Quadient Continues CCM Expansion into the Utilities Market with Chuo Electric Power in Japan

PARIS,March 13,2020 -- Quadient,a leader in helping businesses create meaningful customer connections through digital and physical channels,announced today thatChuo Electric Power,Japan's top market share provider of collective power supply for apartments,has selected Quadient's award-winning customer communications management (CCM) platform,Quadient® Inspire,to create and deliver its monthly statementsfaster,with more efficiency and reduced manual overhead. This first enterprise deployment for the Inspire platform in Japan contributes toQuadient's strategic ambition to expand its advanced and powerful customer experience management (CXM) solutionsin highly-regulated industries,including utilities. Additionally,the initiative is Quadient's first digital solution project in Japan with partner and system integrator EvangTech,Co.

Traditionally,Japan has been a strong print market. However,there is a growing demand for organizations to make the move to digital customer communications.

"Our existing processes required a great deal of manual preparation to create a data set,"saidHiroyasu Takano,executive officer,IT Division head,Chuo Electric Power. "It took significant amounts of time to make changes to existing forms,if needed. QuadientInspire will significantly reduce our development time,allowing us to get to market faster with critical customer communications. Additionally,we expect Quadient's communication platform to be a vital part of our business foundation and to drive us in achieving our management philosophy,'creating the future with united power.' QuadientInspire's innate capability to create relevant,personalized communications and connections will give us great opportunities to bring new businesses into the market swiftly and continuously while realizing our business principle."

Quadient worked closely with its partner,EvangTech,to demonstrate to Chuo Electric Power how Quadient Inspire can helpcreate a nimble,effective and unified customer communications infrastructure to improve the customer experience. As customer interactions turn increasingly digital,Quadient Inspireoffers flexible implementation options,including on-premise,hybrid and cloud solutions,that will help meet this demand.

"EvangTech is an internationally diverse organization consisting of multinational young engineers and senior leaders drawn from major companies,"said Toshiyuki Koyama,representative director,EvangTech. "We are headed to be the top partner of Quadient in Japan by leveraging our global nature and wide-ranging network of contacts,while contributing to the success of CCM transformation with customer-focused companies."

"Providing Chuo Electric Power with the capabilities needed to achieve its customer communication goals further strengthens Quadient's global commitment to organizations that require faster and more effective ways to communicate with their customers,"said Chris Hartigan,chief solution officer,customer experience management,Quadient. "Working in partnership with EvangTech gives us the ability to provide enhanced support through a direct presence. EvangTech's well-established reputation in this market ensures our success in helping businesses in Japan experience all the benefits Quadient Inspire brings for reducing costs,meeting the demand for better digital interactions and strengthening relationships with customers."

About Quadient®

Quadient is the driving force behind the world's most meaningful customer experiences. By focusing on four key solution areas including Customer Experience Management,Business Process Automation,Mail-Related Solutions,and Parcel Locker Solutions,Quadient helps simplify the connection between people and what matters. Quadient supports hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide in their quest to create relevant,personalized connections and achieve customer experience excellence. Quadient is listed in compartment B of Euronext Paris (QDT) and belongs to the SBF 120 index.

For more information about Quadient,visit www.quadient.com.

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