Announcement posted by Lexmark Australia and New Zealand 07 Mar 2013
- Twistage delivers industry-leading solutions that enhance and expand Lexmark's capability to capture, manage, and deliver rich media content
- AccessVia's industry-leading signage software platform provides paper and digital solutions for the retail marketplace
- Eight acquisitions since 2010 highlight Lexmark's continued transition to a solutions-centric company
SYDNEY, Australia - March 7, 2013: Lexmark International today announced the
completion of two acquisitions, San Francisco-based Twistage and Seattle-based
AccessVia. The total acquisition price for the companies combined is
approximately $31.5 million.
Twistage
Twistage offers an industry-leading, pure cloud software platform for managing
video, audio and image content.
Twistage's framework easily integrates with customers' existing applications
and is flexible and adaptable – bridging gaps in a company's media management
infrastructure.
Twistage's technology enables customers to securely ingest rich media in
virtually any format, manage, and deliver content within their firewalls and
outside the walls of their networks. The company's architecture minimises costs
through a scalable and decentralised approach, equipping organisations to
realise a return on their existing rich media assets across a wide range of
mobile and desktop devices.
When combined with Lexmark, Twistage will enable customers to capture, manage
and access all of their content, including rich media content assets, within
the context of their business processes and enterprise applications.
AccessVia
AccessVia's customers benefit from industry-leading signage solutions to create
and produce retail shelf-edge materials, all from a single platform, which can
be directed to a variety of output devices and published to digital signs or
electronic shelf tags.
AccessVia's software prints on-demand in stores on monochrome and colour laser
printers, smart multifunction products and on handheld devices in the aisle, or
centrally in high-speed production print facilities. The technology also
enables customers to publish to digital shelf signs, large digital displays or
electronic shelf labels. AccessVia's Web-based software tools can be delivered
via their cloud-based software-as-a-service as well as an on-premise
installation. Regardless of the deployment model, the tools are readily
available and easy to use.
AccessVia, when combined with Lexmark's managed print services (MPS) and
expertise in delivering print and document process solutions to the retail
market, will enable customers to quickly design and produce in-store signage
for better and more timely merchandising in a highly distributed store
environment.
AccessVia's signage software platform provides paper and digital solutions to
more than 75 retailers with more than 60,000 stores. Some of the well
recognised brands and retailers that use AccessVia include Best Buy, Office
Depot, Safeway, Family Dollar and El Corte Ingles.
Supporting Quotes
"Since 2010, Lexmark has completed eight acquisitions, further advancing
the company's transition from being hardware-focused to being a leading
end-to-end solutions provider," said Paul Rooke, Lexmark's chairman and
chief executive officer. "Lexmark's focus is on providing unique and
powerful solutions to customers to help them grow their businesses by
delivering industry-specific, scalable imaging and software solutions that
simplify workflow and harness the power of information."
"Twistage technology is a powerful addition to Perceptive Software process
and content management solutions, giving our customers the ability to capture,
manage, and deliver their rich media content in the context of their business
processes," said Scott Coons, Perceptive Software's president and chief
executive officer and Lexmark vice president.
"We look forward to leveraging the global footprint and financial strength
of Lexmark as we bring Twistage's rich media technologies to Perceptive
Software's innovative enterprise content and process management
solutions," said David Wadler, founder and chief executive officer of
Twistage.
"With the acquisition of AccessVia, Lexmark is adding another key offering
into our suite of innovative solutions for the retail marketplace," said Marty
Canning, Lexmark executive vice president and president of Imaging Solutions
and Services. "Since our inception, Lexmark has been a leading provider of
innovative output, managed print services and workflow solutions for retailers.
Today, eight out of the top 10 U.S. retailers rely on Lexmark.
"The solutions capabilities AccessVia delivers, when combined with
Lexmark's deep retail industry expertise, will enable Lexmark to offer
customers the ability to more accurately manage their branding and pricing
integrity while simultaneously improving sign creation and distribution,"
Canning added.
"Combining AccessVia's publishing platform with Lexmark's industry
expertise allows us to deliver more powerful and compelling end-to-end
solutions to our customers in their distributed retail environment," said
Dean A. Sleeper, AccessVia's chief executive officer. "We are truly
excited to develop and deliver a more powerful in-store, retail solutions
portfolio to AccessVia and Lexmark customers."
About Lexmark
Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) provides businesses of all sizes with a
broad range of printing and imaging products, software, solutions and services
that help customers to print less and save more. Perceptive Software, a Lexmark
company, is a leading provider of process, intelligent capture and content
management software that helps organizations fuel greater operational
efficiency. In 2012, Lexmark sold products in more than 170 countries and
reported $3.8 billion in revenue.
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please contact:
Caroline La Rose
Max Australia
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lexmark@maxaustralia.com.au