Océ and manroland announce global strategic alliance
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Venlo, The Netherlands, 1 December 2010
* Océ and manroland announce global strategic alliance
* Worldwide cooperation in inkjet-based digital printing solutions for the
graphic arts industry
* Offering the market optimal solutions from a single source
* Combines print data management, postprocessing as well as digital and offset
printing
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"As the market leader in digital continuous feed printing, Océ has for many
years been successful across the globe in company-related high-speed transaction
printing, " said Rokus van Iperen, Chairman of the Corporate Executive Board of
Océ. "This strategic alliance with manroland offers us the ideal opportunity to
firmly establish Océ inkjet technology in the graphic arts industry. This is a
big step, especially for our Continuous Feed Printing Division located in
Poing/Munich."
"Digital printing already has a market share that cannot be underestimated. This
is the first concrete step in opening up new growth opportunities for manroland
and in securing a lucrative field of business for the long term, " said Gerd
Finkbeiner, CEO of manroland.
Read the full press release
Contact information
Jan Hol
Senior Vice President Communications
Océ N.V.
Telephone +31 (0)77 359 2000
Emailjan.hol@oce.com
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About Océ
Océ is one of the world´s leading providers of document management and printing
for professionals. The broad 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 world´s
Fortune 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 approximately 100 countries and employs some 22,000 people worldwide.
Total revenues in 2009 amounted to EUR 2.6 billion. Océ is listed on Euronext in
Amsterdam. For more information on Océ, visitwww.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.
Canon employs approximately 170,000 people worldwide. Global revenues in 2009
were $35 billion. For more information visitwww.canon.com.
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