(DGAP-Media / 14.03.2014 / 13:32) P R E S S R E L E A S E brain-SCC wins 2014 FP award for outstanding De-Mail innovation - A De-Mail app and identity management pick up innovation award - DeMaB De-Mail Beratungs GmbH wins audience award Birkenwerder/Hanover, 14 March 2014. Publicly listed Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG, the first multi-channel provider for mail communications and accredited De-Mail provider, has presented its De-Mail Award for Innovation at CeBIT. The winner of the 2014 award is brain-SCC GmbH. An independent jury chose the Merseburg-based company from among all the entries received. The jury in Hanover consisted of Undersecretary Achim Hildebrandt from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Christian Schlesiger from the weekly business magazine WirtschaftsWoche and Dr Ulrich Stumpf from the Scientific Institute for Infrastructure and Communication Services. brain-SCC trumped rivals with its presentation of a De-Mail app and De-Mail-based identity management. The prize was presented by Hans Szymanski, the CEO & CFO of Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG. "The De-Mail Innovation Award encourages motivated companies to simplify business communication processes and present them in an intelligent manner", Szymanski said. "The jury was extremely impressed by brain-SCC's solution, which shows De-Mail pioneers like us that the new digital communication standard can be employed both cleverly and profitably." brain-SCC Managing Director Sirko Scheffler was thrilled with the award. "De-Mail will have a profound impact on confidential, verifiable communication in the future. The FP Award is wonderful recognition for our work and confirmation that we should continue driving De-Mail forward through user-friendly innovation", Scheffler said. The competition is open to companies, institutions, the self-employed and individuals from German-speaking areas. Having considered all the entries, the jury drew up a shortlist of four candidates who presented their concepts at CeBIT. Following a public presentation of the concepts, the jury chose the winner of the De-Mail Award for Innovation. The audience also chose its winner. After the presentations, CeBIT visitors were given an opportunity to vote for their own favourite. In a close-run vote, the Audience Award was eventually won by DeMaB De-Mail Beratungs GmbH for its service-billing concept for private health insurance companies. In addition to the two winners, the shortlist also included Petter.Letter GmbH for its De-Mail-based digital wound documentation concept, and X3.Net's concept for integrating De-Mail in health-sector treatment processes. Contact Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG Sabina Prüser Phone: +49 (0)3303 525 410 Fax: +49 (0)3303 53 70 77 77 E-mail: [email protected] About FP Group Francotyp-Postalia is the first complete service provider for mail communication. The international company, headquartered in Birkenwerder, offers the full range of products and services for physical and electronic mail communication. Besides franking machines and inserting machines, the range for physical mail communication also includes services such as the collection of business mail. In the area of electronic mail communication, FP offers innovative outsourcing solutions from the optimisation of internal processes for written communication, e.g. for billing and dunning, through to legally compliant, fully electronic mail - De-Mail. This means that FP customers can use a tailored multi-channel solution in their daily office life. Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG currently operates in many industrialised countries through subsidiaries and owns around 10% of the worldwide market share for franking machines. With a company history dating back over 90 years, the FP Group is now benefiting from the increasing liberalisation of the postal markets as well as the readiness of companies to outsource their outgoing mail to professional service providers. During the 2012 financial year, the company achieved revenues of EUR 165.6 million. The FP Group has around 1,100 employees worldwide. End of Media Release --------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG Key word(s): Information technology 14.03.2014 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG Triftweg 21-26 16547 Birkenwerder Germany Phone: +49 (0)3303 525 777 Fax: +49 (0)3303 53 70 77 77 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.francotyp.com ISIN: DE000FPH9000 WKN: FPH900 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP-Media --------------------------------------------------------------------- 257577 14.03.2014