IDEAL today announced that they had once again won the Contex Distributor of the Year award. At the annual Contex distributor meeting held in Chamonix, France, in April, Contex presented the award to IDEAL. Since 1998, IDEAL has won this award in every consecutive year, and also won in 1993 and 1994, for a total of 12 years as the Contex Distributor of the Year. In solutions designed to help customers solve their large format problems, IDEAL features Contex large format scanners. IDEAL's solutions include scanning, scan to print, archiving, indexing, 2D to 3D conversions and 3D printing services. IDEAL's solutions are designed to solve typical large format problems in the Color Graphics, GIS, A/E/C, CAD, and Reprographics markets.

President of IDEAL.com, Jay Magenheim, comments: "It's been another exciting year for IDEAL, and we're honored to be recognized again by Contex. If we have a secret to our success, it's a simple one - it's our knowledgeable dealer channel and our great customers. We provide them with the best scanning hardware and the best application software for the jobs they need to do; we offer our solutions at the right price and we back up our products with customer support. From 2D scanning applications and online plan rooms to 3D printing services, IDEAL has solutions that work."

IDEAL.com includes the Scanners & Systems Division and the Reprographics Division. IDEAL Scanners & Systems develops, markets and supports a wide range of large format scanning, converting and editing solutions designed specifically for the AEC, archiving, indexing, printing, GIS and Reprographics markets, and is the exclusive U.S. distributor of Contex large format scanners. A secure, web-based centralized location to archive scanned drawings is offered by IDEAL's MyArchiveCenter.com to customers. IDEALplanroom.net offers secure construction collaboration and bid management. For a wide range of customers, as well as 3D printing services for architectural, GIS and manufacturing clients, IDEAL Reprographics provides large format scanning, printing and conversion services.