May 20, 1999 16:15
SDL Announces Multi-Million Dollar Orders from Eastman Kodak Company
New Orders Strengthen SDL's Leading Position in the Thermal Printing Market
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- SDL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDLI) announced today that during recent months it has secured orders from the Kodak Professional Division of the Eastman Kodak Company for the supply of fiber- coupled laser diodes. The laser diodes are for use in Kodak's market-leading "Approval" line of digital color proofing systems for the graphic arts market. The orders total approximately $9 million and extend over a period of up to two years.
Kodak's Approval digital color proofing system uses an array of fiber- coupled laser diodes to create color images directly from digital computer files. These color images are excellent representations of the images produced by offset printing presses and they are used by commercial printers to qualify or "prove" the digital data before going to press. Digital color proofing systems are key to enabling full digital prepress workflows.
SDL and Kodak have worked closely together for many years to develop very high-performance laser sources for several of Kodak's graphic arts imaging systems. According to Donald R. Scifres, chairman and chief executive officer of SDL, "We are extremely proud of the close partnership we have developed with Kodak over the past several years. These new orders further enhance both this relationship and SDL's position as a leading supplier of laser diodes to the thermal printing market."
SDL designs, manufactures and markets fiber optic-related products, lasers and optoelectronic-based systems. The company's products are used in a diversity of markets such as telecommunications, cable television, dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM), satellite communications, printing, medical, and materials processing markets.
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