Offset Printing

Presstek Appoints ServTouch Subsidiaries Aserve Global Solutions and ADP as Dealers for Malaysia and Singapore

Tuesday 18. September 2012 - Leading technology solutions provider delivers high-touch value-added services and support

Presstek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRST), a leading supplier of digital offset printing solutions to the printing and communications industries, today announced that it has appointed ServTouch Services Pte Ltd subsidiaries Aserve Global Solutions in Singapore and ADP in Malaysia as Presstek dealers in their respective markets. ServTouch is a leading technology solutions and aftermarket support service provider in the Asia Pacific region. Aserve and ADP will sell and service Presstek’s DI digital offset presses and computer-to-plate (CTP) solutions in the region.
“We are very pleased to add Presstek’s quality products to our portfolio of offerings,” said Kah Heen Wong, Managing Director of Aserve in Singapore. “We believe that the graphic arts market in Singapore will quickly understand the quality, environmental and business advantages these products deliver. Presstek solutions are ideal to bring a new level of capability, profitability and competitiveness to graphic arts providers in our area.”
Vincent Chan, Managing Director for ADP Malaysia, adds, “Presstek systems fit perfectly with our tradition of supplying customers with solutions that enhance quality, streamline production, and reduce costs. Presstek’s products will also help our customers establish more sustainable working practices – something that is becoming increasingly important in our local market.”
ServTouch, the parent company of Aserve and ADP, employs more than 500 trained and certified employees serving the Asia Pacific region. ServTouch businesses focus on high customer touch and value delivery services. The firm operates Consumer Customer Care-lines and Enterprise Response Centers, and performs on-site technical repair, services and support for Enterprise, SME and Consumer sector end users through its subsidiaries Aserve Global Solutions, Acacia IT, and ADP.
“This new dealer relationship is another example of Presstek’s dedication to extending its geographic reach in the Asia Pacific region and around the world,” said Tim Sawyer, Presstek’s Manager for the Asia Pacific region. “I am looking forward to working closely with ADP and Aserve as we bring Presstek’s productive and innovative solutions to graphic arts businesses in Malaysia and Singapore.”
Presstek DI digital offset presses are highly automated and feature a full range of productivity enhancing options, including coating, perfecting, UV curing and the Virtuoso Print Quality System, depending upon the model selected. Presstek DI presses are available in 34cm, 52cm and 75cm configurations and go from digital file to printed sheet in as little as 6 minutes with speeds of up to 16,000 sheets per hour, and at 300 lpi quality or with stochastic screening with no additional cost or effort. Their waterless printing technology and chemistry-free platemaking deliver high quality, fast turn, environmentally sustainable printing solutions.
Presstek also offers a full range of thermal CTP solutions, from 2-up to 8-up, as well as a full line of high-quality metal plates that can be imaged on Presstek platesetters or third-party 830 nm devices. This includes chemistry-free, pre-heat, no pre-heat and waterless plate technologies.