The 4th International Salon of Entertainment Devices & Salon Light, Sound and Stage SUREXPO® took place in EXPO XXI Centre in Warsaw from 18 to 19 November 2005 and gathered 123 companies, 44 of them were from abroad. That's much more than last year and shows that european companies are much more interested with the polish amusement market. Overally these were companies representing 17 countries. The fair was visited by about 1000 people from the business and 4 500 guests.
Jolly Roger (Amusement Rides) Limited will be exhibiting five new rides for the first time at this year's ATEI Show to be held in London later this month (Stand No. 1020). This will be our largest ever showing of new models, reflecting the major investment and expansion of our business since the acquisition of the Mitchells Children's Rides brand in mid 2005.
On show this year will be:-
Sergeant Stripes - a fantastic new licensed character ride featuring a catchy theme tune and authentic sound effects (the cartoon series is very popular and is currently showing on Cbeebies with a 33% audience share across the target 4 -6 age range).
World Rally Car Video Simulator - this ride won't be complete until the week before the show so no photo unfortunately. This is an exciting new licensed interactive video ride based on the World Rally Car Championship. With a global TV audience of 800 million (including a large fan base in the youth market) this ride is aimed at attracting children in the 4 to 11 age range. The video shows real "on-board" footage of four exciting stages of the championship (each stage is selectable). The child gets an authentic feel for the rally as the ride lifts, dips and turns following the rally course, bringing interactivity to a new level of realism.
Bob The Builder Photo Ride - Now children can ride along with Bob the Builder and have their photo taken! This latest version of Scoop dispenses a high quality full colour photo with every ride. By combining this premium vending opportunity with the world's most successful licensed character ride profits are bound to soar. As Bob would say..."Can we fix it?.... Yes we can!"
Noddy - a re-launch of the extremely popular licensed character. With a new TV series of "Say it with Noddy" (100 x two minute episodes) now showing on Channel 5, the awareness and cash generating potential of this ride is excellent. Featuring a catchy theme tune and authentic sound effects from the cartoon series.
City Tour Bus - a large three-seater video ride. This ride was shown to a selective audience at the Deith open Day last summer, but this will be the first showing of the ride at a trade exhibition. It features real video footage of a London bus tour and realistic sound effects. The three seats and video screen gives tremendous value to customers, allowing operators to charge a premium vend price.
3/1/06 - JCM AMERICAN AND TRANSACT SIGN FINAL AGREEMENT
Finalizing what many analysts and journalists considered to be the biggest news of this year's Global Gaming Expo, JCM American Corporation and TransAct Technologies Incorporated (Nasdaq: TACT), today announced they have signed a final agreement, bringing together the sales efforts of the leading bill acceptor and printer brands.
JCM is the industry leader in currency handling systems, including providing products, software and services to the gaming, vending, banking, amusement, and petroleum industries, and TransAct Technologies Incorporated (Nasdaq: TACT) is a leading producer of transaction-based printers for customers worldwide.
The final agreement creates an incredibly convenient environment for customers. Under the agreement, JCM's sales force will offer TransAct's gaming thermal printers in North and South America and Macau in combination with JCM's many bill acceptor and currency handling products.
JCM President Aki Isoi said, "We are very pleased to have finalized this agreement with TransAct, a company that we see as being as innovative and dedicated to the industry as we are. This agreement creates an environment that is above all, convenient for our customers. By combining our sales team efforts, we have created the most convenient, customer-focused team imaginable - a value-driven, one-stop shop for the best currency handling, printing and monitor products anywhere."
TransAct Technologies Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Bart C. Shuldman, said, "This is an exciting time for TransAct and for our customers. The agreement allows us to utilize JCM's extensive sales organization, leveraging established relationships on each side of the deal. We can now move forward with our goal of accelerating market penetration and increasing our potential opportunities, and doing so in an extremely cost effective manner."
