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Emedia Professional, April, 1999

Maxell expands headquarters in preparation for expected growth

Maxell Corporation of America is expanding its U.S. headquarters facilities in Fair Lawn, New Jersey to prepare the company for anticipated growth in the new millennium. According to Len Haine, vice president and controller of Maxell Corporation of America, the company is increasing its headquarters space by almost one-third, with much of the new space to be occupied by the company's sales, marketing, and engineering staffs. "As a leading full-line manufacturer of consumer and professional storage media products, many of the categories we participate in are enjoying substantial growth, and Maxell has captured a leading market position in each of them," Haine explained in an expansion announcement. He adds that such product categories as data storage media are accounting for substantial growth, and that demand for CD-R, DLT cartridges, Zip disks, SuperDisk media, and MO disks is increasingly robust.

(Maxell Corporation of America, 22438 Route 208, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410; 201/703-5968; Fax 201/796-8780; http://www.maxell.com)

SIGCAT joins forces with GovTechNet Federal IT conference

GovTechNet International, a federal IT conference and exposition devoted exclusively to providing the latest enterprise- wide IT solutions to federal government decision-makers, has announced the addition of SIGCAT '99 to its three-day agenda. The Special Interest Group on CD/DVD Applications and Technology (SIGCAT) will colocate with GovTechNet to hold its annual conference, SIGCAT '99, on June 15-17, 1999, at the Washington, DC Convention Center. "By joining with GovTechNet, SIGCAT will be able to better focus its resources on educating and informing IT managers who attend SIGCAT '99," says Jerry McFaul, SIGCAT president. "With the growing interest in document management, distance learning, and near-line data storage as key federal IT solutions, SIGCAT '99 will be our most timely conference ever." The conference will focus heavily on enterprise-storage issues. Expanding on one of the previous year's attractions, SIGCAT and GovTechNet will jointly produce a DVD Theater. Free to every attendee, it will showcase leading-edge DVD capabilities at work.

(The Special Interest Group on CD/DVD Applications and Technology [SIGCAT),11343 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 20190; 703/435-5200; Fax 703/435-5553; http://www.sigcat.org)

like a rainbow: Rimage debuts prism color CD-R printer

CD-R printing pioneer Rimage Corporation has released the Perfect Image Prism Printer, the first thermal transfer CD-R printer to offer full-color capability. Incorporating the dry thermal processing that gives Rimage its quality edge in high-volume CD-R production environments, the Prism printer enables the user to print customized on-demand graphics and text directly on the surface of the CD without affecting data integrity.

This dry thermal transfer process developed by Rimage for CD printing dries instantly and eliminates the risk of smearing, fading, or washing off that users face with inkjet products. A paneled ribbon adds a full palette of colors to the Perfect Image's trademark speed, sharpness, and high resolution. The Prism printer is now available as an option in Rimage's Perfect Image Producer System, a complete turnkey CD-R system that combines file transferring, recording and surface printing in an automated, scalable configuration.

(Rimage Corporation, 7725 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55439; 612/944-8144; Fax 612/944-7808; http://www.rimage.com)