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Oce Forms Strategic Alliance With MacDermid ColorSpan

Press release from the issuing company

VENLO, Netherlands, Sept. 7 -- Oce Technologies, B.V., has announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with MacDermid ColorSpan, Inc. to market ColorSpan products. As part of this agreement, Oce will sell specific ColorSpan wide format inkjet printers worldwide. These products will carry the Oce brand and will be fully supported by Oce's award- winning service and support organization. Specific products will be announced at a later date. "Oce's commitment is to bring a full range of solutions to the large format digital printing marketplace with Oce-developed technology as well as with carefully selected OEM partners," said Wilbert Verheyen, President of Oce Display Graphics Systems, Inc. "Part of that commitment is to source best-in-class OEM products that are a good fit, and MacDermid ColorSpan offers products that we are pleased to include in our portfolio. Our desire is to build strong working relationships with market-leading companies, in order to offer value-added solutions that meet market needs." "We are pleased to enter into this strategic alliance with Oce," said Robert J. Wenzel, President of MacDermid ColorSpan, Inc. "Oce's reputation for providing quality products backed by great service and support is consistent with our internal standards. We feel this relationship will dramatically increase the number of end users that will be able to enjoy the productivity benefits our products provide."