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February 10, 2009
Nitro PDF Software, the company that revolutionized the PDF space with its launch of the first true alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®, today announced the acquisition of PrimoPDF®, the world’s most popular free PDF creator, from activePDF, Inc. The latest news represents yet another landmark power shift away from Adobe-dominated PDF and further solidifies Nitro’s position as "the other PDF company."
"This acquisition represents an excellent strategic fit and we’re delighted to officially welcome PrimoPDF to Nitro’s growing family of free PDF solutions," stated Sam Chandler, CEO of Nitro PDF Software. "Our core belief has always been that basic PDF creation should be free for everyone, without compromising quality or user experience. Since its launch in 2004, PrimoPDF has been hugely popular, primarily because it’s always been easy to use, with no annoying pop-ups or feature bloat." Chandler concluded, "While the premium Nitro product suite is the perfect complement to PrimoPDF, enabling users to tap into additional features such as PDF editing, conversion to Word, and PDF forms creation at one third of the cost of an Acrobat solution, we’re fully committed to continuing to enhance PrimoPDF and look forward to introducing several exciting new features in 2009."
"We’re very proud of how popular PrimoPDF has become over the last five years," said Tim Sullivan, activePDF’s CEO. "While we maintain the focus of our business on server-based technology, we’re confident Nitro will continue to improve PrimoPDF and, more importantly, maintain the vision of truly free PDF creation on the desktop."
A permanent fixture of CNET’s Download.com Top 30, 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. 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. PrimoPDF is a cornerstone of Nitro's free PDF software suite which currently has a base of over 25 million users and comprises the world's #1 free PDF web browser extension, PDF Download; the #1 free online PDF creation service, PrimoOnline; and the #1 free online PDF editor, PDF Hammer. PrimoPDF is available for free download at: www.primopdf.com.
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 San Francisco, Nitro PDF Software has operations spanning North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Competitively priced, Nitro PDF Professional provides 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, are seen in retail stores around the globe, and are used by millions of people worldwide including a significant number of Fortune 500 organizations.
Miranda Burford - Marketing Analyst
Nitro PDF Software
miranda.burford@nitropdf.com
www.nitropdf.com
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