Media | 25 February 2014 16:23


Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG: Innovative concepts highlight opportunities for using De-Mail in companies



(DGAP-Media / 25.02.2014 / 16:23)

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Innovative concepts highlight opportunities for using De-Mail in companies and authorities.
Finalists confirmed for the 2014 De-Mail Award for Innovation

Birkenwerder, 25 February 2014. The publicly listed Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG (FP), a multi-channel provider for mail communication and the first accredited De-Mail provider, has announced the finalists for the 2014 De-Mail Award for Innovation. Many interesting concepts were submitted from a wide range of sectors by 31 January 2014. The independent jury has therefore increased the initial number of shortlisted candidates from three to four. The members of the jury are Under-Secretary Achim Hildebrandt from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Prof. Christoph Meinel from the Hasso Plattner Institute, Christian Schlesiger from the weekly business magazine, WirtschaftsWoche, and Dr Ulrich Stumpf from the Scientific Institute for Infrastructure and Communication Services.

Before the final decision is made, all shortlisted candidates have been invited to CeBIT to present their concepts to the public at the CeBIT ECM Forum in Hall 3, Stand D05 on 12 March 2014 at 4 p.m. The jury will then choose the winner of the 2014 FP Award. The following four companies and their concepts have made it through to the final round:

– Digital wound documentation with De-Mail, submitted by Petter.Letter GmbH

– DeMaB – De-Mail Beratungs GmbH submitted a service billing concept for private health insurance companies

– De-Mail App and identity management based on De-Mail, submitted by Brain-SCC

– De-Mail integration into health care delivery processes, submitted by X3net

“Some fantastic concepts were submitted. This demonstrates that De-Mail has not just aroused great interest, but that companies and authorities can also see the benefits of De-Mail and are incorporating the new digital communication standard into their infrastructure”, explains Dr Ulrich Stumpf of the Scientific Institute for Infrastructure and Communication Services.

The audience will also have the opportunity to vote for a winner. Anyone attending the presentation can vote. The Audience Award will be presented after the presentation of the FP Award. Every submitted vote for the Audience Award will also be entered into a prize draw to win a HP Slate Tablet.

“We are convinced that De-Mail will be a huge success. It supports simple, traceable and confidential electronic communication, speeds up the exchange of documents, and saves costs”, says Hans Szymanski, CEO and CFO of Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG.


Contact

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG
Sabina Prüser
VP Investor Relations/ Public Relations
Telephone: +49 (0)3303 525 410
Fax: +49 (0)3303 53 70 77 77
E-mail: s.prueser@francotyp.com

About the FP Group
Francotyp-Postalia is the first complete service provider for mail communication. The international company, headquartered in Birkenwerder, offers the full range of products and services for physical and electronic mail communication. Besides franking machines and enveloping machines, the range for physical mail communication also includes services such as the collection of business mail. In the area of electronic mail communication, FP offers innovative outsourcing solutions from the optimisation of internal processes for written communication, e.g. for billing and dunning, through to legally compliant, fully electronic mail – De-Mail. This means that FP customers can use a tailored multi-channel solution in their daily office life.

Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG currently operates in many industrialised countries through subsidiaries and owns around 10% of the worldwide market share for franking machines. With a company history dating back more than 85 years, the FP Group is now benefiting from the increasing liberalisation of the postal markets as well as the readiness of companies to outsource their outgoing mail to professional service providers. During the 2012 financial year, the company achieved revenues of EUR 165.6 million. The FP Group has around 1,100 employees worldwide.



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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
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