| CROWN RECORDS MANAGEMENT ACQUIRES QURAZ RECORDS MANAGEMENT IN JAPAN | |||
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| Date Of Issue: | 09/23/2009 | | |
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CROWN RECORDS MANAGEMENT ACQUIRES QURAZ RECORDS MANAGEMENT IN JAPAN Strategic Acquisition Positions Crown as Leading Global, Regional and Local Provider of Records Management Services in Japan TOKYO, Sept. 23, 2009—Crown Records Management, the world's number one private business information storage company, completed the acquisition of Quraz Records Management, one of Piedmont's business units, based in Tokyo. The business headquarters is located in Tokyo and will operate and serve clients throughout Tokyo. The new management center is located in Ota-ku, approximately 30 minutes south of Tokyo's business district and about midway between Tokyo and Kawasaki. Crown is investigating properties just outside Metro Tokyo and will further expand its presence in the near future. With the acquisition of this local business, Crown Japan offers a robust suite of products to the global, regional and local business communities, providing online Web services in English, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and other languages. Tim Powell, senior manager, will oversee Crown's records management business in Japan. He has been in the industry since 1999 and has vast knowledge of the business—from operations, sales and marketing to compliance and training. Powell will be supported by Shinki Fujimoto, Senior Sales Executive. Shinki will continue to build and maintain an excellent relationship with existing and potential clients. His experience working in the Japanese marketplace will benefit Crown in its attempt to provide customer-focused service to both the local market and the international companies in Japan. Philip Britton, group vice president of Records Management ads: "This has been a strategic acquisition for Crown Records Management giving us an opportunity to develop and enhance our services in Japan for our global and regional clients and to strengthen our relationships with local Japanese companies. The acquisition has brought a lot of new innervations to our system with regard to bilingual Web interfaces which will help many of our clients throughout the world." Crown Records Management Crown Records Management (crownrms.com) serves large and small corporations around the world. The company’s services include storage of hard copies and electronic business information, scanning, imaging, data conversion, data hosting, escrow and destruction services. Crown Records Management is a division of the Crown Worldwide Group (crownworldwide.com), which serves over 10,000 customers from over 250 locations in 52 countries. Crown Worldwide Group's other divisions include Crown Relocations, Crown Fine Arts, Crown Logistics and Crown Wine Cellars. Established in 1965, the Crown Worldwide Group is a privately held company with global headquarters in Hong Kong. # # # GLOBAL & AMERICAS: Natalie Graveney Crown Worldwide 1401 Summit Ave, Suite 10 Plano, Texas 75074, USA Telephone: 1 972 422 4288 E-mail: ngraveney@crownworldwide.com ASIA-PACIFIC: Susanne Osterholm Crown Worldwide Holdings Ltd. MassMutual Tower, 38 Gloucester Road, Suite 2001, Wanchai, Hong Kong Telephone: 852 2528 6111 E-mail: sosterholm@crownworldwide.com EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA: Marco Dilenge Crown Worldwide Wolf-Heidenheim-Strasse 12 Frankfurt, D-60489, Germany Telephone: 49 69 1539-4000 E-mail: mdilenge@crownworldwide.com | |||