Swets expands its presence in Asia with new office in Seoul, South Korea

PRESS RELEASE

Lisse, The Netherlands & Seoul,
November 1, 2010

Swets expands its presence in Asia with new office in Seoul, South Korea

Swets is pleased to announce the opening of its 26th regional office in Seoul, South Korea. This continues Swets’ expansion throughout the Asia/Pacific region and, alongside its offices in Australia, China, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan, plays testament to Swets’ standing as a key partner for libraries, publishers and other institutions throughout this diverse and dynamic region.

“We are delighted to invest more resources and expertise into the South Korean market and are fully committed to achieving success with this venture,” said David Main, CEO of Swets. “The well established and advanced state of the economy, coupled with the high levels of investment in Research and Development, make it a highly interesting market for us and we are excited by the wealth of opportunities that this new office will bring in.”

The Seoul office will be led by Mr Kyung Seol Lee, a highly experienced manager and former librarian at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

“Swets is renowned worldwide for its class-leading services for libraries, information professionals and publishers,” said Mr Kyung, Seol Lee. “The Seoul office will allow us to build upon that reputation by adding local knowledge and market expertise into the mix. Being able to service customers in Korea, by Koreans, will strengthen our relationships with existing customers and make it easier for new customers to want to work with us.”

Swets will make its entire product and service portfolio available to all customers and publisher partners throughout South Korea. Swets offers services and support across a broad range of topics, including:

• eBooks – ordering and access
• Efficient subscription management (ordering, renewal, cancel & claiming, reporting)
• Providing content access to users (researchers, students, etc)
• Next generation federated search
• Usage and price-per-use statistics
• Special content delivery services (e.g back titles, consolidation)
• ConsortiumServices

Whether the customer is a small facility, a mid sized entity or a large multinational company, Swets can help take the hassle out of managing a large collection of professional information. This enables the customer to optimize their spend, increase the overall value of their collection and improve efficiencies that benefit all information users and knowledge workers across their organization.


About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 105 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true "long tail" powerhouse that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field.

Swets is regularly included in E-Content Magazine's annual "100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry", and is consistently featured in the top 25% of FEM Business' "Top 500 Companies in The Netherlands". We are the only subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2008 certified on a global basis - a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures.

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