2009年10月01日起，GrapeCity集團正式接管FarPoint公司，慧都科技代理的原 FarPoint公司正式更名為 GrapeCity集團，原頁面地址不變。

　　慧都科技將一如既往的為廣大客戶提供最優質的控件資訊、培訓及相關的技術支持。同時，祝廣大客戶雙節快樂！祝祖國更加繁榮、富強！

以下是 GrapeCity集團就此事發表的相關聲明：

　　2009年09月15日，GrapeCity集團宣布同美國FarPoint公司達成收購協議，GrapeCity將購買所有FarPoint公司旗下的產品和相應的營業收入。FarPoint公司是一家在表單控件領域有著很高知名度的工具軟件提供商，其表單產品一直在行業內占領先地位，在市場上屢獲殊榮。

　　GrapeCity集團在以往的十幾年里，一直對FarPoint的產品進行日化工作，把它們推薦到競爭激烈的日本市場進行銷售和技術支持。通過這次收購，GrapeCity將把FarPoint的產品繼續推向全球市場，包括將要發布的在WinForm和WebForm上的新版本，以及在MS Silverlight和WPF平臺上的更新版本。GrapeCity集團將于2009年10月01日起正式接管FarPoint公司，整個過渡期將持續六個月。

　　GrapeCity集團社長Naoyuki Baba說：“FarPoint公司產品高性能和高質量一直讓我欽佩，實際上，在日本MS的開發平臺上，FarPoint公司提供的開發工具一直是開發人員使用率最高的產品之一。在過去的25年時間里，我們致力于向全球客戶推薦最好的軟件解決方案，現在我們認為是最好的時機將FarPoint的產品進行進一步的推廣；另一方面，他們高質量的產品也將幫助GrapeCity在開發工具這一縱深領域更深入的發展”。

　　FarPoint公司CEO，Rick Williamson說：“在過去的15年里，GrapeCity一直是我們值得信任的合作伙伴，經過審慎地思考，考慮到所有股東、職員的利益，公司現在、將來的發展，我們相信GrapeCity是最合適的接管者，它能保持我們的傳統，并繼續將我們的產品推向更大的市場，這也正是進行這次嚴肅的商業拓展計劃的期望所在。”

以下是關于 FarPoint 總裁 Rick Williamson 就此事對外發表的原文：

Dear Loyal FarPoint Customer,
 
As many of you may know, FarPoint has been in business since 1991, making us the oldest component business in the US. We would like to thank each and every one of you who have been with us for all or part of those 18 years.We have always strived to deliver the best products possible, put our customers first and make it a positive experience for everyone involved.

October 1st, 2009 is the start of an exciting new era for FarPoint.FarPoint has been acquired by GrapeCity, the largest component vendor in the world.  What does this mean to you, a FarPoint customer?  Everything.GrapeCity has been reselling FarPoint Spread in Japan since 1994.  Spread
has been the #1 selling component in Japan every year since it was introduced.  GrapeCity has the incentive and the resources to take Spread to a new level and do it on an International stage.  With over 800 employees worldwide, the Spread team now has access to invaluable resources we could only dream about in the past.  You will see new releases, new platforms and integration with other products owned by GrapeCity, including their ActiveReports reporting components.

You can rest assure that we will continue our award winning support and documentation.  Our goal is to make it even better.  GrapeCity chose to keep each and every FarPoint employee, so the familiar faces you know will still be there.

FarPoint had a lot of goals that had not yet been met in the component marketplace.  As we internally discussed how to better serve our customers and meet our goals, we felt that we needed to be bigger.  That led us to pursuing a closer relationship with GrapeCity.  This acquisition truly is a win-win for everyone involved, especially you the customer.

It is an exciting time to be a Spread user. Again, thank you for your support of FarPoint over the past 18 years, and as we take this next step forward, we plan to far exceed your expectations in the future. As always,we encourage your feedback. Please send any comments or questions to grapecity@fpoint.com.

Rick Williamson
CEO, FarPoint Technologies