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- 12.01.2005
VW continues to rely on SCAMAX®
for the digital processing of accounts payable
invoices
VW Corporation continued to
strengthen its cooperation with InoTec GmbH towards the end of 2004. The
accounts payables department again employed scanners made by the
Wölfersheim scanner manufacturer. The scanners, combined with the scan
client developed by SCE GmbH in Munich, supply everything need for the
ICR and OCR systems installed to work successfully. VW has been using
InoTec scanners successfully for the past 10 years.
- 10.01.2005
InoTec continues
its result improvement!
Contrary to all
forecasts and the general economic trend in Germany the financial year
just ended promises another very positive result for InoTec GmbH.
Turnover improved by almost 20% and profit increased markedly, giving
the German company an excellent performance result. „These are the
fruits of correct decisions that are based on solid strategies. They
reflect the existence of a company policy appropriate to a medium sized
enterprise. To us the export success of our products provides the
incentive to continually improve our efforts. It is our aim to
successfully open up new markets in the future. The result for fiscal
2004 is even more impressive when one takes into account that we
introduced a whole new product series during its course.“ (Peter
Schnautz, joint CEO of InoTec GmbH Organisationssysteme). Nearly 75% of
turnover was achieved outside the German market.
- 23.12.2004
SCAMAX® scanner used for
digitizing the card catalogue
of Wroclaw University
Library
Wrocław University Library recently initiated a
project to digitize its paper based catalogue. The project is composed
of two phases – scanning of all catalogue cards and afterwards making
them accessible over Internet. Thanks to the completion of this
programme, the library resources will become accessible from all over
the world.
Wrocław University Library, like majority of other
libraries, is using an electronic catalogue since mid 90-ties. The
historical paper catalogue describing a large part of historical
resources, still exists and is being used. However, by its nature, it is
available only on the premises of the library.
To overcome this difficulty and facilitate the access
to the catalogue, The Library decided to initiate a scanning project.
Because the full retro conversion (conversion of paper cards into
database records) is not possible in reasonable time, the Library
decided to scan the catalogue and make accessible on the Internet only
the images of cards.
The main
difficulty of the project lies in the specific nature of the materials
to be scanned. Catalogue cards are small, but printed on heavyweight
paper. Their quality varies widely. Some are for example printed on
photographic paper that has become over time very
curled.
A top quality scanner is
required to accomplish such task. After many extensive tests performed
on various samples, the Library has decided for a Scamax 401CD from
German company InoTec. Its technology makes it possible to scan even
damaged and very thick cards and its feeder has proven to be the most
reliable. The solution, delivered by DDP sp. z o.o. - the Polish partner
of InoTec – besides the scanner also includes DpuScan scanning software
from Janich&Klass, for image correction, manipulation and
OCR.
The scanning project will
begin soon after the delivery and installation in November. First
results are expected on the Internet early next
year.
- 06.12.2004
BA uses InoTec
scanners
The Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA – German Federal
Employment Agency) has given the ‚green light’ for the employment of
InoTec scanners, following a very intensive testing phase. The winning
tender for the ‚Electronic File’ was supplied by Janich & Klass
(J&K) of Wuppertal, Germany. J&K’s solution included five
SCAMAX® 401cd. Both software and hardware offered more than convinced
the people responsible for the project at BA, which confirms once again
that products made by German SME’s can hold their own in a competitive
market.
- 29.11.2004
Australian
Population Census uses SCAMAX® 510
The Australian Bureau of
Statistics (ABS) has decided to use InoTec scanners to digitise all
survey forms for the next population census. During a recent visit to
Canberra by Michael Kosewahr (MD of InoTec Pty Ltd) and Peter Schnautz
(CEO of InoTec GmbH) the ABS demonstrated their meticulous and thorough
preparation for the census. Both ICR and OCR software will be employed
to automate and speed up the interpretation of the census forms.
Alongside the major installation at the Australian Taxation Office this
represents a second major Australian DMS system employing scanners ‘Made
in Germany’.
- 22.11.2004
Boosting Marketing
and Service
In response to increased market demands InoTec GmbH
has been on the lookout for suitably qualified people to join our
winning team. It is with great pleasure that we welcome two new team
members who have considerable industry experience. Mr Klaus Brinner
joins us in software support, where he has many years experience.
