Board Change
02 September 2003 - 9:05AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:2660P
Dicom Group PLC
02 September 2003
For Immediate Release 07.05 am 2 September 2003
DICOM Group plc: Board Change
DICOM Group plc ("DICOM Group"), a global leader in the Electronic Data and
Document Capture ("EDC") market, a growing segment of the office automation
software industry, announces that Christoph Loslein will resign from the Board
as an Executive Director with immediate effect. He will remain as an employee of
DICOM Group, working on a part-time basis, and will provide strategic advice as
well as work on corporate transactions and projects.
Mr. Loslein (36) has been responsible for Group Business Development and
Communication. He joined DICOM Group in 1993 to start its German operation and
was given group management responsibility in November 1996, including the
management of Focused Distribution, which later became the EDC business unit
DICOM Europe. Before joining DICOM Group he held various management positions in
the German IT industry. He was appointed to the main Board on 2 December 1997.
Commenting, Otto Schmid, Chairman of DICOM Group plc said: "Christoph's decision
to resign was a personal choice. After 17 intense business years and now with a
young family, Christoph wanted to re-orient himself. His level of commitment,
achievements and contributions during the last 11 years with DICOM Group have
been exemplary. We are pleased that Christoph will continue to offer his
services to DICOM Group, albeit on a reduced scale. On behalf of the Board, I
would like to express my personal thanks for everything he has achieved for
DICOM Group."
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For further information please contact:
DICOM Group plc
Arnold von Buren
Officer
Dr. Bettina Moschner
Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 800 6520 616 or +49 (0) 761 45269 36
Fax: +44 (0) 1189 820 102 or +49 (0) 761 45269 936
Binns & Co PR Ltd
Peter Binns
Paul McManus
Tel: 020 7 786 9600
Fax: 020 7 786 9606
Mob: 0798 0541 893
About DICOM Group plc
DICOM Group plc ("DICOM Group") is the global leader in the Electronic Document
Capture ("EDC") market, a fast growing segment of the Office Automation
industry. EDC improves the performance of many business applications such as
document and content management and converts non-digital and digital documents
into structured data streams. Its implementation allows substantial increases in
office efficiency and offers high returns on investment.
DICOM Group's core competence is consulting, development and provision of EDC
products and services. More than 10,000 organisations world-wide have
implemented DICOM Group developed products, supported by 800 employees in 25
countries in Europe, the US, South East Asia and Australia.
US-based Kofax Image Products, DICOM Group's software development centre,
designs solutions to manage the capture process of large volumes of data and
documents and products that substantially improves document capture speed.
Ascent Capture allows document capture of text, forms, office documents, audio
and video data. Web based components and server products enable the
administration of the capture process independent of its location and the
availability of processing resources. Its patented and industry award winning
VirtualReScan (VRS) technology improves the image quality and the scanning
process in real time.
DICOM Group's European and Asian sales and service organisation offers a broad
range of services and complementary third party EDC products. Its network of
pre-sales, after-sales and consulting organisation addresses the increasing
demand for internationally deployed EDC solutions, project management and
professional support.
The Group's SGA Division focuses on multimedia visualisation products for the
IT, POI and Entertainment market. In Switzerland, it operates as sole agency of
Samsung's high performance flat screen display.
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