Growing mobile office Solutions Company to meet North American needs by providing quality, German engineering and personalized service. 

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - February 8, 2002 - DICOTA Group, the successful European mobile office solutions company, announced today its expansion within North America, with the establishment of regional offices in Toronto, Canada and San Francisco, California. The company has also announced Mathias Von Bescherer as President, US Operations.

With a current customer base of many thousands and additional offices including the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Arab Emirates, France, and Italy, DICOTA is a leading global supplier of mobile office solutions. The company is committed to providing customers high-quality materials and precise workmanship on all of its products. DICOTA delivers the only sophisticated notebook protection on the market with its patented air cushion design that protects notebooks on six sides. In addition, DICOTA offers a superior line of accessories for the notebook, including miniature optical mouse, a USB hub, international connectors, telephone cords with retractable lines for modem hookups, numeric keypad, alarm system, and USB backup memory. Solutions for hand-held devices are a part of the DICOTA product line, too.

Continuing its rapid international growth, DICOTA already provides solutions to some of the world's leading IT companies, including Toshiba, Fujitsu, Compaq and NEC. DICOTA intends to tap opportunities arising from the growing mobile market and is preparing to unveil new products for North America. Additionally, the company provides specialized services for OEM's such as sales tool support, outsourced logistics and joint promotions. 

When asked why DICOTA had decided tooffices in North America, Siegmund Gailing, President, DICOTA Group, replied, "DICOTA has a wide breadth of specialized products in the mobile office solutions market. Recently merging with Masterflex AG Group, an R&D company, has given us the ability to provide an even wider product range for our customers. We are developing new products for our customers, including a long-life fuel cell for notebooks. Additionally, DICOTA wanted to be able to serve our global customer base in a truly global sense."

DICOTA has appointed Mathias Von Bescherer as President, US Operations. Mathias brings years of experience with DICOTA quality and commitment to North America. Von Bescherer is also responsible for sales worldwide.

"DICOTA sees a need for exclusive European-designed mobile office solutions here in North America. We want to ensure that our products are readily available for our customers," re-emphasized Von Bescherer.

Gailing continued, "With his years of experience, his commitment to quality and customers, and his desire to truly serve our customers, Mathias was the logical choice."

The regional offices will provide a base from which DICOTA staff can operate and ensure central points of contact for its North American customers. 

About DICOTA

DICOTA began in 1991, when its founder, Siegmund Gailing, realized the growing mobile market needed products to help customers carry them. In addition, Herr Gailing insisted on the finest engineering, the best quality and personalized service. So, the company, "Die Computertasche," The Computer Case, was born. It was then abbreviated to DICOTA. The product accessories were established the following year to help customers ease the change from working in the office to working on the road. More recently, DICOTA has become part of the global Masterflex AG Group. Masterflex AG has a deep commitment to R&D and provides DICOTA with cutting edge technology, ideas and products.

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