About JCM
JCM® American Corporation is the industry leader in currency handling systems and provides products, software and services to the gaming, vending, banking, amusement, and petroleum industries. Since 1995, its products have validated an estimated $2.2 trillion in currency for the gaming industry alone. From its international headquarters in Osaka, Japan, and subsidiaries in Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, London, Sydney and its U.S. headquarters in Las Vegas, JCM's progressive spirit continually sets worldwide industry standards with innovative products such as the World Bill Acceptor (WBA®), Universal Bill Acceptor (UBA), Trident - Table Safe System and Intelligent Cash Box (ICB®). For more information, visit www.jcm-american.com.
About TransAct Technologies Incorporated
TransAct (Nasdaq: TACT) designs, develops, manufactures and markets transaction-based printers under the ithaca® and Epic® names. In addition, the Company markets related consumables, spare parts and service. The Company's printers are used worldwide to provide receipts, tickets, coupons, register journals and other documents. TransAct focuses on two core markets: point-of-sale (POS) and banking, and gaming and lottery. TransAct sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers and selected distributors, as well as directly to end-users. The Company?s product distribution spans across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean Islands and the South Pacific. For further information, visit TransAct's web site located at www.transact-tech.com.
Sound Leisure has signed a deal with leading New Zealand distributor Music Makers for its entire range of jukeboxes. The two companies have been working closely together for the past three years. "We are really pleased to confirm this partnership with Grant Davidson from Music Makers," said Sound Leisure Managing Director Chris Black. "Grant has visited the UK on numerous occasions for the ATEI and has then travelled up to Leeds to view the factory and spend time learning about the wide range of technologies and solutions that we can offer." "From the first time he visited us he expressed an insatiable appetite for the Sound Leisure range of products and has been determined to take on the range for distribution in New Zealand, however due to other restrictions that we had in that part of the world, this has never been possible until now. We are extremely pleased that we now have an individual who is respected and has unmatched knowledge of his local market representing our product," he added. Grant Davidson, from Auckland-based Music Makers said, "I don't recall asking Santa Claus for the distributorship, but it's a pretty good Christmas present and a very timely one at that, and I am extremely pleased to be working with Sound Leisure and all the team in Leeds." "I have known Alan and Chris Black for well over 16 years as a regular visitor to ATEI and have always admired their inventive approach and design in the development of jukeboxes, no more so than in the new digital era, where I sincerely believe they lead the field," he added.
9/12/05 - P Series Bill Acceptor Release from ICT
Currency handling pioneer International Currency Technologies (ICT) is very excited to introduce the new generation bill acceptor, the P Series, which is the novel design that features a new high tech processing engine that offers an outstanding acceptance rate combined with lightning note handling speed.
Simply speaking, P Series is the grand design to anyone who is simply thirsty for the incredible currency handling speed and the high acceptance rate. Equipped with ICT's new High-Tech Processing Engine inside, P Series provide highly efficient discrimination for notes of highly varied quality and counterfeit rejection. Except that, you will also be impressive by the P Series' bill handing speed, because ICT believes the faster you can take a note, the faster you can begin taking another one.
What's the benefit of that? ICT president Yuan-Fong Chang said "Even we put all our focuses on the ability of acceptance rate of bill acceptor; we should never forget to consider of what customers need. More efficient and more convenient units are what customers consider important. No one will feel satisfied with a fancy looking bill acceptor, but a customer-oriented product, ICT president Yuan-Fong Chang also noted "This time, we are not going to say too much about how Anti-String Efficient and how easy maintenance P Series have, because those are the basic needs for customers. We are very proud to introduce to customers around the world about the P Series. Because P Series keep on presenting ICT's business philosophy --To understand our customers and to figure out what we can do for our customers--"
P Series is always the ideal solution for gaming, amusement, vending machines, kiosks (internet, public offices, bookings, etc.), parking lots payment system, and other payment system that you can not miss. And one thing we know is ICT's technology will always be advancing, and you will be surprised in where the next idea ICT might lead.
ICT and the innovative P Series will be in booth no. 100, in ATEI 2006.
