CANON MARKETING JAPAN AND OBDUCAT SIGN EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT.
(NGM: OBDU B)
Canon Marketing Japan and OBDUCAT AB are pleased to announce that the two companies have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for Obducat’s products in Japan.
Under the terms of the agreement Canon Marketing Japan will exclusively market and support Obducat’s products throughout Japan.
Canon Marketing Japan is the domestic marketer of all Canon Inc. products. Its Industrial Equipment Division is involved in sales and servicing of Canon’s Semiconductor Equipment, Equipment for LCD Displays as well as various measuring tools.
“We are very happy and honored to be associated with a world technology leader such as Canon. Canon Marketing Japan is a well-established market leader in the Japanese Semiconductor Equipment Market and therefore the perfect partner for us to market our lithography solutions in Japan. Canon Marketing Japan can offer Japan based customers the benefit of Canon Marketing Japan’s high level of sales and customer support which is essential when now moving forward into the industrialization of Obducat’s NIL technology,” says CEO Patrik Lundström.
"The Canon Marketing Japan and Obducat cooperation has developed very well over the last few months and we are therefore very pleased to have been appointed distributor of Obducat´s world leading products in Japan, says Hiroshi Shibuya, Senior Managing Director of Canon Marketing Japan. “Canon Marketing Japan has identified the nano imprint market as a very interesting future area of growth. We have high expectations for our new co-operation, and believe that Obducat's expertise in nano imprint will bring new and innovative solutions to the Japanese market’, he adds.
For further information, please contact:
Patrik Lundström, CEO, +46 40 – 36 21 00 or 703 – 27 37 38
Henri Bergstrand, Chairman of the Board, +46 40-36 21 00 or 708 - 88 72 45
About Obducat AB
Obducat AB is an innovative developer and supplier of technologies, products and processes used for the production and replication of advanced micro and nano structures. Obducat’s products and services are intended to serve the demands of companies within the information storage, semiconductor, printed circuit board, and sensor industries. Obducat’s technologies include electron beam and nano imprint technology. Obducat has offices in Sweden and the UK, with the headquarters located in Malmö, Sweden. The Obducat shares are publicly traded on the Swedish NGM stock exchange.
Read more at www.obducat.com
About CANON Marketing Japan
CANON Marketing Japan is the independent marketing arm of the Japanese giant CANON Inc. Established in 1968, it employs -about 7,000 people. In addition to the parent company, the Canon Marketing Japan Group currently encompasses 17subsidiaries. Its activity involves the marketing and servicing of all CANON products, including office equipment, such as copiers and printers, computer peripherals, digital cameras, medical and semiconductor production equipment. CANON Marketing Japan Inc. common stock is traded on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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