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To: Buckey who wrote (541)	9/1/1999 11:28:00 AM
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Found this on STOCKHOUSE DEJ thread: W1125 SEP 01,1999 5:07 PACIFIC 08:07 EASTERN ( BW)(CA-AGFA-GEVAERT) Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Announces Strategic Alliance with InstantDocuments.com Business/Technology Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1999-- A First for the Industry, the Alliance Will Provide Customers with Secure, Internet-based Document Delivery Solutions Agfa-Gevaert N.V. has entered into an Agreement for Strategic Co-operation with InstantDocuments.com, a Texas-based Internet document delivery company. The agreement, the first for the industry, will focus on developing secure, technology-based, worldwide document delivery systems via the Internet. The alliance combines the innovation of an electronic-based service company--InstantDocuments.com--with the expertise of Agfa, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of technology-based equipment for the graphic arts, digital printing and publishing industries. The two companies are the first to recognize and capitalize on the value of integrating the craft-based manufacturing world of traditional printing and the electronic-based service industry of the Internet to meet the demands of the global marketplace. Agfa has experienced explosive growth in the digital color printing business during the past few years. To leverage that expansion and better focus on this high-growth market, Digital Printing Systems earlier this year became an independent business unit within Agfa. With nearly 500 Chromapress installations worldwide, Agfa has established itself as a leader in the area of digital color printing. InstantDocuments.com offers its customers secure document delivery over the Internet with its Instant Courier (SM) service. Customers can have business plans, briefs, agreements and other important documents professionally printed, bound and hand delivered by a courier in as little as two hours in North America and same day services to major international markets using the Instant Online Printshop service (SM). The document is securely delivered to the InstantDocuments.com printing facility nearest its destination where it is immediately printed and bound, according to individual service agreements. Technology-based document delivery systems appeal to individuals who desire the convenience of picking up meeting materials in a distant city rather than carry it with them. Businesses can benefit from lower distribution costs and provide more up-to-date content in their materials while also providing a cost-effective method to send printed material worldwide. According to InstantDocuments.com Chairman and founder, Andrew McLean, "Our agreement with Agfa demonstrates the importance of our technology and is part of our overall strategy to develop products and services that offer customers the very best in secure, Internet-based document delivery solutions. By extending our service to include printing on Agfa Chromapress systems, we will be able to offer our customers the added benefits of high-quality four-color documents." Graphic arts businesses are under increasing pressure to respond to the fast pace of information delivery enabled through use of the Internet. They must shorten creative and production cycle times, increase the number and range of materials produced, use a more diverse range of media, and lower their production costs. By teaming up with Instantdocuments.com, Agfa can provide graphic arts businesses with an innovative, secure vehicle to deliver, print and transfer these materials. "InstantDocuments.com offers fast, secure and reliable file transfer, which is the first step in enabling our customers to create and manage production processes across town or across the world," said Will Mansfield, Market Development Manager for Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Agfa Corporation Agfa Corporation is a subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics, medical and industrial radiography, and consumer imaging and photography markets. Agfa Corporation, headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, employs 3,200 people. Worldwide, Agfa's annual sales are nearly $5 billion. For more information on InstantDocuments.com and its electronic and physical document delivery services, visit the company's web site at www.instantdocuments.com or send an e-mail to sales@instantdocuments.com (Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.) EDITOR'S NOTE: Color images of Agfa products are available for download from Agfa's press site on the Web at www.agfapress.com. In addition, product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page at www.agfahome.com --30--mb/bos* CONTACT: Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Will Mansfield 011 323 444 3590 will.mansfield.wv@belgium.agfa.com or Mullen Public Relations Kerry Burditt (978) 468-1155, ext. 1159 kburditt@mullen.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET PUBLISHING