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Delphax Technologies Reports Results for Fiscal Third Quarter
Delphax Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: DLPX), today reported net sales of $11.4 million for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, down from $13.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2005. Coupled with an unusual combination of operating costs, the revenue shortfall resulted in a third-quarter loss of $3.4 million, or $0.53 per share, compared with net income of $288,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, in the same period of fiscal 2005.
“In our recent history, Delphax has sold on average one or two CR Series digital presses per quarter,” said Dieter Schilling, president and chief executive officer. “At our price point, the sale of one or two units makes a significant revenue and margin contribution. But an average of one or two units can mean a quarter where no sale is booked and that’s exactly
what happened during the third quarter.
New Oce PRISMAweb Release Helps Customers Leverage e-Business Opportunities
Oce (Nasdaq: OCENY - News), a global leader in digital document management and delivery solutions, announces Oce PRISMAweb(TM) 3.0, a new release that takes this established e-business software package to a new level with extensive functionality for web-based workflows. Oce also announces Oce PRISMAweb e-Manager, a new CRM fulfillment module.
Oce PRISMAweb 3.0 provides greater functionality for every stage in the workflow: producing the price quote, Internet-based job submission, releasing jobs for printing, and billing. From smart, simple web portals to personalized setups with custom-designed workflows, Oce PRISMAweb 3.0 facilitates more communication and collaboration between providers and their clients at every level. Enterprises profit from faster end-to-end processing times and lower transaction costs. Web-to-print workflows let clients select print-ready documents from online catalogs and place orders over the web, or upload new print data to their own catalog. By standardizing workflows, Oce PRISMAweb also helps eliminate many of the usual flare points for errors. Users can preflight and preview jobs to check for errors while placing an order and eliminate potential problems well before the job goes into production. Read more
The Conservation Fund Names Pictorial Offset Corporation Is First Printing Company In The World To Become Carbon-Neutral
Pictorial Offset Corporation, the leader in addressing environmental issues affecting commercial printing for over 25 years, is proud to announce that it has taken steps to reduce its carbon-emission footprint on the earth to zero.
Lester Samuels, Managing Partner of Pictorial Offset Corporation, states, “One of the greatest challenges that we face as responsible corporate leaders is taking action to effect change in the face of pending danger. Climate change has become one of the largest environmental issues of this century, and global warming is one such danger that requires resourcefulness on the part of corporate leaders. Pictorial Offset continues to take giant steps in ‘doing the right thing’ by effecting positive change to help counter-balance global warming.”