C Technologies subsidiary Anoto starts collaboration with Daigo, Japan#s leading manufacturer of diaries

C Technologies subsidiary Anoto starts collaboration with Daigo, Japan's leading manufacturer of diaries Anoto is entering into an agreement with the Daigo Corporation, Japan's leading manufacturer of diaries. Hand written notes made in a regular diary with Anoto functionality is forwarded as a graphic e-mail, facsimile or SMS. This is done by the use of a digital pen, via a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone, directly to the digital organizer in the computer or PDA. The first joint products are expected to reach the market during spring 2002. The collaboration with Daigo implies that Anoto has now procured excellent prerequisites for a broad introduction of Anoto's services on the Japanese market. Anoto has already reached agreements with two companies of strategic importance in Japan - Pilot, leading producer of pens and stationery, and Kokuyo, predominant manufacturer of paper products and office equipment. "Since Daigo was founded the company has manufactured diaries for analogue communication. With the Anoto concept we are now entering the digital world, which means that we can develop completely new products for both existing and potential users. By this type of digital paper based services we will also be of interest on the PDA market", says Kunihiro Shikata, CEO of the Daigo Corporation. "We have chosen Daigo as our partner because of their know-how and recognised distribution channels on the significant diary market. As we have previously established, the Japanese communication culture is strongly image based and therefore a natural market for our concept, which enables hand written notes and images to be forwarded directly from an ordinary paper with Anoto functionality to the organizer. Taking this into consideration, each individual is a potential customer", says Christer Fåhraeus, President of Anoto. As a part of the agreement, Daigo Corporation will join Anoto's Partner Program, a forum where partners can exchange experience. The aim is to mutually strengthen Anoto's standard for digital paper. Anoto's concept is facilitated by three components: ordinary paper made digital by the almost invisible Anoto pattern, digital pens with Bluetooth communication and services delivered to the market by a cellular network operator. For further information, please contact: Christer Fåhraeus Hiroshi Shikata Birgitta Plyhm President Daigo Corporation Information Manager Anoto AB +81 3 3842 6636 C Technologies AB + 46 733 45 12 05 hshikata@daigo.co.jp +46 702 07 36 32 About Daigo Corporation: Daigo Corporation was founded in 1944 and the head office is located in Osaka. The Company has 130 employees and a turnover of SEK 600 million. Daigo Corporation has since the start developed an extensive range of paper based products and sells a total of 25 million calendars, address books, note books and special meeting planners per year. The factory in Nara manufactures products for the consumer market as well as customised company solutions. Gift items and supplementary products for shop fittings are also distributed via six centres in Japan. www.daigo.co.jp About Anoto: 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 170 employees working in offices in Lund, Stockholm, Boston, and Tokyo. Ericsson holds a minority stake in Anoto and is also represented on the board. Anoto AB has created a de facto standard for digital paper. The concept is built around converting mankind's most common way of communicating, through pen and paper. Proprietary patterns, advanced image processing, Bluetooth wireless technology and an information infrastructure enables Anoto's system. Hand-written notes written on ordinary paper turn digital through the almost invisible Anoto pattern and can be sent directly through a computer, mobile phone, PDA, palm device or a fax. Even services such as paper- based digital orders can be handled with only pen and paper. www.anoto.com About C Technologies AB: C Technologies AB (publ) was founded in 1996 and is a young Swedish high- technology 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 reading 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. The pen can also translate, send e-mail, SMS and facsimiles as well as reading barcodes. The C Technologies Group currently has about 250 employees and offices located in Lund, Stockholm, Atlanta, Boston and Tokyo. Major shareholders include company founder Christer Fåhraeus, State Street Bank, Ericsson Mobile Communications and SEB Fonder. C Technologies' share is listed on the O-list of the OM Stockholm Exchange (Attract 40). The Group also comprises the subsidiaries Anoto AB and WeSpot AB. www.ctechnologies.se or 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/2001/03/22/20010322BIT00920/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/22/20010322BIT00920/bit0002.pdf