| New Zealand & UK. Mike Sanderson attends launch of Pindar's partnership with Egan Reid |
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| Tuesday, 14 November 2006 | |
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Company news: New Zealand office solutions company Egan Reid has launched an innovative new partnership with successful British based print and electronic media company, Pindar. The news comes soon after Pindar, a major sponsor of international sailing, announced the build of a new cutting-edge Open 60 in Auckland led by Kiwi sailing sensation Mike Sanderson, winner of the Volvo Ocean Race. The start of Pindar’s long term investment in Australasia was celebrated during a launch event last night [14 November] at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland, attended by Mike Sanderson, Chairman of the Pindar Group, Andrew Pindar, and his new business partner Gerard Reid. Pindar, a family company founded 170 years ago, started out as a regional printer in Yorkshire. It was during the 1960s, that Pindar began to look further a field and saw opportunities for growth by expediting the inevitable. The company identified and rode the waves of print and electronic publishing technology, creating true innovations and exporting and expanding its business overseas to the US and continental Europe. “We have now sought and found a partner on the other side of the world, making us a truly global technology company,” said Andrew Pindar. “What first attracted us to New Zealand was boat building. This taught us about New Zealand’s technological competence and the Kiwi can-do attitude. When looking for a Southern Hemisphere business partner, we came straight to New Zealand and after interviewing many companies we chose Egan Reid as the best fit - culturally, technologically and in the way they think about what they do.” The partnership with Egan Reid will involve the launch of the world’s most successful multi-channel publishing software ‘AgilityCMS’ (Content Management System). AgilityCMS is used by catalogue businesses for managing their product information and publishing it in print, on-line and in-store, because this is what customers are demanding. The new business will go by the name of Egan Reid. Pindar already has a strong affiliation with New Zealand, with members of its sailing team coming to the country for many years. Emma Sanderson (née Emma Richards), sailed into Tauranga, New Zealand, in Pindar’s colours during ‘Around Alone 2002/03’, when she became the first woman and youngest person ever to complete the solo round-the-world yacht race. Pindar went on to sponsor a team in the amateur round-the-world yacht race, the Global Challenge, which came to Wellington in 2005. Pindar is now set to stay in New Zealand, not only launching a new business, but building a new state-of-the-art Open 60 at Cookson’s boat yard, Auckland. The yacht will be built under the expertise of Mike Sanderson, with the ambition to be the fastest on the international sailing circuit. Mike Sanderson commented: “The idea is to take as much as we can from the Volvo Ocean Race winning ABN AMRO boat. Designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian and with the help of Cookson’s boat yard, Southern Spars and North Sails, we are hoping to go straight in on a winning level.” |
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