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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Merrill Announces Alliance with IFN Financial Press
Expands Service to Clients in Greater China and Global Markets
St. Paul, Minn. — Merrill Corporation, a leading global provider of technology-enabled services for the legal, financial, real estate and other corporate markets, and IFN Financial Press, a Hong Kong-based financial printer, today announced an alliance, “Merrill IFN,” to meet the local and international financial document services needs of its customers in Greater China and global markets.
An acknowledged world leader in financial printing services, Merrill streamlines document composition, filing, printing and electronic access services to support the transaction and regulatory compliance activities of hundreds of premier companies, investment bankers and securities attorneys. The company also offers the world’s most popular virtual data room (VDR) solution, Merrill DataSite™, for optimized due diligence on Initial Public Offers (IPOs), asset sales and privatization.
IFN Financial Press was established in 1994 and is consistently ranked as one of the top financial printers in Hong Kong. Its leadership in the industry is attributed to its philosophy of seamless and timely coordination between customer service, typesetting, translation, printing and document delivery with the single goal of meeting clients’ deadlines and requirements. Through this alliance, Merrill IFN now offers customers a modern presence in Hong Kong and Greater China, integration with Merrill’s world-class global infrastructure, a secure global network of printing facilities, leading-edge technology tools and knowledgeable project management coupled with white-glove customer service on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
“Customers who choose Merrill IFN will gain significant value from a fully integrated, global suite of document management and language services connecting Hong Kong, mainland China and the other global capital markets. Customers conducting international mergers and acquisitions can leverage Merrill DataSite through Merrill IFN,” said Robert Chepak, vice president of business development for Merrill Corporation. “They will benefit from in-house service delivery in any format, in any language, in Greater China and anywhere else in the world.”Specifically, Merrill IFN will provide customers with a full suite of integrated, in-house services, including:
- Wholly-owned pre-press, press and post-press solutions centrally located in Hong Kong to service the Greater China capital markets;
- Translation services;
- Dual language (Chinese/English) global typesetting in local facilities;
- Simultaneous typesetting support in all key global markets;
- In-house media placement services;
- A virtual data room solution, Merrill DataSite;
- Global conference facilities.
“IFN is widely regarded for bringing clients exceptional value, efficiency and expertise in the financial document services industry. With today’s announcement, Merrill IFN looks forward to serving an even broader community of clients with their transaction needs of every size,” said Jessie Wong, IFN’s marketing director.
The alliance was completed on April 1, 2008. Additional details have not been disclosed.
About Merrill Corporation
Founded in 1968 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., Merrill Corporation (http://www.merrillcorp.com/) is a leading provider of outsourcing solutions for complex business communication and information management. Merrill’s services include document and data management, litigation support, branded communication programs, fulfillment, imaging and printing. Merrill’s target markets include the legal, financial services, insurance and real estate industries. With more than 6,300 people in over 70 domestic and 15 international locations, Merrill empowers the communications of the world’s leading companies.
About IFN
Established in 1994 and headquartered in Hong Kong, IFN (http://www.ifn.com.hk/) is a leading provider of financial printing solutions for transaction and compliance requirements in the Asian capital and securities markets. Services provided by IFN include document composition, graphic design, translation, media placement, electronic filing, printing and global distribution. With over 200 employees, IFN is one of the few financial printers in Asia who has the capacity to deliver all their services to clients in-house without the need of outsourcing same to third parties.
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