Newgen to offer Pageflex Web-Top
Publishing in Direct Marketing Solutions for Auto Industry
Leading Supplier of services for after-market
customer relationship management to enhance one-to-one marketing for
its 7,000 dealers
Cambridge, MA September 3, 2003
Pageflex (NASDAQ:
BITS) ,a leader in Web-top publishing, announces an agreement
to license MpowerT, its composition engine for one-to-one marketing
solutions, and .EDITT, its browser-based editing tool, to Newgen Results
Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TeleTech Holdings.
Newgen combines marketing and customer retention with an in-depth
knowledge of service department operations to deliver highly targeted
and customized solutions to automotive dealers and manufacturers.
Newgen builds solutions that harness dealership customer databases
to personalize such post-sales collateral as service reminders and
targeted marketing pieces. Over 40 million letters move through
Newgen annually, on behalf of over 7,000 automotive dealerships
nationwide.
Newgen CEO Bill Klehm explains his vision for the deal this way:
"Newgen plans to use Pageflex products to expand our technology
lead and combine it with digital asset management (DAM) expertise
to bring the full power of on-demand, one-to-one marketing on the
fastest platforms to every dealer we service."
The automotive industry was among the first to recognize the potential
of streamlined workflows for localization and customization of advertising
and marketing materials in a tightly competitive economy," explains
David Frenkel, Pageflex General Manager."Newgen is well-positioned
to provide this market with CRM services that take full advantage
of the flexible template creation and online previewing in Mpower
and the browser-only Web-to-print front-end services of .EDIT. Solutions
from Pageflex and Newgen can dramatically increase the reach and
lower the cost of after-market campaigns for car dealers across
North America."
" We expect to integrate Pageflex products first into our Web-based
promotion and fulfillment tools,"adds Paul Whitworth, Vice President
of Marketing at Newgen, "following with a Web-to-print workflow
that enables dealers to create, order, and deliver materials that
are both highly targeted and professionally designed."
About
Newgen Results Corporation
Newgen, a wholly owned subsidiary of TeleTech Holdings, Inc., is
a leading provider of online solutions and business-to-business
(B2B) enterprise channel management services. Newgen combines marketing
and customer retention with an in-depth knowledge of service department
operations to deliver highly targeted and customized solutions to
automotive dealers and manufacturers. Newgen houses vehicle data
for 70 million consumers, sends out over 40 million letters, and
places 40 million telephone calls annually on behalf of over 7,000
auto dealerships nationwide. Newgen also maintains relationships
with leading automotive manufacturers and dealers groups, including
Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Kia,
Mitsubishi, Nissan, Land Rover, Volkswagen, and Volvo. For more
information, call 800-7NEWGEN or visit www.ngresults.com .
Pageflex
Pageflex (www.pageflexinc.com) is the pioneer of flexible variable
data and web-top publishing technology. Moving beyond desktop publishing,
Pageflex Web-top publishing software helps novice users create high-quality
printed products using intelligent, flexible templates, without
installing or learning any new software. Our products maintain corporate
identity and design integrity while enabling sophisticated customization
of documents.
Pageflex software is used for a wide variety of applications, including
on-demand marketing materials, stationery and business cards, advertising,
catalogs, and personalized digital printing. The Pageflex worldwide
customer base includes manufacturers, service providers, advertising
agencies, commercial printers, graphic design houses, and ASPs.
Users of Pageflex technology include Xerox, IBM, Ford, EFI, Coldwell
Banker, Wunderman, Consolidated Graphics, Mail-Well, httprint, Valassis,
and Spire. Pageflex was established in 1999 as a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ:
BITS, www.bitstream.com
What makes Pageflex software different from
all other composition systems?
Desktop publishing requires users to install expensive software
and master superior design techniques. With Web-top publishing,
even beginners can turn out high-quality printed products, without
installing or learning any sofware, by using Pageflex intelligent
and flexible templates. Unlike ordinary templates,
these have sophisticated built- in rules that offer users a wide
range options to change graphics and text while preventing them
from making design blunders. Executives and designers can relax,
knowing that a remote branch can generate local content without
corrupting the corporate brand and identity.
Mpower, .EDIT, Pageflex, and the Pageflex logo
are trademarks of Pageflex Newgen and Teletech are trademarks of
TeleTech Holdings, Inc. All other trademarks are for identification
purposes only and remain the property of their respective owners.
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