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Robust Turnkey Offering Gives 3D Artists and Animators Powerful Tools for High-Performance Creativity
AUSTIN, TX - November 25, 2002 - BOXX Technologies, a leading developer of award-winning digital content creation systems for the design, entertainment and digital film industries, today announced a marketing and distribution agreement with NewTek to bundle and distribute NewTek's LightWave3D® graphics and animation software on BOXX's award-winning 3DBOXX workstation. NewTek, long considered a leading developer of 3D graphics and animation software, recently unveiled version 7.5 of LightWave 3D, a complete and flexible software solution for 3D graphics and animation in film, television and games. The software includes powerful features for soft-body dynamics, particles, hair and fur and unlimited render nodes. >From now until December 15, 2002, BOXX is offering its 3DBOXX customers the opportunity to purchase LightWave 3D software for $995. (continued...) "We're delighted to be partnering with BOXX Technologies," said Michael Kornet, vice president of business development at NewTek, Inc. "LightWave 3D's powerful content creation capability and BOXX's quality workstations are an incredible value combination. Our strategic partners find NewTek products to be successful value-add marketing solutions that offer the most convenience, control, flexibility and affordability to companies with complementary products that are looking to deliver unique broadcast, video and 3D solutions to their customers." "NewTek has a progressive approach to developing software for the creative community and offering LightWave3D with our workstation products is a natural extension for our current offerings, which are designed to deliver more value in a complete turnkey solution to our customers," said Ed Caracappa, director of sales and marketing at BOXX. "We continue to aggressively pursue similar relationships with other major software vendors." LightWave 3D 7.5 is currently available for purchase on 3DBOXX workstations. Special introductory software pricing of $995 is available until December 15, 2002. Visit the BOXX website at www.boxxtech.com or call toll free at 877-877-BOXX for more details. About BOXX BOXX® Technologies, headquartered in Austin, TX, is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance, high-bandwidth Microsoft Windows 2000 and Linux-based hardware and software solutions for the 3D, animation, digital film, and HDTV broadcast markets. BOXX solutions are designed to increase productivity and performance and include 3DBOXX®, RenderBOXX®, HDBOXX® and ServerBOXXTM-all customized systems for 3D, rendering, HD non-linear editing, compositing and playback, and server solutions, respectively. For more information on BOXX Technologies, please visit the BOXX web site at www.boxxtech.com or call toll free 877-877-BOXX (2699) or 512-835-0400 (outside North America). About NewTek With headquarters in San Antonio, TX, NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, animation and special effects tools including Video Toaster®, LightWave 3D® and Aura Video Paint(tm). NewTek launched the desktop video revolution in 1990 with the release of the legendary Video Toaster. The company's products are used worldwide on projects ranging from home video to feature film. Recent film and television projects using NewTek software include We Were Soldiers, Panic Room, Oscar®-nominated Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Blackhawk Down, The Time Machine, Black Knight, Jurassic Park III, Smallville, Star Trek: Enterprise. Recent game titles include Deus Ex, Serious Sam I and II, Twisted Metal: Black, Civilization III, Unreal, Quake 3 Arena. Website: http://www.newtek.com BOXX, 3DBOXX, RenderBOXX and HDBOXX are registered trademarks of BOXX Technologies, Inc., registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ServerBOXX is a trademark of BOXX Technologies, Inc. Video Toaster, LightWave and LightWave 3D are registered trademarks of NewTek. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. BOXX Technologies, 9390 Research Blvd., Kaleido II, Ste. 300, Austin, TX 78759, tel: 512-835-0400, fax: 512-835-0434. |
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