FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Charlotte, NC, United States (June 1, 2011) - Text Control, vendor of the market leading word processing component TX Text Control, and GrapeCity announce today an exclusive strategic partnership in mainland China.

GrapeCity will be the exclusive partner and serve as a distributor for the complete range of TX Text Control products in mainland China. They will provide technical support on par with the Germany and US based offices.

Bjoern Meyer, Vice President of Text Control stated:

The Chinese market for programming components is growing and we are committed to providing our Chinese customers and users the very best support and sales infrastructure. We are very happy to introduce GrapeCity as our exclusive parter in mainland China.

Bjoern Meyer, Vice President of Text Control

Allan Ni, PowerTools Business Director at GrapeCity China stated:

GrapeCity will continue to introduce some great components to Chinese customers, working together with partners like TX Text Control to provide world level components and considerate local service to the customers.

Allan Ni, PowerTools Business Director at GrapeCity China

For more information, visit the TX Text Control product pages:

http://www.gcpowertools.com.cn/products/TX.htm

About GrapeCity

GrapeCity is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, an international award-winning software firm and the world's largest component vendor with headquarters in Japan and U.S. headquarters in Kirkland, WA, employing more than 850 worldwide. GrapeCity's mission is to turn new ideas for software into marketable products and business solutions. For over 25 years, the company has provided enterprises around the world with state-of-the-art software tools, solutions, and services to help accomplish this goal. For more information, visit www.grapecity.com.

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• Edit, convert, create and modify documents.
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• Mail-merge, compatible to MS Word.
• Simple integration into Visual Studio 2005, 2008 and 2010.
• Word processing components for Windows Forms, WPF and ASP.NET.
• Free developer support.

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