C Technologies' subsidiary Anoto announces closer cooperation with Kokuyo

C Technologies' subsidiary Anoto announces closer cooperation with Kokuyo Kokuyo Co., Ltd, the leading manufacturer of stationery products in Japan today anounced closer cooperation with Anoto for the manufacturing and distribution of paper products and office supplies worldwide based on Anoto@ Technology. As a major player, Kokuyo will have a strategic role in the Anoto core partner group, contributing to the worldwide penetration of the Anoto@ Technology. The focus of Anoto's collaboration with Kokuyo, as well as with other partners, is to sustain the global de facto standard for digital paper. In addition, Kokuyo will support Anoto in the same way as the other partners with worldwide distribution of the products through existing networks. The first products are expected to reach the market within a year from now. "With digital notepads and digital forms, Kokuyo and Anoto are creating new opportunities for people to be part of the unwired world. Kokuyo is a perfect Asian collaborative partner in our effort to create a global de facto standard for digital paper. Cooperation with world-leading partners will play a decisive role in the launch of the Anoto technology", says Christer Fåhraeus, President, Anoto AB. "The Anoto Technology is a pioneer for the Return of the Paper. However, Kokuyo sees more in this tremendous technology than simply pen and paper. We see a fusion of analog and digital components that can create st completely new value. At the dawn of this new 21 Century, we are thrilled at the business opportunity to provide our customers with a new level of satisfaction", says Akihiro Kuroda, President of Kokuyo. For further information, please contact: Christer Fåhraeus Mats Bruzaeus Birgitta Plyhm President President Information Director Anoto AB Anoto Nippon K.K. C Technologies AB +46 733 451 205 +81 3 5774 1213 +46 702 07 36 32 Kokuyo Co., Ltd , with headquarters in Osaka, Japan, and offices in Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, USA, and Germany was founded in 1905. Since then Kokuyo has grown to become the largest manufacturer of office products in Japan. With about 3000 employees, more than 130,000 products and services supplied through a vast distribution network, Kokuyo posted US$ 2.6 billions in sales during the fiscal year 2000. In addition to producing office supplies, equipment, and furniture, which accounts for almost 50 % of the turnover, Kokuyo's diversified product line also includes stadium bleachers, hospital furnishings, store fixtures, office consultation services, and special furniture for the elderly. www.Kokuyo.co.jp Anoto AB was founded in Lund, Sweden in late 1999 as a subsidiary of C Technologies AB, which is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (O-List, Attract 40). The company currently has about one hundred employees working in offices in Lund, Stockholm, Boston, and Tokyo. Ericsson Mobile Communications holds an important minority stake in the company and is also represented on the board. Anoto focuses on research, development, and TM marketing for the various aspects of Anoto technology and in creating TM a de facto standard for digital paper. Anoto technology comprises a combination of a so-called intelligent pen, proprietary patterns, advanced image processing, Bluetooth wireless technology, and an information infrastructure. Handwritten notes can be stored, graphic e-mails sent, and electronic orders placed using nothing other than pen and paper. Users can communicate with anyone who has a cell-phone, PC, hand-held computer, or PDA. www.anoto.com C Technologies AB (publ) is a young, Swedish IT-company with cutting-edge expertise within the fields of digital camera technology, image processing, and digital pens. The Company's primary product is the C-Pen scanning pen, which has received several important international awards for best IT product. The C-Pen scans, stores, processes, and wirelessly transmits text to a PC using IR or Bluetooth. The pen can also translate, send e-mail, SMS, and facsimiles, and read barcodes. Today, the C Technologies Group with its head office in Lund, Sweden, employs about 200 people. Major shareholders include Company founder Christer Fåhraeus, Ericsson Mobile Communications, SEB Fonder, State Street Bank and Lo- Sfären. C Technologies is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (O-list, Attract 40). www.ctechnologies.se; www.cpen.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/26/20010126BIT00250/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/26/20010126BIT00250/bit0002.pdf