Kirtas Technologies Opens European Subsidiary in The Netherlands

VICTOR, New York, January 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Kirtas Technologies, the leader in quality, high-speed, nondestructive
book digitization, today announced the opening of a European subsidiary to
capture and better service the considerable growth potential for book
digitization in Europe.

Kirtas Europe, B.V., is located in Southeast Amsterdam and is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Kirtas Technologies. Beginning 1 February, the
office will provide systems and service support to resellers, agents and end
users providing mass digitization in the European market.

Digitization of bound books -- particularly out-of-print collections
--provides an entirely new generation of users with access to historic
documents that can now be electronically archived, made searchable on the
Web, and made available for print-on-demand or as e-books.

"This new subsidiary enables us to bring our products, service and
support closer to our customers, as well as provide a more efficient support
infrastructure to our European resellers and agents," said Kirtas Founder and
CEO Lotfi Belkhir. "Europe is a significant market for digitization, because
every European country is steeped in its own unique culture, history and
language. This is a major step in helping to preserve that knowledge and make
it accessible to the world."

Marcel Aldewereld has been named general manager and chief operating
officer of Kirtas Europe. Aldewereld has nearly 30 years of sales, marketing
and operations experience with IBM and Xerox in the Netherlands. Most
recently, he was the sales director for KPN Telecom and the general manager
of Interstar Consultancies in Amsterdam.

Kirtas Europe B.V. is located at Regus Amstel Business Park; Joop
Geesinkweg 901-999; 1096 AZ Amsterdam. The office phone number is
+31-20-5616097.

For more information on Kirtas Europe, visit our Web site at
www.kirtaseurope.com

About Kirtas Technologies

Since the company was founded in 2001, Kirtas Technologies has pioneered
and perfected the technology used today in quality, high-speed,
nondestructive mass book digitization. The company's revolutionary technology
redefines digitization of all bound documents, delivering the gentlest
handling, the highest image quality, faster and with fewer errors than any
other solution in the marketplace today.

Web site: http://www.kirtastech.com