Additionally, he brings with him familiarity with software and hardware
employed by InoTec GmbH, gained over a conserable period of time. Mr
Michael Metling is the new face in marketing. Mr Metling has been active
in the scanning field since its inception and is well known and
respected in this industry. He is just what the sales team, headed by Mr
Klaus Atzbach, were looking and hoping for.
- 29.09.2004
Digital Electoral
Roll for Tanzania and Zanzibar
Within the
next six months 18 million forms will be scanned to establish a
comprehensive electoral roll for Tanzania and Zanzibar. These OMR forms
contain, apart from normal personal details, biometric data (finger
prints) as well as photos of the person entitled to vote. Using the
advanced series SCAMAX® 4x1 scanners InoTec GmbH, in partnership with
it’s South African partner Waymark, implements another major project on
the African continent.
- 16.09.2004
Egnatia Bank,
Greece, scans loan files
The loans department
of Egnatia Bank, Greece, has initiated a major project to digitise all
loans files using scanners from InoTec GmbH. InoTec’s Greek partner,
ACTIS Information Systems & Services S.A., competently handled the
systems integration and ensured smooth automatic import of data into
Saperion. Egnatia Bank (total assets 2.6 billion €, 1300 employees) now
has one of the most modern credit analysis systems.
- 19.08.2004
The City of Munich chooses Colour Scanners from InoTec
The city of Munich, currently
often cited as a leader in the employment of inovative technologies and solutions, has decided to use scanners made by InoTec
GmbH.
SCE GmbH (Munich), the local
partner of InoTec, in conjunction with the city's project manager, have
implemented a digitised system for all documentation, including
drawings, pertaining to the city's water supply and sewerage network. This is
another compelling example how investment
lowers costs and safeguards the
future.
- 26.07.2004
InoTec cements
it’s market position in USA
After more than
ten years concerted effort in the marketplace InoTec forges ahead to
make significant inroads into the most difficult scanner market in the
world for foreign companies – the USA. The success is largely due to
continuing development of the existing dealer potential, openness to new
ideas and thoughts and last but not least innovative products second to
none.
The success, coupled with excellent returns
for the first two quarter of 2004, encourages the German specialist
scanner manufacturer to continue to heavily invest in the North American
market. This ensures that even those states not covered by a dealer at
present will have an InoTec dealer in their area soonest. These dealers
will have real, viable alternatives available to them to the offerings
of the current market leaders.
“Pleasantly
defeating our forecasts, turnover is growing much more rapidly than
expected. The willingness of highly qualified systems integrators and
dealer to collaborate with us is astonishingly great. We are now in
apposition to actually select who will be authorised to distribute our
products. Our selection process focuses mainly on existing, compatible
know-how and solid financial performance. The main goal is to offer our
customers a very high degree of security for their
investments.
A basic, conservative understanding
of business relationships coupled with a partnership based on trust is
the cornerstone of our success. If the current trend continues, which
all indicators point towards doing so, the US market will climb to three
position of our export markets,” according to Peter Schnautz, CEO of
InoTec GmbH Organisationssysteme.
- 12.07.2004
InoTec and daa
establish joint certification process
Highest demands call for
best quality: InoTec GmbH and daa Systemhaus AG seal cooperation
agreement. Basis for the cooperation is coordination and certification
of the daa-DMS-Software scanview® with the high performance SCAMAX®
scanners. The daa will test and certify its electronic Document
Management and Archive System scanview® in the area input management on
SCAMAX® scanners. First test results were extremely encouraging. Further
consolidation is planned over the next few months. InoTec GmbH already
uses scanview® for in-house demo presentations.
- 11. June 2004
Large US Bank chooses InoTec Scanners
Bank of America 'banks' on SCAMAX®270 scanners from InoTec for
its DMS. The successful integration of
the scanners, accomplished by the dealer responsible for the area, is an important milestone in the
endeavour to gain greater marketshare in
the US. "Adding more and more recognised names of blue chip companies to
our customer list ensures widespread acceptance of our products.
Technological superiority alone is not
sufficient in the US to gain greater marketshare. Having the right
names in the customer list with top installations are at least
as important", says Klaus Atzbach, International Marketing Director of InoTec
GmbH.
