PHTM.L Regulatory News (PHTM)

28 Feb 2006 07:00

Photo-Me International PLC28 February 2006 PHOTO-ME INTERNATIONAL plc DKS 15 series minilabs awarded imaging industry's top prize for an unprecedented fourth successive year PMI's DKS 15 series minilabs, which benefit from PMI's patented MSB TM(microlens sharpened beam) exposure system, have won, for an unprecedentedfourth successive year, the most prestigious accolade of the imaging industry. This is the DIMA (Digital Imaging Marketing Association) Digital PrinterShoot-Out in the digital minilab category at the imaging industry's maingathering, the 2006 PMA (Photo Marketing Association) Convention and Trade Showin Orlando, Florida this week. PMI's DKS 1510 minilab won the award in the important up-to-8-inches-widecategory, as it did in 2005. The awards are a result of votes by trade attendees - photographers,professionals in the field of photographic printing, and journalists - on theoverall quality and colour accuracy of digital prints submitted anonymously totheir judgement. PMI beat competition from major imaging companies, such as Fujiand Noritsu. Serge Crasnianski, CEO of PMI, said "Winning the top industry award for qualityand colour accuracy in an unprecedented four successive years is a huge accoladefor PMI's minilabs, all the more so as they are so competitively priced." Notes for Editors: PMI is a specialist digital imaging company focused on professional laboratoriesand end-consumer vending solutions. PMI has developed a unique range of digitalprofessional processing laboratories (minilabs and central labs) and a suite ofconsumer vending digital imaging solutions. PMI's minilabs have been developedby PMI's R&D department in Grenoble, France and are currently manufactured undersub-contract in Poland. Typically, minilabs are sited in specialist photographic outlets, supermarketsand pharmacies. In November 2005, PMI signed an exclusive agreement for thesupply of digital minilabs in calendar 2006 with CVS, the largest retailpharmacy chain in the USA. PMI is a constituent of the FTSE-250 index and trades under the ticker PHTM.L.At yesterday's closing share price of 99p, PMI's market capitalisation stood at£362m. Enquiries: Photo-Me International plc 01372-453 399 Vernon Sankey (Chairman)Serge Crasnianski (Chief Executive Officer)Website: www.photo-me.co.uk----------------------------- Bankside Consultants Limited Charles Ponsonby 020-7367 8851 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange