Marcan Inc. Announces Strategic Partnership with Cranel Imaging; Now Offering Rimage Producer II Product Family

BELLEVUE, WA, (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb. 12, 2004 -- Marcan Inc. General Manager, Maryjane Fatigati, today announced the company's Value Added Reseller (VAR) partnership with Cranel Imaging for the Rimage Producer II desktop and printer family of products.

Marcan helps companies publish all types of content on CDs and DVDs, offering superior duplication services and equipment for in-house production. Aligning with Cranel Imaging allows Marcan to continue its tradition of exceptional customer service with 24/7 technical support for all Cranel products through Cranel Imaging's sister division Versitec.

"Thanks to their attention to detail, customer service, industry knowledge and product expertise, Marcan is Cranel's fastest growing and most exciting VAR in the country," stated Travis Smith, Rimage Business Development Manager at Cranel Imaging.

After experiencing a surge of growth in 2003, Marcan identified the Cranel partnership as a key 2004 initiative to continue offering the highest quality CD and DVD duplication products and services.

"We are thrilled to be a part of the Cranel family," said Fatigati. "Cranel is truly a committed partner -- training Marcan in their exciting, new technologies and offering superior support of the Rimage product family."

The Rimage Producer II product family allows Marcan to offer a more comprehensive suite of desktop solutions that are customizable to solve specific customer needs, from 1-8 recorders to CD-R and DVD-R publishing, or a combination of both technologies.

"Marcan has been one of Rimage's most successful Value Added Resellers. Their understanding of the Rimage product offering and their client's needs has enabled them to offer the Rimage solutions in different markets and applications," stated Sean Gaafar, Rimage Director of Sales for their Western Division.

About MARCAN

Marcan helps companies publish all types of content on CDs and DVDs. Marcan offers duplication and replication services, and duplication, printing, and publishing equipment. Whether clients need to outsource disc production or want to produce discs internally, Marcan is passionately committed to their best interests -- guaranteeing the highest quality products and services available. Marcan clients include Boeing, Paccar, Microsoft, University of Washington, AT&T, Philips Medical Systems, and Universal Studios. For more information on Marcan's products and services, call 800-635-7477 or visit www.marcan.com.

About Cranel Imaging

Cranel Imaging is the nations' leading value added distributor (VAD) of document imaging products and services. Cranel Imaging is committed to value added resellers, independent software vendors and consultants in helping grow their business. As the industry's most authoritative source on understanding and meeting the unique requirements of their partners, Cranel Imaging offers only the best and most innovative technologies that the marketplace has to offer. The company's portfolio includes a full range of document scanners; imaging processing equipment; online storage; optical storage; CD and DVD storage; on demand publishing and duplication, and unsurpassed service through Versitec, the service division of Cranel, Inc. For more information on Cranel Imaging and the company's document imaging products and services, visit www.cranelimaging.com.

About Rimage

Rimage Corporation designs and manufactures on-demand publishing and duplication systems for software distribution, information publishing, digital archival, and multi-media development. These production systems provide turnkey premastering, recording and surface printing on CD-R and DVD-R. The Rimage line of products supports both CD-R and DVD-R formats. The Producer systems are used in industries such as finance, software, telecommunications, audio, photography and entertainment. Rimage products are available through worldwide distributor and value-added reseller networks. Our mission statement is to provide a single source solution, worldwide, for the management, replication, publication and distribution of digital information. To this end, Rimage will continue to provide innovative solutions that position Rimage and it's channel partners as leaders in this industry. For more information on Rimage and its products, visit www.rimage.com.