Nomai says it will ship ZIP disks immediately
AVRANCHES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 1997--Nomai
(NOMF.PA) today announced the introduction of the Nomai 100 MB Super
Floppy diskette, which is fully compatible to Iomega's Zip(TM) drive.
The Nomai XHD 100 MB Super Floppy will begin shipping immediately
to OEMs and major retailers in France. Product availability will be
extended to Nomai's other customers in 4th Quarter 1997.
The introduction comes after the implementation by Nomai of the
changes requested by the Paris court on its judgement of June 20,
1997 and the removal on Sept. 9, 1997 of the injunction granted
to Iomega against the XHD by the Hannover Court.
Nomai's manufacturing experience and capabilities will enable
them to offer a Zip compatible media with the same quality and at a
more competitive price than Iomega's product. The XHD product will
be manufactured by Nomai facilities that are ISO 9002 certified.
Today's announcement marks another milestone for Nomai. In the
last six months Nomai has introduced a 750 MB removable hard disk
drive which offers four media options, and a 680 MB CD-RW
Recordable/Rewritable Compact Disc Drive.
"We've known for a long time that we could produce a Zip
compatible diskette at a competitive price," said Marc Frouin,
president and CEO of Nomai SA. "Nomai is proud to be the first
independent manufacturer to offer the Zip compatible media."
This new $600 million Zip market completes Nomai's line of media
for the PC and Mac users, including:
-- SyQuest & Nomai Compatible
-- 3 1/2 Magneto Optical
-- CDR and CDRW Media.
Nomai, headquartered in France, is a high technology company
providing advanced digital data and multimedia storage solutions.
Since incorporation in 1992, the company has shipped several million
products, to more than 50 countries worldwide. Nomai has OEM, and
distribution agreements with companies including Maxell, Memorex,
Letraset, Fujifilm, BASF, Verbatim and Lexmark, most of whom sell
Nomai products under their own brand names.
Nomai has offices in France, the United Kingdom and the United
States. The company is listed in the French Stock Market: NOMF.PA
and its web site can be found at nomai.fr .
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