FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2005
Scitex Vision America Appoints Alpha Imaging Technologies As First US Dealer
Netanya, Israel - Scitex Vision America, Inc., has appointed Alpha Imaging Technologies, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, as its first US dealer serving a territory that includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
“This is the first of what is expected to be a be a series of dealer appointments in the US that will allow us to provide a higher level of service and responsiveness for existing customers while making our products available to many additional screen, sign, POP and display printers,” said David Bartram, marketing manager, Scitex Vision America. “We will be strengthening our partnership with customers and providing them with better service and faster turnaround through local stocking of parts and ink.”
Scitex Vision equipment supplied through Alpha Imaging Technologies will allow growing digital imaging companies that currently use smaller equipment to move up to three-meter, industrial inkjet printers running solvent-based inks. Scitex Vision’s XLjet+ and GOjet roll-to-roll digital printers can be used to print vehicle wraps, indoor and outdoor signs and banners, billboards, window graphics and building wraps on a wide range of substrates.
Alpha Imaging Technologies was founded in 1989 and has tripled in size since 2001, growing with the wide- and super-wide format digital imaging market in the Northeast. The company has focused on providing customers with single source, total solutions that include equipment and supplies, as well as sales, technical and service support from highly qualified personnel.
“Our mission is making our customers successful,” said Jim Mertes, president of Alpha Imaging Technologies. “There has been a convergence in the digital printing market over the past few years with sign shops, service bureaus, photo labs and commercial printing shops entering the wide format arena and acquiring more and larger output devices as their businesses grow. These new product lines from Scitex Vision position us to proactively meet our customers’ current and future needs with advanced, versatile, high-productivity printers.”
Alpha Imaging Technologies, Inc., operates from offices in Boston and New York City and has annual sales exceeding $10 million. In addition to Scitex Vision, Alpha Imaging Technologies represents a wide range of equipment and media companies including: Avery, Colorspan, Doctor Graphix, GBC, Gilman, HP, Ilford, IntelliCoat, Mitsubishi, Mutoh, Neschen, Oce, Onyx, Oracal, Roland, Sihl, US Sublimation, and Xerox.
About Scitex Vision Ltd.
Scitex Vision is a leading developer, manufacturer and service provider of cutting-edge digital printing presses and consumables for industrial applications including wide format graphic arts, packaging and textile. Backed by global marketing and support networks, Scitex Vision is committed to continuously provide high-quality, flexible and cost-effective solutions to printing houses all over the world. The company owns a core technology based on Aprion’s patented drop-on-demand piezo inkjet print heads and water-based inks. Scitex Vision employs more than 500 employees worldwide with headquarters located in Netanya, Israel, and main subsidiaries in the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific. The majority of the Company's shares are owned by Scitex Corporation Ltd. The Company's other principal shareholders include: Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., Discount Investment Corporation Ltd., Israel Infinity funds, Hapoalim Nechasim (Menayot) Ltd., CDI Technologies Ltd., TDA Capital funds, Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd., IBM Corporation and Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.
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Scitex Vision America, Inc.
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