May 6, 2008
PrimoPDF, the world's —1 free PDF creator, has recently been ranked by CNET among the top twenty downloads across all software categories on Download.com, surpassing even Adobe® Reader® in its popularity. Currently averaging over 100,000 downloads per week on Download.com alone, with approximately 15 million users worldwide, PrimoPDF also continues to hold the top 2 position as the most downloaded business software choice for Windows® users on the immensely popular site.
This achievement comes a mere 8 weeks following the announcement of the partnership between activePDF, the company behind PrimoPDF, and Nitro PDF Software, the creators of Nitro PDF Professional, the first true alternative to Adobe Acrobat®. The partnering of these two PDF powerhouses has already yielded significant results, with Nitro PDF achieving record company revenue in the first quarter of 2008 and monthly sales continuing to climb. "This partnership has already surpassed our initial expectations in terms of enhanced awareness and sales growth," stated Sam Chandler, CEO of Nitro PDF. "Since the announcement last month, we are seeing tremendous cross-selling opportunities between PrimoPDF Enterprise and Nitro PDF Professional. The response from our customers has also been very encouraging as users are thrilled to finally see a unified offering of both free basic PDF creation with a more full-featured offering, all under the same roof," Chandler added.
In addition to continued product enhancements, the companies have begun working on auxiliary PrimoPDF partnership opportunities, including a monthly mailing of helpful tips and tricks which is already growing at a rate of over 2000 new subscribers per day. Chandler remains tightlipped about any details but concludes, "We are so pleased with the results we're already seeing as a direct outcome of this partnership, the additional collaboration Nitro PDF has planned in relation to PrimoPDF will result in several exciting announcements over the coming months."
Nitro PDF Software is one of the world's leading PDF software vendors and the company behind Nitro PDF Professional, the first true alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, Nitro PDF Software has operations spanning North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Nitro PDF Software products are sold online, through corporate resellers and VARs, and at leading retailers internationally. Competitively priced, Nitro PDF Professional gives users full control over PDF documents, including commenting, form-filling and authoring, digital signatures, text editing, one-click creation from Microsoft® Office and more. Nitro PDF Software products have won multiple "Product of the Year" and "Top Buy" awards, and are used by millions of people worldwide including a significant number of Fortune 500 organizations. Nitro customers include American Airlines, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, IBM, the US Department of Defense, and Microsoft.
PrimoPDF is a free tool for high-quality PDF creation, comprising a user-friendly interface that enables printing to PDF from virtually any Windows® application. activePDF, a leading provider of server-based PDF tools and solutions, introduced PrimoPDF as a simple means of making basic PDF generation available to everyone free of charge. Since its launch in February 2004, PrimoPDF has rapidly become the world's most widely-used tool for free, basic conversion to PDF with millions of users to date and is consistently ranked as the #1 most popular Business & Productivity software download on CNET's Download.com.
Miranda Burford - Marketing Analyst
Nitro PDF Software
miranda.burford@nitropdf.com
www.nitropdf.com
Gina O'Reilly - Director of Sales & Marketing
activePDF, Inc.
gina@activepdf.com
www.activepdf.com
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