十亿美元的合资企业在研发和专业服务方面进行了增长
博尔德，Colo。 - 2007年6月4日 - InfoPrint Solutions Company（IPS），合资印刷公司今年早些时候宣布于IBM（纽约证券交易所股票代码：IBM）和理光，已经开始运营了世界各地的1,200名员工。
The company was formerly IBM's Printing Systems Division. With the closing of the agreement, Ricoh now owns 51 percent of the joint venture and will progressively acquire the remaining 49 percent over the next three years as the joint venture becomes a fully owned subsidiary.
InfoPrint Solutions Company has operations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK and the U.S., and has plans to expand to other countries in the third quarter of this year, subject to the completion of local information and consultation processes.
The joint venture, based on IBM's printing operations which generated approximately $1 billion of revenue in 2006, will continue to benefit from access to IBM's powerful worldwide distribution and sales network. IBM client teams, business partners and dealers will continue to offer InfoPrint printing and output solutions, and InfoPrint Solutions Company will be IBM's preferred global print solutions provider. The InfoPrint product brand and IBM's extensive printer development capabilities are also part of the joint venture.
IBM will provide maintenance services to InfoPrint Solutions Company for one year under a services agreement, after which more than 1,000 IBM printer maintenance specialists may join the new company, subject to local business conditions and completion of local information and consultation processes.
“随着这一推出，我们创造了一个十亿美元的企业，支持两个无可争议的行业领导者，IBM和理光。在一起，我们将推动输出解决方案的下一代创新，”Infoprint总裁托尼罗梅罗说解决方案公司。“我们的合资企业计划包括更多对研发的投资，提高我们的专业服务能力，并增加了我们销售和支持组织的规模。我们对战略产出管理的强烈关注意味着我们当前和未来的客户将从新的客户中受益为满足其业务需求而bob软件苹果怎么下载建立的产品，服务和解决方案的水平。“
InfoPrint Solutions Company，在印刷业40年来推出，IBM和理光之间拥有超过20年的联合创新和发展，为所有尺寸的客户提供总办公，工业，企业和商业印刷环境的输出解决方案 - 来自小型企业bob娱乐平台到大型企业。Ricoh的投资将在生产和一般办公市场中使用新产品和解决方案产品增加公司的投资组合。
“今天是IBM和理光的历史性时刻，更重要的是，一个行业首先。InfoPrint Solutions公司的创建汇集了两个行业领导者的最佳，并大大提升了Ricoh产品组合，”公司高级公司诺里奥·塔纳卡说Ricoh有限公司生产印刷业务集团副总裁“这种独特的组合将IPS提前提前提前竞争对手，并将公司占领市场通过专注于为客户创造真正的经营效率和价值而领导市场。”
Since the initial agreement in January 2007, new and existing customers have demonstrated their commitment to the joint venture across industries. Today, InfoPrint Solutions Company also announced a major customer engagement with 21st Century Insurance Group, a leading insurance company based in the U.S.
Said Jim Chalker, Director of IT at 21st Century Insurance Group: "Working with a company that has the entrepreneurial drive of a start-up yet the support and global backing of two market leaders has meant great things for us as a customer. InfoPrint Solutions Company is helping us reduce output costs and increase efficiency, meaning we can pass these savings on to our own most important asset - our customers."
“从一个行业的角度来看，我们认为，这一联盟是在这两个合作伙伴之间的长期关系建立，它将为InfoPrint解决方案公司创造出巨大的市场机会，因为它继续为客户提供领先的输出解决方案，”查理说Pesko，Infotrends，Inc.，行业分析师公司。“理光和IBM的营销能力将合资企业充满了健康的竞争地位。”
IBM获得了7.25亿美元的cash at the closing. The cash received was consideration for the initial 51 percent acquisition of the joint venture by Ricoh as well as a prepayment for the remaining 49 percent to be acquired and certain royalties and services to be provided by IBM to InfoPrint Solutions Company. Final consideration for this transaction will be determined at the end of the three-year period based upon the participation in the profits and losses recorded by the equity partners.
“InfoPrint Solutions公司的创建从IBM的漫长而成功的关系中与理光和我们的信念增强，”IBM执行副总裁，IBM执行副总裁Nicholas M. Donofrio说。“我们的客户和合作伙伴将继续获得IPS的最佳解决方案和技术，我们的前印刷系统部门员工加入一家专注于印刷业的创新和领导的公司。”
About InfoPrint Solutions Company
InfoPrint Solutions Company, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, brings to market the advantages IBM and Ricoh have in the development, manufacturing, marketing and building of strategic solutions for customers, creating a growth-oriented global enterprise that is strategically focused on the output market.
The InfoPrint Solutions Company portfolio includes solutions for production printing for enterprises and commercial printers as well as solutions for office workgroup environments and industrial segments. The company offers customers the highest quality output solutions that optimize productivity by providing efficient workflow and, at the same time, delivering low cost of ownership and high return on investment. The heritage of InfoPrint Solutions Company includes the development of the IBM Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) Architecture - now an industry standard - and Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS), which has since become the standard for mission critical business printing. The company also leads the industry in print management solutions with both InfoPrint Process Director and InfoPrint Manager. Please visitwww.infoprint.com.for more information.
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