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HANOVER/BRUSSELS, August 2009 – Toshiba Corporation will showcase the multiplier effect of Toshiba technologies at PostExpo 2009, to be held at Deutsche Messe in Hanover, Germany Sept 29 – October 1 2009.

Toshiba is a leading provider of automated solutions for postal facilities, supplying its customers with an integrated set of leading-edge technologies in high-speed paper handling, image processing, OCR recognition and much more. The combination of key Toshiba technologies produced Toshiba’s reliable Culler Facer Cancellers and Letter Sorting Machines.

Toshiba provides material handling solutions for postal facilities, parcel distribution, manufacturing operations and for warehouse and distribution facilities.

The company designs, delivers and deploys advanced Retail and Auto ID solutions (including state of the art RFID technology) at both the front end and at the back-office. The company also implements warehouse control systems and total material handling automation as well as Third-Party Maintenance services throughout Europe.

The PostExpo 2009 Product Line Up is available in a separate overview.

Technology Partners

TOSHIBA TEC’s Print System for XML B002 has certified for SAP® NetWeaver® status while Oracle® has approved the Toshiba SX-series RFID-enabled printers to facilitate supplier compliance with RFID mandates from major business organisations across the globe.

A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, TOSHIBA TEC is able to integrate all front-office and some back-office business processes supporting mail, retail, and banking services. It uses a centralised but open and scalable system and is vital in helping post organisations achieve its overall strategy of greater efficiency and marketing dynamism.

Services

“The engineering and project management teams at TOSHIBA TEC understand the unique demands of postal organisations and work closely to create “Best Practice” systems suited for your organisation,” Nobuhiko Takao, CEO and President TOSHIBA TEC Europe said. “La Poste in France and Deutsche Post here in Germany confide in us with our hardware as well as through a multi-year Services Program. DHL Global Forwarding uses TOSHIBA TEC RFID-ready printers as well as our services for their 24/7 freight shipments.”

Green Credentials

Through Toshiba’s voluntary program “Environmental Vision 2050” it is contributing to the future of a sustainable world as a leading eco-company with superior eco-technologies and eco-products. The Toshiba family’s product portfolio includes Green IT, high efficiency lighting, carbon capture and storage, solar photovoltaic power, complete RFID solutions, ruggedized industrial touch screen technology, digital signage and more under one single roof. Our entire product range in Europe is fully complaint with both WEEE and RoHS. The RoHS Directive stipulated the abolition of six harmful substances. TOSHIBA TEC voluntarily will abolish nine more or a total of 15 such substances by FY 2010.

Usui Sayaka, Managing Director Toshiba Social Infrastructure Europe said: “Our system configuration capabilities are able to meet the most diverse requirements. We want to present the multiplier effect of Toshiba’s strengths – our innovative new technology products and services that create great value for society.”

Monozukuri

Monozukuri is all about creating products with passion and with pride: delivering products that stand out through reliable quality and the highest degree of user-friendliness.

‘Made in Japan’ is a unique corporate philosophy that puts quality first and is rooted in ancient Japanese business philosophy: To conquer markets and the competition by developing and strengthening all the company’s resources to provide goods and services that so benefit the customer that you can conquer markets and the competition. The development of corporate and individual skills fits perfectly into the circle of commitment.

Visit us at PostExpo 2009, Hall 2 Stands 3016-3018

About TOSHIBA TEC Europe

TOSHIBA TEC Europe (TERIS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of point of sale systems, cash registers, scales, barcode printers, peripherals and software information systems throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. As a total solution provider, TOSHIBA TEC Europe offers a complete package from consulting and system design to system installation, operation and maintenance.
Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium TERIS has three divisions: the Retail division; the Auto ID division and the Services division.
TOSHIBA TEC is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh largest electronics/electrical equipment company and the world's 91st largest company in terms of sales. Ranked by Fortune magazine as the eighth Most Admired Electronics Company in the World, Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2008 was approximately $67.9 billion.
For more information on TOSHIBA TEC point of sale systems, cash registers, scales, barcode printers, peripherals and software information systems, or for a dealer in your area, call +44 (0)870 890 7200 or visit the TERIS web site at www.toshibatec-eu.co.uk.

For media enquiries please contact:

TOSHIBA TEC Europe Retail Information Systems - UK Operations
Contact: Becky Viccars
Campus 300, Spring Way
Maylands Avenue
Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 7GG
United Kingdom
Tel: 0870 890 7200
Fax: 0870 890 7350
E- mail: marketing@toshibatec-eu.co.uk.

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