OKI Printing Solutions leads A3 color page printer unit shipments in Germany

07/08/2008

Düsseldorf, 10th June 2008

A research firm reveals its leadership

OKI Printing Solutions (the brand name for OKI Data Corporation) today announced that it captured No.1 position in the A3 color page printer shipments in Germany over the first quarter of 2008, increasing its unit shipments by 79% from the previous quarter.

According to IDC, OKI Printing Solutions' A3 printer shipments in Germany accounted for 34% of the total German A3 color page printer market.

Western Europe is the largest A3 color page printer market in Europe and is the second largest market worldwide, followed by Japan. With the category defining A3 color page printers, C8600 Series entering the channel in November 2006 and the C8800 Series in May 2007, OKI Printing Solutions has demonstrated its grip on this market across Europe. Both Series drive the volume growth in the overall A3 color page printer category.

While being the number two across Western Europe in A3 color page printer market, at a local level, OKI Printing Solutions holds the number one unit shipments position in 6 countries: Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Bernd Quenzer, Managing Director of OKI Printing Solutions Germany and Vice President of Central Europe says: : "These numbers clearly demonstrate that the quality and reliability of OKI Printing Solutions' A3 color page printers continue to be recognized by our customers. We proactively engage with them to improve their productivity, performance and communications. Business users are increasingly adopting in-house color printing to save outsourced printing costs so we meet this growing demand by providing customizable in-house business printing solutions which in turn, empower organizations to communicate more effectively and efficiently."

*) IDC Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker, 2008 Q1