Xionics buys German MFP drivers

Xionics (Burlington, MA, http://www.xionics.com) has acquired Gesellschaft Computer Anwendung (GCA, Freiberg, Germany), a developer of printer drivers for MFPs (multifunction peripherals). The acquisition gives Xionics printer-driver software for imaging text and graphics with specific printers.

Xionics has acquired all of the outstanding shares of GCA in a $5 million cash deal through its wholly-owned subsidiary Xionics Document Technologies (Dortmund, Germany).

According to Wilfried Welsch, GCA's managing director, the organization was the first European firm to develop printer drivers and the first company worldwide to develop color printer drivers for Windows