UK-based visitors to ATEI, the vast majority of whom pre-register online, will be required to provide their company or employer’s VAT number in order to secure entry badges to the event.

Explaining the background to the initiative, Karen Cooke, head of exhibitions, said: “Our post-show customer contact revealed a problem with non-trade visitors hindering business at ATEI, with genuine buyers on occasions being unable to access games.

“We’ve looked at a range of initiatives, and without creating an airport security style operation which would create huge queues and log jams, we felt this represented the most practical alternative.

“We’re not talking about a huge number of people, but however small, if they are causing a problem we want to address it. I must stress that we do everything in our power to prevent consumer media previewing the exhibition and we make it explicitly clear that it is a b2b exhibition.”

ATEI organisers have confirmed that they will review the situation at show and in the normal post-show review with customers.

Gaming and Amusement markets have always been key markets for NRI, particularly for the electronic coin validators G-13 and G-40. For example, NRI has sold over one million G-13’s, thus being the industry standard for a 3½² electronic coin validator. Indeed, NRI was the first company that introduced such a product to the market. The G-40 continues to be the preferred coin validator, especially in AWP games in Germany.

In 2007, NRI introduced a completely new product range, called currenza. The focus is on the vending market, with the introduction of the c² coin changer and clip contactless payment system. 2008 will see the focus on amusement and gaming. NRI will be introducing two completely new products at the January exhibitions in Düsseldorf and London. These are called f² and h².

Casino operators will soon be able to benefit more from NRI technology. The G-13 has always offered multi-coin acceptance with high security and in particular can be found in German and Danish casino slots. The challenge has been to combine this technology with very high coin acceptance – up to 10 coins per second. This feat has been achieved - the result is the f² -  a freefall multi-coin electronic coin validator. Carles Aleixandre, NRI’s Sales and Marketing Director states, “Although similar products exist on the market, our customers have been requesting the f² - to fill the gap in the market of real product quality and high speed. We expect great things of the f²”.

The second major product introduction is the h² - a coin payout hopper. Aleixandre continues, “Product quality is key to our company philosophy. Customers trust NRI products. Therefore, it was natural for the NRI team to bring a hopper to the market that is designed and built by ourselves. The h² hopper series offers a whole range of features in the trusted NRI label”. Now let’s look at what the h² offers. The h² hopper can be classified as secure, compact, flexible and simple to integrate. h² is a multi-coin hopper with the ability to pay out up to 8 coins a second. The modular design allows cleaning and disassembly without the need for any special tools. Coin payout is secured via infrared sensor technology, ensuring high security against potential jams or fraudulent payout. Three different bowl sizes – marked as S, M and L allow a range of coin capacity depending on requirements and machine space availability. h² offers cctalk and parallel interfaces with 12V DC or 24V DC power consumption.  Aleixandre further comments, “The h² has been designed with backwards compatibility in mind for simple upgrading. The fact that the h² pays out to the last coin and offers a cascade payout function further highlights the confidence we have in this new product”.

Furthermore, NRI will be exhibiting the Payment Manager – a software program allowing the simple integration and management of NRI and CashCode products for PC-based machines.

The message from NRI is that together with CashCode the company can offer a whole range of products that can be simply embedded. With a strongly strengthened sales team (in 2007 four new sales managers joined NRI), NRI offers complete money-handling solutions to the gaming and amusement markets.

The whole NRI team looks forward to your visit at the January exhibitions.

"Innocore Gaming Ltd formerly Densitron Gaming announced that results far exceeded expectations during the company's recent attendance at the Global Gaming Expo. The rebranding the company unveiled showed a powerful new image for the company to propel it into its second decade supplying high technology to the gaming industry.

Edward Price, Innocore Managing Director “We received very positive comments across the board on the new brand image and along with the preview of 6 new DPX boards, based around the latest Intel chipsets, firmly stamp our position as one of the World’s leaders in providing hardware to the Gaming industry”,

The company's forward focus was underlined by the preview of 6 new models of gaming boards that will be launched at the ICE tradeshow in London in January.   Featuring the latest mobile chipsets, including the 965, and CPUs from Intel together with a new range of software, a new line of low cost enclosures and many gaming board accessories allows Innocore to provide a complete gaming ready platform solution.

Craig Stapleton, Innocore Product Director “We are committed to protecting our customer’s business through an aggressive but clear roadmap of products with the latest generation of chipsets and CPUs. All our existing products are backed up by future DPX boards, 100% compatible with our existing range, including; mechanical layout, pin-out and software API. This gives customers both an upgrade path and protection of the business into the future.”

Koen Stomph, Innocore Sales Director “The response at G2E was staggering with over 50 companies setting and attending meetings at our new Booth. This is the result of many years of extensive product development along with our recent sales expansion in N. America, Central and South America, Spain and Australia.”

We welcomed the chance to meet all our existing customers and we now look forward to following up the exciting new enquiries we received at the show for Innocore Gaming!

Triotech presented their latest game at the IAAPA show in Orlando last week - UFO Stomper.
The game is a cross between a Dance Machine and a Video Game - you play with your Feet!

There are 10 multiplayer interactive games included featuring funny aliens and other characters
Features Include:

Shadow Free Projection system.
Interactive Floor with Instant reaction.
Redemption Ticket Dispenser.
Surround Sound
Centre Attraction - 9 Feet Diameter.
1>2 Players
Spectators have all round view.

Taka a look at the video to get an overview of this innovative new game.

Borden Tech to ATEI 2008 Borden Technology, the Taiwanese amusement machine and AWP gaming board experts, have become the latest company who have decided to make their full Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) debut in 2008. The London show opens its Earls Court doors for the 64th time between Tuesday 22nd and Thursday 24th January.

Describing themselves as a gaming board producer aiming to become the flagship game developer in Taiwan, Borden Technology have outlined their ATEI aims: “This is our first time participating in the world-renowned exhibition, ATEI 2008. We have chosen to take stand space in order to extend and expand our presence in European markets,” said a company spokesperson.

At ATEI 2008, Borden Technology will show their own collection of video slots and boxing machines with the direct goal of meeting ‘potential end buyers who have their own arcade or recreation ground, as well as reputed distributors’.