. We are excited to develop a solid relationship in market segments beyond Kodak’s traditionally strong position in commercial printing,” said Kevin Joyce, Managing Director, United States and Canada, Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group.
The NEXPRESS System delivers unique advantages other digital color presses can’t match. The KODAK NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solution allows inline coating, glossing, or a fifth color to expand the printing gamut and reproduce spot colors. NEXPRESS Systems excel proven on a wide range of substrates in many weights and sizes.
NEXPRESS Presses benefit from Kodak’s Unified Workflow solutions and the unique Operator Replaceable Component product architecture, which enables printers to better control their print operations. KODAK MARKETMOVER Business Development Services provide an expanded range of innovative tools, resources, and support to enable NEXPRESS Press customers to maximize their return on investment in new technologies and achieve business growth.
KODAK Products are backed by KODAK Service and Support. KODAK Service and Support is made up of more than 3,000 professionals reaching more than 120 countries. It is a leading multi-vendor integrated services provider, delivering consulting, installation, maintenance and support services for the commercial printing, graphic communications, document imaging and data storage industries. KODAK Service and Support professionals are uniquely qualified to provide services that control costs, maximize productivity, and minimize business risk.
About Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group
The Production Printing Business Group (PPBG) of Ricoh Americas Corporation is dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art, high-speed production systems that provide efficient document workflows with high-volume production printing and finishing. Incorporating superior engineering, reliable technology, and extensive software and finishing options, PPBG helps production centers cost-effectively modernize and streamline their operations to meet today’s rapid turnaround and high-quality demands.
Ricoh Americas Corporation, founded in 1962, is headquartered in West Caldwell, NJ and is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 71-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment.
Information about Ricoh’s Production Printing Business Group can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.ricoh-usa.com/.
About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the world’s foremost imaging innovator. With sales of $10.7 billion in 2006, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on helping people better use meaningful images and information in their life and work. Consumers use Kodak’s system of digital and traditional products and services to take, print and share their pictures anytime, anywhere; Businesses effectively communicate with customers worldwide using KODAK solutions for prepress, conventional and digital printing and document imaging; and Creative Professionals rely on KODAK technology to uniquely tell their story through moving or still images.
More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at http://www.kodak.com/
For more information about Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group, visit http://www.graphics.kodak.com/. For downloading photos from Kodak’s image library, visit: www.kodak.com/go/gcg_images.
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(Kodak, NexPress and MarketMover are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.)
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