- 11. June 2004
Systems Exhibition a presentation window to Southern German &
Sout-East European Markets
InoTec, in conjunction
with its partners, will participate at the Systems 2004 Exhibition. The participation is designed to strengthen the scanner
manufacturer's position in the Southern
German market and strongly support the
regional dealers in that area. InoTec CEO Peter Schnautz substantiates the decision as follows: "A DMS exhibition circuit solely focused on
the Northern German area cannot
lead to broad success in the long run.
CeBIT is a very important internationl exhibition for our industry, yet
is also has a distinct regional flavour. The DMS exhibition in Essen is
purely a regional exhibition for our
industry, covering the northern and
western areas of Germany. Only a limited number of international visitors make it to Essen. These facts provided the impetus to target the
South and increase efforts in that
market. Additionally, there are the
scores of visitors from the Eastern European countries, who seem to favour
Munich as an exhibition centre."
- 02. June 2004
Successful exhibition
in London
Together with it's British partner - SCANNING RESOURCES -
InoTec participated at the British Roadhow in London that proved very
successful indeed. Both companies jointly exhibited InoTec's scanners
(SCAMAX®) and software from Janich & Klass (DPU Scan) to an
extremely interested publict. Customers and prospects could view both
new developments as well as refinements and further improvements to
existing products. Negotiations conducted during the roadshow point to
increasing sales in the UK.
- 01. June 2004
Service Agent aquires
Dealership
ALOS GmbH has for many years been a service partner for
InoTec providing repair and maintenance service for the SCAMAX® range of
products. Since May 2004 the comapny, domiciled in Cologne, is now also
a dealer for the high speed, high volume SCAMAX® 510 scanner. This gives
ALOS a welcome addition at the top end to its product offerings and
InoTec gains an additional competent systems
integrator.
- 19.
May 2004
Insurer chooses InoTec
face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=3>The ARAG
Insurance Company in Düsseldorf has updated its DMS and installed new
scanners from InoTec GmbH. The insurer now also employs colour scanners
along with bitonal ones. The close co-operation between ARAG and InoTec
started in 1995, marking the start of a very successful entry of SCAMAX®
scanners into the insurance market.
- 19.
May 2004
Russian Patent Office installs SCAMAX® scanners
The Russian
Patent Office in Moscow uses SCAMAX® scanners since May 2004. In
co-operation with Siemens the Patent Office’s desired solution was
implemented. The personal contacts InoTec GmbH established with the
Patent Office in 2001 have now resulted in a successful installation.
Russia is one of the most important export countries for InoTec
GmbH.
- 10.
May 2004
Entry into Slovenian Market
The Austrian
dealer of InoTec GmbH, ImageWare Scanner and Service G.m.b.h
of
Vienna, has opened the Slovenia market by installing the first scanner
in Maribor. The managing director of ImageWare Scanner und Service
G.m.b.h, Mr Walter Hicker, is very
pleased with business development following several scanner
installations in Austria and Slovenia.
- 20.
April 2004
Exhibition in Poland
In conjunction
with its authorised dealer, ddp of Warsaw, InoTec GmbH made its first
successful appearance in Poland. During the Infosystems exhibition in
Posnan many promising contacts and business transaction were made. This
is a sign that the expansion of Europe will have a very positive impact
on business growth for InoTec GmbH
Organisationssysteme.
- 16.
April 2004
Subsidiary formed in Australia
With the
formation of the wholly owned Australian subsidiary, InoTec
Organisationssysteme PTY LTD, the parent company - InoTec GmbH
demonstrates its strong commitment to the Australian and Asian markets
and their further development.
The subsidiary
of the German scanner manufacturer will be headed by Mike Kosewähr and
has its offices in Popanyinning, Western
Australia.
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Head Office: InoTec GmbH Organisationssysteme - Biedrichstrasse 11, D-61200 Woelfersheim; GERMANY
Ph: +49 6036 97080 Fax: +49 6036 970 815 Email: info@scamax.com
S.E. Asia Subsidiary: InoTec Organisationssysteme Pty Ltd - 62 Carrier Street, Popanyinning WA 6309; AUSTRALIA
Ph: +61 898 875 031 Fax: +61 898 875 191 Email: inotec@scanner.com.au
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