Quebecor World Extends Contract with Quark; In Continuance of Quark's Promise for Excellence in Service, Quebecor World Renews Contract
Press Release
DENVER–(QUARKvsINDESIGN.com)–Aug. 10, 2005–Quark Inc. today announced that Quebecor World Inc., one of the world’s largest commercial print service companies, has renewed its ServicePlus maintenance contract for another 18 months, allowing Quebecor World to continue receiving premium technical support and upgrades from Quark.
With 150 facilities operating in 17 countries, Quebecor World remains an important customer for Quark. By extending the contract, Quebecor World can take advantage of Quark’s support service for more than 1,000 registered seats of QuarkXPress software that Quebecor World maintains, including free upgrades to QuarkXPress 7 when it becomes available to the market.
Quebecor World is a market leader in most of its major product categories, including magazines, retail inserts and circulars, books, catalogs, specialty printing and direct mail, directories, digital pre-media, logistics, mail list technologies and other value-added services.
“Quark has maintained its promise to provide the utmost quality in their services and products,” said Jean Francois Cuillerier, Vice President, Technology of Quebecor World. “We want to remain committed to a company that continues to provide the support we desire.”
“We are delighted that Quebecor World, with its large market share in commercial printing, acknowledges that Quark can provide the tools and support needed to move its business processes forward with no hassles,” said Richard Pasewark, Quark’s vice president of sales for the Americas.
About Quebecor World
Quebecor World Inc. (NYSE:IQW) (TSX:IQW.SV) is one of the largest commercial printers in the world. It is a market leader in most of its major product categories which include magazines, inserts and circulars, books, catalogs, specialty printing and direct mail, directories, digital pre-media, logistics, mail list technologies and other value-added services. The Company has approximately 35,000 employees working in more than 160 printing and related facilities in the United States, Canada, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and India. Web address: www.quebecorworld.com
About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is a leading develop er of tools and technologies for collaborative content workflows from the desktop to the enterprise. Quark has been providing award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product QuarkXPress changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, as Quark software is used by millions of customers around the world, the company is guiding the creation of vital open standards to promote productivity and interoperability throughout the industry. With a new generation of products and solutions, Quark is helping its customers create, manage, personalize, and distribute content to a variety of media formats and devices at low cost. Founded in 1981, Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.