SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 12, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company has picked Wood Associates, an iPrint Technologies, inc. (Nasdaq:IPRT) company, to launch and maintain an online Company Merchandise Store allowing Fireman's Fund employees to order and obtain branded promotional items quickly and easily. Details of the two-year contract were not disclosed.
The Fireman's Fund Company Merchandise Store provides a cost-effective, centralized source through which the company can promote its identity. Conveniently accessed through Fireman Fund's secure Intranet, the Store is available to employees who want to order promotional items branded with the company's stylized name or the Fireman's Fund logo for their personal use or business needs.
Among the items available from the Fireman's Fund online Store are pens, mugs, polo shirts, denim shirts, golf-related items, and more. In addition to a comprehensive online catalog, the Store offers order status checking capabilities and full-service customer support.
About Wood Associates and iPrint Technologies, inc.
iPrint Technologies, inc. (Nasdaq:IPRT), created by a merger between iPrint and Wood Associates, is a leader in providing promotional branding solutions and imprinting technology to the Fortune 1000. With a network of offices nationwide, iPrint works with over 200 world-class organizations such as BP, Charles Schwab, Compaq, Microsoft, OfficeMax, Oracle, and PeopleSoft, as well as servicing over one million small business customers. iPrint's technology and solutions improve the way businesses buy custom imprinting and corporate printing. iPrint can integrate into e-procurement platforms, streamlining the cost of ordering professional printing and promotional merchandise and improving the overall ROI of e-procurement efforts. iPrint's technology also powers the award-winning Web site, iPrint.com, which offers SOHO customers convenience and significant cost savings on professionally printed products. The company has been distinguished with the Inc./Cisco Technology Award, an "Innovation in Print" award by CAP Ventures, and named the #15 top eBusiness by InformationWeek. For information about corporate services, please visit http://www.iPrintTech.com.
(Sources: PC Data Online, Top Monthly E-Tailers Reports and Top Monthly Sites Reports; CAP Ventures, Research; BizRate.com, Customer Certified Ratings; Keynote.com, 2000.)
About Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
Headquartered in Novato, CA, the 139-year-old Fireman's Fund is a top 20 property casualty insurer which had gross premiums written of more than $4.7 billion in 2001. Rated "A" for claims-paying ability by the A.M. Best Company, Fireman's Fund is a subsidiary of Allianz AG (NYSE:AZ), an international leader in financial services with almost $1 trillion in assets under management. For more on Fireman's Fund see its Web site: http://www.firemansfund.com.
iPrint is a registered trademark of iPrint Technologies, inc. Other marks are property of their respective owners.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" (as that phrase is used in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) related to plans and expectations about iPrint's business relationship with Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. Actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in the company's forward-looking statements because of risks and uncertainties associated with our business, as well as contractual conditions and other contingencies which govern the business relationship with Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. These include, but are not limited to, customer order levels, technological difficulties or resource constraints, risks associated with Web-based products and services, risks related to the post-merger restructuring actions by iPrint and Wood Associates, and any discontinuance or modification of the business relationship. In addition, iPrint's forward-looking statements should be considered in the context of other risk factors discussed in its SEC filings, including its most recent Form 10-K, S-4 Registration Statement, and proxy, available for viewing on its Web site http://www.iPrintTech.com. (To access this information, click on "Investor Relations," "SEC Filings.")