EFI Acquires Metrics Sistemas, Establishes Software Group in Latin America
FOSTER CITY, CA—April 10, 2012—Electronics for Imaging, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced it has acquired privately-held Metrics Sistemas de Informação (“Metrics”). Metrics is a leader in ERP (MIS) systems for the printing and packaging industries in Latin America. While financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, the acquisition is not expected to be material to EFI’s 2012 results.
“The addition of Metrics’s high-caliber team and the extensive customer base they have built in South and Central America combined with EFI’s software portfolio will allow us to provide a higher value proposition to customers, along with creating a platform for EFI to introduce our unique digital eco-system to the region,” said Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI. “Latin America is a vibrant market with exciting growth opportunities for the entire EFI portfolio ranging from Fiery workflow, to our cloud and customer-hosted web-to-print and ERP software, all the way to our industrial inkjet production printers. With this acquisition we believe we are now the largest MIS/ERP provider to the printing and packaging industries in North and South America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand and South Africa with over 20,000 installations worldwide.”
Metrics is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Over the past 14 years, the company has built a base of more than 250 customers in Brazil and Latin America. Metrics will become part of EFI's Business Software portfolio under the leadership of Osmar Barbosa, co-founder and CEO of Metrics. Customers of Metrics will be able to take advantage of EFI’s complete product portfolio, as the Metrics product will be integrated with EFI’s industry-leading Fiery digital front ends, as well as VUTEk® and Jetrion™ inkjet printers so Metrics’s customers can enjoy the same advantages of integration that EFI’s other MIS clients have.
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