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TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC. CREATES CUTTING-EDGE MOBILE BUSINESS CENTER FOR GRAND-AM ROLEX SPORTS CAR SERIES

State-of-the-Art Work Spaces Offer Full-Service Toshiba Technology on the Road

IRVINE , California   ( Jan 20, 2009 ) :

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc (TABS), a leading manufacturer of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers and toner products, today announced its partnership with Grand-Am Road Racing as the official document and business solutions provider for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. The TABS-sponsored mobile business solutions center will be stationed at each event throughout the racing series, which begins Jan. 22 with the Rolex 24 at Daytona and ends Oct. 10 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“Toshiba is revved-up about the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series,” said Kay Fernandez, vice president, Marketing, TABS. “Grand-Am Road Racing has allowed us to offer much more than sponsoring the event in name only. Toshiba is thrilled to provide a full-service office environment featuring Toshiba’s award-winning technology at each race location to help keep race teams connected and productive on the road.”

Toshiba’s mobile business solutions center will serve as a transportable office and production center for Grand-Am teams, drivers, media and race officials. Amenities will include color printing, copying, scanning and faxing capabilities on Toshiba’s award-winning e-STUDIO4520c multifunction product (MFP). Toshiba’s state-of-the-art meeting area also will provide laptop stations, wireless Internet connection, refreshments and conference rooms with a Toshiba HD LCD TV and a Toshiba projector. The SPEED channel also will run live on a Toshiba Regza® LCD TV just outside the center for visitors to watch the race.
 
“We are very excited to have Toshiba join our Grand-Am family of partners,” said Kevin Hindson, vice president, Marketing and Communications, Grand-Am Road Racing. “Toshiba is one of the few companies out there who we know can keep pace with our teams’ high speed and performance standards.”

Toshiba joined forces again this year with Wayne Taylor Racing to sponsor the SunTrust No. 10 car. For information on race schedules, please visit the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Web site: www.grand-am.com/rolex.


About Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc.

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TABS has five divisions:  the Electronic Imaging Division; the Toner Products Division; the Document Solutions Engineering Division; the International Division; and TOPAC U.S.A., Inc., dba Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of TABS, which operates a network of wholly-owned office equipment dealers throughout the United States.

Named the most favored manufacturer nine times by the Business Technology Association (BTA), Toshiba’s entire product line, customer support and marketing distribution policies are markers for the industry. Among the many other awards garnered in recent years, Toshiba was named the “Manufacturer of the Year” eight times by Marketing Research Consultants (MRC), and has twice been named to the CIO 100 for being among the top 100 “bold” (2005) and “agile” (2004) companies in the world.

TABS is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the seventh largest electronics/electrical equipment company and the world's 91st largest company in terms of sales. Ranked by Fortune magazine as the eighth Most Admired Electronics Company in the World, Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2007 was approximately $76.6 billion. 

For more information on Toshiba copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers or toner products, or for a dealer in your area, call (800)-GO-TOSHIBA or visit the TABS Web site at www.copiers.toshiba.com.