Brussels/Salo, April 23rd, 2009 – TOSHIBA TEC Europe and Nordic ID announced today they have entered into a European strategic alliance, providing significant wireless and mobile telecommunications solutions for retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and warehousing and security industries. RFID-ready barcode printers from TOSHIBA TEC’s Auto ID & Printer Division are now being jointly offered with Nordic ID’s barcode and UHF RFID mobile devices, to optimise the use of emerging technologies with standard communication systems.

“We expect this partnership to drive sales for both companies and produce significant savings for our joint customers’ business networks in retail, industry, healthcare, warehousing and security,” said Angel de Juan, European Sales Director, TOSHIBA TEC Europe Auto ID & Printer Division. “Nordic ID will be getting the expertise of TOSHIBA TEC as one of the world leaders in RFID and barcode printing technologies, along with the assurance of achieving maximum efficiency regardless of setup.”

Atte Kaskihalme, Sales Director, Nordic ID said: “Nordic ID has a long history in the creation of handheld devices with ergonomic single-handed operational design and user friendliness. Building on this experience, and feedback gathered from retailers, Nordic ID deliver a compact and user friendly design coupled with a robust and flexible platform that can adapt to future technologies.”

With its knowledge of retail, supply chain and healthcare markets TOSHIBA TEC Europe will be able to support Nordic ID with customer audits, resulting in further optimisation of installations and operations.

Sobre a TOSHIBA TEC Europe

A TOSHIBA TEC Europe (TERIS) é uma empresa dedicada ao fabrico e comercialização de Impressoras de Código de Barras/RFID, POS, Caixas Registradoras, Periféricos, Software e Sistemas de Informação através da Europa, Médio Oriente e Africa. Como fornecedor de soluções globais, a TOSHIBA TEC Europe oferece um completo pacote de serviços de consultoria, manutenção, implementação e desenvolvimento de sistemas para a indústria e comércio.

A sede europeia da companhia encontra-se em Bruxelas, Bélgica e conta com três divisões: Retalho, Identificação Automática e Serviços.

A TOSHIBA TEC é uma companhia independente da Toshiba Corporation, a sétima companhia a nível mundial de equipamento eléctrico e electrónico e a 91ª do mundo em terminais de venda. No Ranking da revista Fortune aparece como a oitava empresa mais admirada do sector TI no mundo. A Toshiba Corporation é um líder tecnológico mundial com mais de 300 subsidiárias e filiais em todo o mundo. No seu último ano fiscal obteve um benefício de aproximadamente 76,6 biliões de dólares.

About Nordic ID

Originally a small engineering company, Nordic ID, based in Salo “the mobile valley of Finland”, has grown to be one of the main providers of handheld terminals and computers for retail and industry, with customers such as WH Smith, Spar, Coop, Adidas and Kaiser's Tengelmann. Every morning between 8 and 9, over 2 million retail transactions are processed by Nordic ID handhelds. Annually the company supplies over 10.000 products that use the latest wireless and mobile telecommunications technology. For more information: www.nordicid.com.

Para mais informação:

TOSHIBA TEC Europe Retail Information Systems
Taguspark, Núcleo Central – 363/365
2740-122 - Porto Salvo PORTUGAL
Contacte-nos: Susana Costa
Tel.: +351 21 422 20 64
Fax: +351 21 424 02 11
E-mail: marketing@toshibatec-eu.pt
Web: www.toshibatec-eu.pt

Nordic ID
Myllyojankatu 2 A
FIN-24100 SALO
Finland
Contact: Mr Atte Kaskihalme, Sales Director
Tel: +358 2 727 7700
Fax: +358 2 727 7720

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