Ymagis Group (FR0011471291, MAGIS, PEA-PME, TECH
40), the European specialist in
digital technologies for the cinema industry, is pleased today to announce the
signature of an agreement with Germany’s leading cinema chain, CineStar, to
oversee all projection and audio installations, field services and technical
customer service for CineStar’s entire network of 52 locations across Germany,
representing a total of 409 screens.
“We
are thrilled with this new partnership, signed by our Düsseldorf-based
subsidiary CinemaNext Deutschland, with such a prominent cinema chain as CineStar,”
comments Jean Mizrahi, Founder, President and CEO of Ymagis Group. “This
agreement will result in a significant strengthening of our German-based
operations while demonstrating our top-notch services and cost benefits for CineStar
as well as our other existing cinema clients across Germany and Austria.”
For
Karl-Joachim Lohkamp, General Manager of CinemaNext Deutschland, “CineStar is
looking to manage their technical requirements effectively and it’s a privilege for us to work with them. We aim to offer
the 52 CineStar cinemas across Germany the highest level of customer service,
monitoring and support, thanks to our customer service (network operations
center) out of our main office in Düsseldorf and with assistance from our field
technicians in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg.”
"We
found in CinemaNext the right partner to handle our needs from a technology
standpoint,” explain Oliver Fock and Stephan Lehmann, Managing Directors of the
CineStar Group. “Our industry is changing at a fast pace and this is the ideal time
for us to develop with CinemaNext a cost-effective
approach to carrying out services such as equipment installation, training, procurement,
24-hour monitoring, maintenance, year-round customer service and spare parts
inventory.”
Ymagis
Group’s CinemaNext business unit is the largest cinema exhibition services supplier
in Europe, providing comprehensive solutions across the board, from projection
equipment, audio systems, central systems, cinema outfitting, 3D systems &
glasses, TMS, digital signage, 4DX, and screens to seating. Clients enjoy
the highest level of reliability and lowest cost of ownership with CinemaNext’s
portfolio of services from consulting, design & project management,
equipment sales and financing, installation, maintenance, support (NOC), online
monitoring, spare and consumables to service agreements and supply chain &
logistics.
