Vobis To Integrate Ls-120 Drives Into Highscreen Pc Range

Vobis To Integrate Ls-120 Drives Into Highscreen Pc Range

Leading European PC Retailer to Show LS-120 Equipped Computers at CeBIT `97

OAKDALE, Minn. (March 13, 1997) -- Vobis AG today announced that it plans to integrate LS-120 drives into its Highscreen commercial PC line in late spring 1997.

The announcement was made today at the CeBIT `97 show in Hannover, Germany. Imation Corp. (NYSE: IMN), the new imaging and information company recently spun-off by 3M, and a co-developer of LS-120 technology, manufactures and markets the 3M-brand LS-120 Diskette.

One of Europe's leading retail chains and market leader in Germany, Vobis becomes the latest company to join the broadening industry support for the LS-120 high-capacity diskette storage solution. Vobis will be offering LS-120 technology in its Highscreen PC models and will be displaying the models at its booth at CeBIT.

"With drive and media production at high volume, the companies behind LS-120 technology have shown they are prepared to deliver on their promise of a new diskette standard," said Frank Hill, director, Imation Data Storage Products, Europe. "Today's addition of Vobis to the list of major companies behind the LS-120 is a strong indication that the technology is picking up more momentum."

Other LS-120 companies include Compaq Computer Corp., Fujitsu ICL, Hitachi-Maxell, Ltd., Matsushita-Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd. (MKE), Mitsubishi Electric Corp., O.R. Technology and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG.

Imation Corp. supplies a variety of products and services worldwide for the imaging and information industry, and is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of branded removable data storage media for computing applications. The company generated revenues of approximately $2.3 billion in 1996. Imation employs 9,400 people and is based in Oakdale, Minn.