PEPC will be exhibiting at the 55th World Newspaper Congress in Bruges-Brussels, Belgium. As each year the congress will present the latest newspaper industry trends and the best innovations in the business over the past year. Being a “total” newspaper event the World Newspaper Congress brings together publishers, chief executives, managing directors, editors and the most ambitious managers from all levels of the industry. Come visit the PEPC booth and print the latest edition of your favorite newspaper.

PEPC Worldwide today proudly announced the introduction of the International Newspaper KiOSK, PEPC’s self-contained interactive kiosk, in Mexico. With the installation of a International Newspaper KiOSKat the prestigious Sheraton Maria Isabel in Mexico City, PEPC has now launched its innovative newspaper-on-demand service in ten countries around the world. At the touch of a button, international travelers can currently print the latest edition of 77 newspapers from 38 countries. Among the daily available newspapers are leading publications such as the International Herald Tribune, USA TODAY (USA), the Los Angeles Times (USA), Sports Nippon (Japan), El Pais (Spain), Il Giornale (Italy), Die Welt (Germany) and El Economista (Mexico).
Located in high traffic areas such as hotel lobbies and airport concourses, the International Newspaper KiOSKis fully automated and receives the newspaper files continuously through satellite transmission. This assures readers the latest edition of their hometown newspaper wherever they are. Easily accessible, international travelers can use a credit card or a KiOSK-card to access and print their favorite newspaper through a user-friendly touch-screen. The selected newspaper, digitally printed in tabloid size, is a black and white, stapled, edition with which the reader is familiar in both layout and content.
“The starting point of PEPC’s operation was offering the latest edition of local newspapers to international travelers throughout the world”, says Raoul Maphar, CEO of PEPC Worldwide. With the Mexican installation PEPC now offers its service in five continents, making the company’s original vision become a reality.”
After an extensive field test at 10 hotels in The Netherlands, PEPC started the international rollout of the International Newspaper KiOSKin October 2001. Since the first US-installation at the Sofitel Miami, PEPC has introduced the kiosk in Thailand, Hong Kong, The United Arab Emirates, The Netherlands Antilles, The United Kingdom, India, Indonesia and now Mexico.
PEPC’s local Dealer, Gruppo Proveedor de Hoteleria, installed the first Mexican International Newspaper KiOSKat the Sheraton Maria Isabel. The 755-room hotel is one of Mexico City’s finest business hotels and is conveniently located on the main thoroughfare of the famous Zona Rosa business and shopping district.
About PEPC Worldwide
PEPC Worldwide, headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, with offices in Miami, San Diego and Hong Kong, is a global distributor of digitally aggregated content from newspapers around the world. PEPC, founded in 1999, has developed a self-contained interactive kiosk, the International Newspaper KiOSKthat digitally prints the latest editions of newspapers, on-demand within minutes. PEPC’s state-of -the-art proprietary software – developed in close co-operation with IBM – and its Private Multicast Satellite Network, have created a Digital Distribution Network – covering 99.1 % of the world population – that provides a distribution “highway” to International Newspaper KiOSKs around the globe.

PEPC Worldwide, a holding company headquartered in the Netherlands, owns 100% of: PEPC International, PEPC Systems Hong Kong, PEPC Systems Netherlands and PEPC Systems America.

PEPC International

PEPC International has a “central nervous system” called PEPC’s Control Center and is operationally divided into three distinct segments:

PEPC International provides a Global Private Virtual Network. Via this network content distribution and a worldwide central financial clearing service, taking care off all payment transactions, are handled. To facilitate and preserve the newspaper network, PEPC International has assigned two content-directors who build and maintain relationships with publishers.

PEPC Systems

PEPC Systems is operationally divided into three geographic regions: EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Americas (North, Central and South America) and Australasia (Australia and Asia). A Sales Manager oversees each region and is responsible for all on-going PRESSPOINT™* activity. The Sales Manager’s main focus is to establish an Official PEPC Dealer Network. The selected Official PEPC Dealers are responsible for the location, development and maintenance of high traffic venues in their designated area.

Managing Director – PEPC Systems

Steve Mannen (42) was directly involved in the development of the company PEPC from the very beginning in 1998. In addition to his electronics training background, he brings to PEPC an extensive experience and knowledge in the field of business and project management, industrial production and international business.

From 1977 until 1985 Mr. Mannen was active as music producer and managing director of the European division of an American independent record company. In 1985 he founded his own company: International Business Consultants (IBC). As CEO of IBC he was directly involved in the development of various technology based export management, industrial production, (inter)national partner search and joint-venture projects.

From 1990 until 2001, Mr. Mannen, was determined to exclusively focus on projects that could contribute to the rehabilitation of the deplorable economic and social climate of the Republic of Suriname, his country of birth. His efforts resulted in the development of a master economic recovery plan published in 1992 as “A New View On A Favorable Economy For Suriname”, which describes a specific business structure for international joint ventures focusing on infrastructural projects, the exploitation of natural resources like oil, gold, timber and bamboo.

As of May 2001, Mr. Mannen has been fully devoted to the product development and operations of the PEPC group of companies.

Royal Marketing, PEPC’s Official Dealer for the Californian region, will be showing a PRESSPOiNT™ at the Hospitality Design Expo & Conference. The show will be held  at the Sands Exposition & Convention Center in Las Vegas. Come and visit booth #2376 at this premiere exposition for the hospitality industry and print the latest edition of your favorite daily

PEPC will be exhibiting at The 72nd Annual INMA World Congress of Newspaper Marketing. The congress will be held from May 1-3 at The Royal York Hotel in Toronto. As the conference is designed for those hungry for ideas and solutions paying a visit to the PEPC-booth (Booth #5) is an absolute must.