February 19, 2009 – Trumbull, CT – Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, and Sefas Innovation, a leading publisher of document production software, announce the formation of a strategic partnership between the two companies. The collaboration of these two international leaders broadens the availability of comprehensive document processing resources for customers throughout North America, including Océ and Sefas offerings for output management, print stream reengineering and optimization, and production management.
As part of this collaboration, which is effective immediately, Océ will offer Sefas Open Print Remake
® software, a print stream re-engineering tool that allows companies to perform complex document enhancements without changing the original application. By offering Sefas Open Print Remake software as part of the Océ PRISMA
® portfolio, customers will benefit from one integrated workflow solution to perform print stream enhancements, such as moving, colorizing, adding or removing information on pages.
"We wanted to extend our offerings and bring more post-composition capabilities to our customers with the goal of helping them increase productivity across their workflow," said Eric de Goeijen, Vice President of Marketing, Océ North America. "This combined solution will help our customers rapidly colorize existing data-streams, add TransPromo messages, and immediately take advantage of our new full color digital printers and other efficiencies such as the implementation of the new Intelligent Mail® barcode. In addition, the software capabilities support all Océ color and monochrome printers, from cut sheet to continuous form, further increasing the value of the investment for our customers."
At the same time, Sefas will offer Océ PRISMAproduction™ output management software products in the North American market. "The Océ PRISMAproduction line includes cross-vendor workflow solutions that let print operations effectively manage any number of output devices regardless of location or vendor. The arrangement complements the existing Sefas product line by adding output management to its end-to-end document production suite.
"Our partnership with Océ allows us to be a single source for organizations looking to implement a fully automated document factory," said Sefas Chief Operating Officer Bruno Henry. "The pairing of the capabilities overcomes many of the challenges that can hinder true automation and tracking and provides our customers a fully integrated document production platform."
The partnership also provides a structure for collaboration on larger Automated Document Factory (ADF) implementations that involve advanced print stream optimization and multi-site enterprise management. As a result, customers benefit from proven control and greater automation at the enterprise level.
About Océ
Océ is a leading international provider of digital document management technology and services. The company's solutions are based on Océ's advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives – locally and around the world. Supporting the workflow solutions are Océ digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ also offers a wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.
Océ employs around 23,000 people, with 2008 revenues of approximately $4.3 billion, operates in more than 90 countries and maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Romania and Singapore. Océ North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City, UT and Vancouver, BC. North American revenues represented approximately half of Océ's worldwide business in 2008, and employment is approximately 10,000. For more information about Océ, visit
www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult
www.oce.com.
"Océ PRISMAproduction" is a trademark and "Océ PRISMA", "Océ" and the Océ logo are registered trademarks of Océ-Technologies B.V. All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks and are the property of their owners and are respectfully acknowledged.
About Sefas Innovation
Sefas Innovation is a leading provider in enterprise document production technology. Sefas Open Print
® Software Suite is an end-to-end solution that provides document composition, interactive document production, print stream enhancement and optimization, and production management. Some of the largest Fortune 500 organizations rely on this innovative technology to produce their high volume, mission-critical print and electronic communications. For additional information on Sefas, please visit:
www.sefas.com.