EPSON and ADVEO announce European partnership

7^th June 2013 – EPSON and ADVEO have established a European distribution relationship to provide businesses with more choice when it comes to improving office efficiency. This partnership will see ADVEO, one of Europe’s leading office equipment distributors, to now offer businesses across Europe a wide choice of WorkForce Pro inkjet printers and LabelWork label makers, as well as projectors and scanners.

Massimo Pizzocri, VP of European Consumer Sales, EPSON Europe, says: “I am pleased to confirm that we have concluded the new distribution agreement with ADVEO at a European level and that we will have a direct contract with them in all the seven countries in which they operate. It is strategic for us to work together with ADVEO on establishing a long term relationship with the network of office dealers that are served by this distributor”.

Jean-Yves Sebaoun, Chief Operating Officer, ADVEO, says: “We’re really excited to be working alongside EPSON to distribute their range of office equipment. As EPSON are a hugely recognisable international brand, we see this partnership as a way to strengthen our product offer. We are happy to announce this European partnership with EPSON and we will continue taking steps forward in order to provide our customers with differentiated value offers”.

ADVEO will stock:

WorkForce Pro - With up to a 50 percent lower cost per page[1] and 80 percent lower energy power consumption that competitive laser printers[2], these colour inkjet printers are significantly cheaper for businesses to run than lasers.

LabelWorks – EPSON’s label makers range help businesses of all sizes design and produce their own labels in a wide variety colours and sizes, on a wide selection of materials. Identification, asset management and security labels are all easy to create both in and out of the office.

Business projectors - Thanks to equally high White and Colour Light Output, Epson 3LCD business projectors are up to three times brighter[3] than competitive 1-chip DLP projectors. Colours presented with EPSON business presentations are vivid and more realistic, ensuring important information is projected corrected.

Notes to Editor

About EPSON

EPSON  is a global innovation leader whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and printing systems, 3LCD projectors and industrial robots to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its customers worldwide, EPSON delivers customer value based on compact, energy-saving, and high-precision technologies in markets spanning enterprise and the home to commerce and industry.

Led by the Japan-based Seiko EPSON Corporation, the EPSON Group comprises more than 68,000 employees in 96 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates.
http://global.epson.com/

About EPSON Europe

EPSON Europe B.V., based in Amsterdam, is the Group’s regional headquarters for Europe,

Middle-East, Russia, and Africa. With a workforce of 1,727 employees, Epson Europe’s sales for fiscal year 2012 were 1,540 million Euros. http://www.epson.eu

nvironmental Vision 2050
http://eco.epson.com/

About ADVEO

ADVEO is the largest office products wholesaler in Europe and ranks as number 3 in the world, following the acquisition of Adimpo, an electronic office supplies wholesaler in 2009, specialized in ink and toner cartridges, and the acquisition of the Continental Europe business of Spicers (concluded in December, 2011) a traditional office supplies products player.

Thanks to this union, in just four years ADVEO has managed to multiply its revenues by 6 and EBITDA by 4, internationalize its business by increasing its sales abroad, strengthen its presence in Europe through its solid infrastructure in 8 countries of the European Union and balance its portfolio of products and services to become the only company to provide a joint offer of traditional office products, consumables and computer products. This has converted ADVEO into one of the leading companies in its sector in Europe, with sales which are 2.5 times higher than its nearest competitor.

In 2012, ADVEO had 1.798 employees, obtained Total Revenues of €1,143 million and EBITDA of €48 million, generated through more than 30,000 clients in Europe. ADVEO manages more than 190,000 SKUs and in 2012 it served 3.8 million orders across Europe.

www.adveo.com