NRI – a leading manufacturer of coin handling equipment – is pleased to announce the appointment of two new sales managers – Andrea Zanella (pictured bottom) and Mark Simmons (pictured top). Both Andrea and Mark joined NRI in February 2007.
Andrea Zanella has joined NRI as Sales Manager - Italy, with a clear focus on the Italian vending market. Andrea is based in the Northern Italian town of Schio, in the Vicenza district (situated between Bergamo and Venice), where he lives with his wife and two children.
The Italian market continues to grow in importance to NRI. For this reason, customers can look forward to direct service in Italy, along with the NRI distributor in Italy, MDS. Andrea brings over 15 years of industry experience to NRI, with his previous position being with a well-known Italian manufacturer of vending machines where Andrea was sales manager. Asked why Andrea decided to join NRI, his answer was clear and precise:, “NRI is going places. This is a dynamic company with a clear plan for growth. NRI is renowned for quality products. The commitment that Crane has put into its payment solutions, with the recent acquisitions of CashCode and Telequip within the group, shows to me the opportunities here.”
Mark Simmons has joined NRI as Sales Manager – Overseas Group, responsible for the Australasian, African and Middle Eastern markets. Mark will be based in England, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. Mark brings thirteen years of sales and technical work experience; the last three being in the vending industry, where Mark worked in international sales for a payment systems company.
Mark sees exciting times ahead with NRI and stated, ‘It is a pleasure to join a company that has a clear strategy for growth and is indeed implementing this. NRI is still firmly on the growth cycle which is good news for customers. With the product range that NRI offers and the further payment solutions within the Crane Group, I see NRI more and more as a solutions provider. This will be my challenge.” It is not only product quality and the strategic growth plan that Mark commented on,: “The people at NRI are very friendly and approachable. It’s a company that is easy to deal with and I really believe that such a company philosophy is a real benefit for our customers”.
Suzo International has pleasure in introducing a new colleague to the market.
Bob Wiggers has joined the sales team as Sales Manager Benelux. Bob is new to the industry, but brings a wealth of sales experience in the technical field. Bob will be working for Marc Aarts to further strengthen Suzo’s capabilities in the Benelux. Marc commented,: “The Benelux markets are our home markets and are therefore of vital importance to us. We have always focused on the OEM customers, ensuring we can give them the service they require. We have seen that quality products and service go hand-in-hand, so it was the next natural step to offer such professional service to the operators”. Indeed, Bob Wiggers’ major focus will be sales support to the operators in the Benelux. With the strength in depth of Suzo’s product range, there are many areas of focus for Bob. “This is an exciting challenge for me”, stated Bob, “the Suzo product range gives me many possibilities to support the operators”. A major focus for Bob will be REAC , as
Bob will be responsible for the REAC GPRS Management System for the
One of Europe's largest manufacturers of pool and air hockey tables will showcase exciting new designs for air hockey at the Amex show in Dublin tomorrow, including Fast Soccer, that has seen a doubling of income in venues across the UK. Strong interest from Irish customers at the ATEi in January has already translated to orders for SAM Fast Soccer machines. The addition of standard and mini size Fast Soccers to the range makes this exciting and profitable concept available to an even wider range of venues.
SAM’s new English & American pool tables, with striking contemporary design and innovative technical features deliver style and high earnings. AMEX will see a Magno American table featuring AccuVend, patented ball release, for onsite reliability, TriBand variable pricing, for maximizing revenue, and ProActive cushions, for super accurate and consistent ball response.
FutureLogic, Inc., the leading manufacturer of thermal ticket printers for cashless gaming, today announced the appointment of Eric Meyerhofer (Pictured Top), the company’s former President and CEO, to the position of CEO/CTO. The company also announced that Frank Eckary has joined the company as President, bringing more than two decades of broad technology and senior business management experience to the organization.
Meyerhofer joined FutureLogic in 1988 and has played a pivotal role in guiding the company to its leadership position in the thermal printing industry. In his new role he will be responsible for setting strategic direction for FutureLogic technology initiatives and building strong relationships with the company’s global partners and OEM customers.
Eckary will assume primary responsibility for managing day-to-day operations, executing the company’s growth and development strategies, and continuing the improvement of business processes. Prior to joining FutureLogic, he held senior management positions with Xerox, Allied Signal, SPX and Viad Corporation. He holds a BS in Economics and Accounting and an MBA in Business Administration and Mechanical Engineering from BonnUniversity.
In making this announcement Meyerhofer commented, "Frank’s outstanding execution skills and his proven ability to develop a culture of excellence will help us move FutureLogic to the next level. We are confident that we have recruited the executive we need to make FutureLogic the global leader in unattended printing applications."
Products on shown show at ENADA Spring include accessories and spare parts, games of skill and for amusement, AWP/New Slot Machines, billiard tables and bowling, network licensees, dispensers, certification bodies, pinball machines, inflatable items, Internet points, juke-boxes, kiddie rides, monitors, payment systems, technology and services for bingo halls, video games and video lottery.
As well as highlighting evergreen machines, ENADA SPRING also focuses attention on remote gaming and games, in particular with the new Enada.i section, where it will be possible to find all the latest in i-gaming, information on the games and the means for spreading and distributing the products, as well as management and control software.
