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is no longer just about demonstrating
cost savings but driving business process
efficiency, will become a key factor in
the continuing development of the office
equipment industry.
New products
UTAX announced a number of new
product launches at the conference. First
up was the introduction of its new Vertical
Market Solutions Packs, verticals covered
include health, legal, education and
civil engineering, which it has designed
to give specific end-users affordable,
complementary software solutions that
work alongside their hardware and
professional services.
Solutions Manager Brian Young said
that UTAX is uniquely placed to be at
the heart of the issues, pulling together
both hardware and software, enabling its
partners to offer anything from a simple,
time saving application on one MFP, to a
large MPS installation across multiple sites
and devices.
“We have specifically designed an
innovative way of approaching the market
to ascertain their requirements, identify
areas that they may not have previously
considered and jointly devise a sustainable,
holistic approach to software solutions,”
he said.
UTAX also unveiled a new range of five
mid to large volume colour A3 MFPs which
feature a number of improvements including
newly developed toner offering improved
colour and increased print resolution,
upgraded paper handling options including
SRA3 and 300gsm direct from cassettes,
reduced footprint for device and options,
improved energy credentials and increased
functionalities including 9-inch touch
panel, 320GB hard disk and direct Wi-Fi.
After the business sessions, partners
were treated to an entertaining
demonstration by golf trick show artist,
Rob Brown. In keeping with this year’s
marketing theme, ‘First Past the Post’, the
dinner that followed included a race night
and horse racing simulators with guests
raising £345 for the blood cancer charity,
Bloodwise, in memory of UTAX’s friend and
colleague, Tracy Lawrance. The following
morning, partners enjoyed a round of golf
or a clay pigeon shooting experience.
UTAX Partner Awards
Shaun Wilkinson,
MD, UTAX
Masafumi Yoda,
President,
TA Triumph-Adler
Heythorp Park
Justin Evans &
Adrian Crucifix,
Direct-tec
UTAX Product
Manager,
Steve Lucas
discussing new
A3 range with
Fergus Moore of
Copymoore
The Annual UTAX Partner Awards were presented by Wilkinson and
Masafumi Yoda, President of parent company, TA Triumph-Adler GmbH.
The awards were made for sales achieve-
ments for the last financial year –
1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016.
100 Club
(100 or more devices FY2016)
Simple Digital Solutions Ltd
Midrepro Ltd
150 Club
(150 or more devices FY2016)
Office Friends Systems Ltd
A-Stat Office Technology Ltd
Copymark (Sales) Limited
ABC Digital Solutions Ltd
AFP Digital Limited
250 Club
(250 or more devices FY2016)
Orchard Business Systems Ltd
Direct-tec UK Ltd
Document Data Solutions Ltd
750 Club
(750 or more devices FY2016)
Copymoore Limited
1,000 Club
(1,000 or more devices FY2016)
EMS Copier (Services) Ltd
Partner of the Year
EMS Copier (Services) Ltd
Solutions Club
(FY2016)
Document Data Solutions Ltd
EMS Copier (Services) Ltd
Inplant Print Supplies Ltd
Solutions Partner of the Year
(Highest
Sales FY2016)
Document Data Solutions Ltd
The company also introduced a number of
new award categories this year. Exsel Group
was named New Partner of the Year, Green
Office Technologies Ltd scooped the award for
Highest Growth 2016, and the Flame Award
winner (in recognition of a partner which has
won a single customer or order of significant
value) was Gemini Office Solutions Ltd.
“
With the support of the sales and
service team at UTAX we are seeing
our business grow year on year and
are delighted to be ranked in this
year’s 250 Club. UTAX really look af-
ter us and our customers and we’re
looking forward to introducing the
new range of A3 MFPs and the new
solutions packs. We’re aiming for the
500 Club next year!”
Carl Taylor, Orchard Business Systems Ltd
100 Club
150 Club
250 Club
750 Club
1000 Club
Solutions Club
Highest Growth 2016
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