Plextor Europe announces PlexTools Professional XL

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Brussels, February 2005

PLEXTOOLS PROFESSIONAL XL TAKES PLEXTOR OPTICAL CONTROL SOFTWARE TO ANOTHER LEVEL

Plextor appoints element5 as e-commerce outsourcing partner

Plextor today announces the launch of PlexTools Professional XL - a new software to support its CD and DVD drives. PlexTools Professional XL is targeted at end-user enthusiasts who want to directly control advanced functions such as a feature-rich user-interface.

Rik Swusten, Engineering Manager Plextor Europe, comments: "PlexTools Professional XL has been developed to meet the requests from our professional and industrial users, who demand increased software capability beyond the interests of our usual customers.

"Additionally, we listened to several software manufacturers who wanted to integrate Plextor functions into their test software, disc analysers or robotics applications. While we are not able to share all the technology in our hardware and software, the hi-tech functions within PlexTools Professional XL are designed to cater for manufacturers needs and will be available to them at a later date."

Plextools Professional XL will be sold directly on a newly built e-commerce site at www.plextools.com. Plextor has appointed specialist e-commerce outsourcer, element5, to host the site and handle online ordering, payment processing, digital downloads, licensing and multi-lingual customer service. element5 is a subsidiary of Digital River Inc, and an online sales supplier to many other major software vendors.

New features offered by Plextools Professional XL (PTP XL)

• New layout:
  • Larger and resizable windows
  • Independent windows allow optimized view
  • Multi-language ready Professional graphics
• Additional audio functions:
  • Support for Cue-Sheet
• Audio CD & CD/DVD ROM Maker:
  • Additional project: DVD-Video
  • Projects can be saved and loaded
• New functions:
  • Extract audio tracks on sector level
  • Built-in automatic online check for software and firmware updates
  • Command line options allow the start-up of PTP XL with a certain function

Cost and availability
PlexTools Professional XL will be available at www.plextools.com from March 2005. A fourteen-day trial period is available with free updates for two years, from the date of purchase. Corporate packs of 10 and 25 licenses are also available.

For more information or photo material contact:
Jim Buchanan or Ella Callaghan, Blitz PR - jim@blitz.co.uk / ella@blitz.co.uk on 01869 240045
Inge Spoelders (International Marketing Responsible Plextor - ispoelders@plextor.be on +32 2 725 55 22)

This press release is also available on the Plextor website at http://www.plextor-europe.com/press/all/releases.asp?choice=Releases

About Plextor
Plextor is a leading international manufacturer of extremely reliable, high quality recording equipment and is also one of the pioneers in the field of CD technology. From its parent company, Shinano Kenshi Co. Japan, Plextor has a built up tradition in the development and manufacture of advanced hardware and electronic precision equipment going back to 1918. With head offices in Japan, Europe and the United States the company mainly sells its products through a network of specialised computer dealers. Plextor Europe, established in Brussels, takes responsibility for sales, marketing and technical support in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Since opening its Brussels office in 1994, Plextor has introduced a number of award winning products, including CD/DVD-ROM drives, CD/DVD recordable drives, CD/DVD media and USB Flash Memory Drives (PlexFlash). In addition, Plextor has recently launched an analogue to digital video converter, ConvertX, which uses MPEG 1,2,4 and DivX formats.