Lernout & Hauspie to acquire Dictaphone for $511 million

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Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products NV (L&H) will acquire Dictaphone Corp. for approximately $511 million (534 million euros). L&H is a leader in the speech and language technology software market.

Office machines, not elsewhere classified, Office Machinery Manufacturing, Belgium, Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Card-Related Equipment, Business Machines NEC, Office equipment, Input devices (Computers), Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products USA Inc., Dictaphone Corp.

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Kodak plans to sell unit to German printing giant

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Eastman Kodak Co. is expecting to sell its office-imaging unit to Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG, a printing company based in Germany. Kodak is expecting to sell the unit for approximately $200 million. The deal is linked to Kodak's planned introduction of a high-end digital copier, the Kodak DigiSource 9110. Heidelberg is the largest manufacturer of printing machinery in the world. The new copier will belong to Heidelberg once the transaction is completed.

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Eastman Kodak expecting to sell office-imaging unit to Heidelberg Druckmaschinen

Photographic equipment and supplies, Germany, Photographic Equip & Supplies, Printing Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing, Printing Trades Machinery, Photographic industry, Image processing equipment, Eastman Kodak Co., Printing machinery, Printing machinery industry, EK, Heidelberg Druckmaschinen A.G.

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Xerox buys French maker of high-speed printers

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Xerox Corp. has purchased SET Electronique for an undisclosed amount. SET is a manufacturer of high-speed digital printers based in France. The deal is a strategic move by Xerox to enhance its presence in the high-end digital products industry. SET produces printers that have a Hitachi engine and that can print up to 200 to 1,000 pages every minute with a continuous paper feed.

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Xerox purchases SET Electronique for undisclosed amount

France, Computer Input-Output Eqp NEC, Xerox Corp., Printers (Equipment), SET Electronique

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