CHICAGO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation and Eastman
Kodak Company announced a United States reseller agreement today at GRAPH
EXPO 2007. Ricoh will now offer four KODAK NEXPRESS Digital Production
Color Presses to its customers in the in-plant, data center and graphic
arts markets, as well as KODAK Unified Workflow Solutions and KODAK
MARKETMOVER Business Development Services. NEXPRESS Products can be viewed
during Graph Expo at Ricoh's booth (#3046) as well as Kodak's booth
(#1246).
"Kodak is excited to develop a solid relationship in market segments
beyond our traditionally strong position in commercial printing and we
believe customers will see significant value from the alliance between
Kodak and Ricoh," said Kevin Joyce, managing director, United States and
Canada, Kodak's Graphic Communications Group.
As part of the agreement, Ricoh's newly formed Production Printing
Business Group (PPBG) will sell the KODAK NEXPRESS 2100, 2100 Plus, and
2500 Digital Production Color Presses, and the new KODAK NEXPRESS S3000
Digital Production Color Press. Ricoh's PPBG direct sales and engineering
staff will work side-by-side with Kodak representatives to assist Ricoh
customers in implementing new digital production color capabilities.
Service will be provided by KODAK Service and Support.
The NEXPRESS System delivers unique advantages that other digital color
presses cannot match. The NEXPRESS Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions enable
businesses to print with in-line coating, glossing or a fifth color to
expand the printing gamut and reproduce spot colors. In addition, NEXPRESS
Systems can be utilized for printing on various size and weight paper
stocks.
This week at Graph Expo, Ricoh announced the creation of PPBG. The
group is dedicated to developing Ricoh's product portfolio and
infrastructure dedicated to production environments.
"The development of Ricoh's production color strategy is vitally
important as PPBG evolves as a major player in the production printing
market space," said Carl Joachim, vice president of marketing for PPBG. "We
are extremely excited about the future of our relationship with Kodak.
Ricoh's color strategy will be built on a combination of enhancing our
current high volume offerings in light production environments, leveraging
the synergy made possible through our relationship with Kodak and new R&D
initiatives currently underway."
For more information on Ricoh products and solutions, please visit
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: http://www.kodak.com/go/gcg_images.
(Kodak, NexPress and MarketMover are trademarks of Eastman Kodak
Company.)
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, service, reliable technology, and extensive software and
finishing options, PPBG helps production centers to 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 the $17 billion 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. Ricoh Web Site:
http://www.ricoh-usa.com
CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Brian Gawron
Ricoh Americas Corporation Peppercom
(973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6167
russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com bgawron@peppercom.com
SOURCE Ricoh Americas Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.ricoh-usa.com
http://www.kodak.com
CONTACT:
Russell Marchettta of Ricoh Americas
Corporation, +1-973-882-2075, russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com; or
Brian Gawron of Peppercom, +1-212-931-6167, bgawron@peppercom.com
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