DYMO and Corex Technologies Scan Future for Further Growth Opportunities1/31/2001
DYMO, the world's only specialist labeling company and Corex Technologies, the
leader in business card scanning software and hardware, today announced
technology integration of their flagship lines, DYMO's LabelWriter® label
printers and Corex's award winning CardScan business card management
solution.
While both products enjoy technology and functionality leadership in their
respective markets, when used together they offer a powerful solution to
any customer focused business, from recording contact information at that
first meeting to the mailing of a proposal or order confirmation.
In just a few seconds, a business card can be scanned into Corex's CardScan
dedicated business card scanner and the information organized into an
electronic address book and then, with just a few clicks, one or hundreds
of labels can be quickly and easily printed out with the DYMO LabelWriter.
"Effective customer relationship management (CRM) has fast become a core
competitive advantage to businesses across the globe" said DYMO's Director
of Business Development, Rick Constantine. "However, the accurate entering
of data and printing of perfect labels continues to be a time consuming,
resource intensive operation. Used individually, the CardScan resolves the
first issue, and the LabelWriter the second. With the integration of the
DYMO LabelWriter and CardScan software, users now have a seamless solution
with data accurately scanned and sorted at one end, and perfect, "no mess,
no waste" labels printed out the other end."
Constantine's comments come hot on the heels of the first demonstration of the
two products in action at the world's largest consumer electronics show,
CES, held in Las Vegas in January. "The lines of people waiting to see
such a simple remedy to such a large headache for any customer focused
business stole the show in the labeling section" concludes Constantine.
The DYMO LabelWriter range - consisting of the EL40, EL60 and Turbo models -
offers the fastest label printing speeds on the market, at just two
seconds a label with the top of the range DYMO LabelWriter Turbo. Complete
with over 40 built-in templates and powerful easy to use software, DYMO
allows users to design their own labels by choosing their favorite fonts,
including corporate logos and graphics and then quickly and easily
printing. There's even a database included, which saves common labels for
instant recall! And with the EL60 and Turbo models being the only two
label printers on the market approved by the United States Postal Service
for Internet Postage, DYMO offers users a complete mailing solution.
DYMO's mailing solution extends into a customer relationship management
solution when its LabelWriter's software is integrated with Corex's
CardScan technology.
The CardScan Executive is the leading business card management solution on the
market, with nearly 99% market share. Users simply feed a stack of
business cards into the dedicated CardScan scanner and within seconds
CardScan's software accurately organizes all the information into the
correct fields of an electronic address book on a computer and easily
synchronizes with many PIMs, PDAs, and mobile phones.
Both CardScan and DYMO's LabelWriter software integrate perfectly with the
leading contact management systems such as Outlook, Act!, and GoldMine.
Both products also offer plug and play installation via USB installation,
are easily shared over a network and are designed for both PC and
Macintosh users.
"Corex and DYMO share a similar business approach" said President and CEO of
Corex Technologies, Jonathan Stern. "At Corex, we exclusively develop and
market contact management and business card scanning software and
hardware. In the same manner, DYMO is the only specialist label maker in
the world. We are both constantly expanding the capabilities and
usefulness of our products to reach our common goal of helping business
professionals increase their personal and corporate productivity and
efficiency."
DYMO Corporation, based in Stamford, Connecticut, is an Esselte Office
Products Company, the world's leading manufacturer of office products. For
more information about DYMO, please visit www.dymo.com
Corex Technologies, based in Cambridge, Mass., develops and markets industry-
leading business card scanning software and scanner products that increase
personal and corporate productivity. Founded in 1993, the privately held,
venture-backed company develops the award-winning CardScan family of
products. For more information visit www.cardscan.com
Both DYMO's LabelWriters and Corex Technologies' CardScan products are
available separately from retailers, office superstores, mail order
outlets and PC and office products dealers or direct from their respective
web sites.
Media Note: Digital images and slides of DYMO and CardScan products are
available upon request. Please contact Caroline Nicholson at DYMO at 203
355 9170/cnicholson@dymo.com or Angeline Martyn at Corex at 617 588
7176/martyn@corex.com
