Corporate | 2 May 2012 13:48
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Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG / Key word(s): Product Launch/Miscellaneous
Corporate News FP Group wins red dot award: product design 2012 with PostBase New franking system impresses international panel of experts with its design and product concept Birkenwerder, 2 May 2012. Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG, the first multi-channel provider for mail communication, impressed the international panel for the red dot award, comprising 30 experts, with its new PostBase franking system. The company has been awarded the accolade in the discipline of 'product design 2012'. Alongside its innovative design, PostBase was also judged on the criteria of surface feel, functionality and environmental sustainability. The award highlights the fact that PostBase is much more than just an ordinary franking machine. 'Decades of experience have gone into developing PostBase', comments Andreas Drechsler, Chief Sales Officer of Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG. 'We have taken great efforts to ensure that PostBase is not only easy to use, but that it also meets the requirements of modern office design. Hence the innovations not only include one-button technology, but also a touch display, which makes for an intuitive user interface', Mr Drechsler goes on to say. The colour concept is also remarkable. Unlike traditional franking machines, PostBase can be ordered in a range of exclusive colours in line with modern office design. PostBase combines analogue and digital mail communication All-in-all, the product design goes far beyond the realms of an ordinary machine. PostBase is a combination of the analogue and digital worlds of mail communication. All of the traditional franking machine functions can also be controlled from the PC with the aid of a built-in self-explanatory operating system. Users can access all partially and fully electronic communication channels via the FP online portal, just like De-Mail for example. Drechsler was suitably delighted about the awarding of the design prize: 'The award reaffirms our high expectations of PostBase. In our view, it is testament to the fact that we have defined a new set of standards with PostBase.' The winning products on display in the red dot design museum The internationally renowned quality seal will be officially bestowed on 2 July 2012 as part of the traditional red dot gala. Over 1,000 international guests from the worlds of design, economics, politics and media will gather together at Essen's Aalto-Theater to celebrate the climax of this year's competition. PostBase will then be on display from 3-29 July 2012 in the special 'Design on stage – winners red dot award: product design 2012' exhibition in the red dot design museum in Essen. Learn more about FP: http:// www.fp-francotyp.com and facebook or Twitter 'FP Francotyp-Postalia'
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The FP Group in Brief Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG is the first multi-channel-provider provider for mail communications. The FP Group's range of products and services includes franking and inserting machines, the direct collection of business mail to hybrid-mail and full digital mail solutions for private and commercial users. Headquartered in Birkenwerder near Berlin, the Group's wide product spectrum enables it to provide tailored mail management services. With a corporate history that goes back over 85 years and local branches in many industrialised countries, the FP Group currently holds around 10% of the worldwide franking machine market. Today it is profiting in all its segments from the increasing liberalisation of mail markets and the trend for businesses to outsource their outbound mail processes to professional service providers. Total revenue in financial 2011 came to 159.4 million euros. Worldwide, the Group employs over 1,000 people. The red dot design award The red dot design award, whose origins date back to the 1950s, is given in three disciplines: the 'red dot award: product design', the 'red dot award: communication design' and the 'red dot award: design concept'. 2011 alone saw more than 14,000 applications from over 70 countries. The red dot award has built up an international reputation as one of the most coveted quality seals for outstanding design. End of Corporate News 02.05.2012 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP’s Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de |
| Language: | English | |
| Company: | Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG | |
| Triftweg 21-26 | ||
| 16547 Birkenwerder | ||
| Germany | ||
| Phone: | +49 (0)3303 525 777 | |
| Fax: | +49 (0)3303 53 70 77 77 | |
| E-mail: | ir@francotyp.com | |
| Internet: | www.francotyp.com | |
| ISIN: | DE000FPH9000 | |
| WKN: | FPH900 | |
| Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart | |
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