Digital Network for the Graphic Arts Industry: Heidelberg and WAM!NET Sign Global Contract
12/06/1999
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) and WAM!NET Inc.
announced a global agreement for cooperation in the area of digital
data communication. The respective cooperation contract was signed
by Holger Reichardt, Member of the Board of Heidelberg, and Edward
J. Driscoll, Chief Executive Officer of WAM!NET Inc.
Main focus of the joint activities is the development and marketing of solutions targeted and tailored to the needs of user in the graphic arts industry. While WAM!NET provides the ideal infrastructure for digital communication to the customer, Heidelberg supplies color management and soft-proofing solutions.
This cooperation will further offer to its customers in the printing and publishing industries news venues in the adoption and utilization of digital workflow. The relationship is viewed as a first stage of a cooperation which will continue to evolve supporting the industries', and specifically Heidelberg's customers, needs in e-business, e-printing and publishing.
On a regional basis, Heidelberg's sales team will offer integrated solutions of data delivery and network management with Heidelberg presses. Over the next 12 months, WAM!NET will integrate Heidelberg's color management tools with a number of its services to provide color management workflow for current and future customers.
"Digital communication changes the business: on one hand, with e-commerce applications important additions to already existing sales structures can be made and on the other hand valuable tools can be added to the production of print media", says Holger Reichardt.
"It is Heidelberg's declared goal to provide the customer a complete, scaleable and open solution. We are confident this cooperation will offer our customers improved ways of maximizing their range of digital data delivery and management solutions."
"Our joint solutions will give Heidelberg's customers the ability to enable all their customers to deliver production work digitally into one centralized and integrated workflow via WAM!NET's managed delivery and Internet services. In addition, digital plates will be automated and archived in WAM!NET's centralized storage facility which will create new ways of digital production of print media and which will enhance the idea of the digital printing revolution," added Ed Driscoll.
Through the agreement, Heidelberg and WAM!NET offer solutions which will bring new possibilities to increase productivity: For instance, with WAM!NET's service WAM!PROOF, users at any remote site in the world can print a proof in real-time at multiple destinations simultaneously. To continuously ensure the high-quality color standard, Heidelberg's reproduction and color management technology is applied in the process.
WAM!NET Inc.
WAM!NET is a leading provider of secure managed data file delivery and data management; ranging from dial-up to dedicated connectivity and industry integrated software solutions. Based on one of the worlds leading broadband ATM networks, WAM!NET is currently deployed in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, North America, Sweden and UK with further regional deployment scheduled in 2000. More than 4,000 customers worldwide take advantage of WAM!NET's services which now also include Internet access and gateway capabilities.
For more information about WAM!NET and its broad spectrum of global solutions, refer to the website: www.wamnet.co.uk .
Main focus of the joint activities is the development and marketing of solutions targeted and tailored to the needs of user in the graphic arts industry. While WAM!NET provides the ideal infrastructure for digital communication to the customer, Heidelberg supplies color management and soft-proofing solutions.
This cooperation will further offer to its customers in the printing and publishing industries news venues in the adoption and utilization of digital workflow. The relationship is viewed as a first stage of a cooperation which will continue to evolve supporting the industries', and specifically Heidelberg's customers, needs in e-business, e-printing and publishing.
On a regional basis, Heidelberg's sales team will offer integrated solutions of data delivery and network management with Heidelberg presses. Over the next 12 months, WAM!NET will integrate Heidelberg's color management tools with a number of its services to provide color management workflow for current and future customers.
"Digital communication changes the business: on one hand, with e-commerce applications important additions to already existing sales structures can be made and on the other hand valuable tools can be added to the production of print media", says Holger Reichardt.
"It is Heidelberg's declared goal to provide the customer a complete, scaleable and open solution. We are confident this cooperation will offer our customers improved ways of maximizing their range of digital data delivery and management solutions."
"Our joint solutions will give Heidelberg's customers the ability to enable all their customers to deliver production work digitally into one centralized and integrated workflow via WAM!NET's managed delivery and Internet services. In addition, digital plates will be automated and archived in WAM!NET's centralized storage facility which will create new ways of digital production of print media and which will enhance the idea of the digital printing revolution," added Ed Driscoll.
Through the agreement, Heidelberg and WAM!NET offer solutions which will bring new possibilities to increase productivity: For instance, with WAM!NET's service WAM!PROOF, users at any remote site in the world can print a proof in real-time at multiple destinations simultaneously. To continuously ensure the high-quality color standard, Heidelberg's reproduction and color management technology is applied in the process.
WAM!NET Inc.
WAM!NET is a leading provider of secure managed data file delivery and data management; ranging from dial-up to dedicated connectivity and industry integrated software solutions. Based on one of the worlds leading broadband ATM networks, WAM!NET is currently deployed in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, North America, Sweden and UK with further regional deployment scheduled in 2000. More than 4,000 customers worldwide take advantage of WAM!NET's services which now also include Internet access and gateway capabilities.
For more information about WAM!NET and its broad spectrum of global solutions, refer to the website: www.wamnet.co.uk .
For further information:
Heidelberg Bad Homburg
OEM and Licensing
Dirk Henrich
Tel.: +49 (0)6172 484 24 25
E-mail: dhenrich@HDPP.de
Heidelberg Bad Homburg
OEM and Licensing
Dirk Henrich
Tel.: +49 (0)6172 484 24 25
E-mail: dhenrich@HDPP.de
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