Money Controls displays full range at IMA

From coin acceptance, coin payout and bill acceptance to payment integration, Money Controls has it covered, with the most comprehensive portfolio of payment products for the amusement industry. And all of these products will be on display at next month’s IMA show in Düsseldorf.
Money Controls has an enviable reputation in the amusement sector, gained by working closely with machine manufacturers for over forty years. This collaboration, coupled with Money Controls’ application engineering expertise, ensures that they deliver cost-effective, reliable products that perfectly meet the needs of each individual OEM.

The world-proven SR3 and SR5i coin acceptors will be on the Money Controls stand (No. 8a/G12).
These incorporate a host of innovations that guarantee security and trouble-free operation, such as full remote download capability and an encrypted communication protocol that takes security to new levels.
The long-serving Universal Hopper, renowned throughout the industry for its unbeatable reliability, will be displayed alongside the versatile Compact Hopper. With a wide range of bowls, the Compact Hopper offers a large capacity within a small footprint and can be fitted in many applications, including retrofit.

Ardac Elite, Money Controls’ latest bill acceptor, will be on show, together with the well-established Lumina and Lumina Rotor acceptors. Incorporating state-of-the-art image capture and data processing techniques, Ardac Elite delivers the highest first-time acceptance of both new and street-grade bills; this has resulted in increased cashbox take for all of the many operators around the world who have retrofitted Ardac Elite.

Completing the line-up will be PayLink, the USB integration module that dramatically reduces the time-to-market for PC-based machines. Supporting both Windows and Linux operating systems, PayLink simplifies the creation of software for PC-based gaming machines by integrating a variety of payment peripherals into new machine platforms.
Heino Schlichting, General Manager of Money Controls GmbH, is leading the company’s presence at IMA and is looking forward to meeting existing customers, as well as welcoming new visitors to the stand: “With such a comprehensive portfolio on display, we are sure to have something to interest you, whether it’s a single product or a complete payment solution.”

Comestero Group chooses Atei 2008 to present the whole range of change machines and its latest developed USB coin validator.
The Gaming and Coin-Op world meets up in London from 22^nd to 24th January to attend the new edition of Atei. A-not-to be missed event for Comestero Group which will be present at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre with all Group companies and representative offices: Italy, France, Poland, Spain and Argentina.

On Comestero Group’s stand (booth n° U2010, First Floor) the key protagonist will be the powerful and stylish Group-developed change machines, their best value being the completeness of the range. Especially devised for the Gaming Industry, every model can satisfy different change and installation requirements, by providing impeccable security performance.

To begin with the extra thin Jolly, dispensing up to 3.400 coins in only 20cm width, to the sturdy Twin Jolly, with a bigger dispensing capacity and a high security locking system.

On show there will be also the extra-efficient Dual Coin Plus, which provides large quantities of coins/tokens, thanks to the 2 hoppers installed, and the smart Changeuro line, perfect foreveryday display environments. The compact Changeuro Easy Plus will be available in a new version with Discriminator, to dispense 3 types of coins at the same time, with a single multi-payout hopper.

Making their debut at the English show, will be also the new models of coin to note and note to coin change machines 2Change and 4Change. As explain Comestero Group Sales Director: “2Change and 4Change promised to be winning change machines. Since only a few months from their unveiling, they have already been chosen by the main Italian Gaming operators to satisfy the highest change requirements and reduce the need for management intervention”.

An other reason to choice Comestero Group’s change machines is their extraordinaryreliability. They are all equipped with advanced payment systems to ensure safetyperformance and recognize all known fraud. A special antitheft device is available as an optionto prevent any attempt of theft or burglary.

A special area of the stand will be dedicated also to money counting, with a top quality selection from Comestero Group’s wide range.

Last but not least, an other important première will be the new USB version of RM5 ccTalk, the most widespread Comestero Group coin validator in the market.

Very near to the goal of 1.000.000 exemplars on the market, RM5 coin validator is expected tofind new interesting contexts of use thanks to this new version, suitable for all applicationsusing USB connection.

Leader in France for bulk vending for toys, gums and novelties, Eurogift will be showcasing its latest and most innovative products at ATEI. Eurogift will be showing many new products catering to different styles of machines with or without licenses. Licensed products first : « With Hello Kitty and Ben 10, it’s going to be another craze. » said Laurent Morice, Eurogift owner.

Now the company is the official dealer for UK for all Bandai machines and toys. The other super sellers are Punch balls with Cars licence and Spiderman, Tweety, Winnie always top ranking. For other non licensed products, Eurogift is as always focusing on hot new items with high quality in mind. For example, « Ugly Stickies » a really gross mix with surprisingly real looking items : a rat, some glow in the dark eyes, a toad and some poo. Another item being shown is « Dreamcatcher » the native indian jewel now available in 49*57 mm capsules.

Many more new items will be shown at ATEI. Eurogift will be located at stand 2510. More information, please contact David Merle. David@eurogift.fr  . www.eurogift.fr/en

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.

Suzo-Happ Group today announced the acquisition of Dynamics Chinatec Industries (HK) Limited (“Chinatec”), a Zhuhai, China-based manufacturer of parts and components used in the gaming, amusement and transportation markets.  Chinatec is a long-time Suzo-Happ supplier that will now be part of the Suzo-Happ Group, a portfolio company of Pfingsten Partners, L.L.C.    The Chinatec acquisition provides Suzo-Happ with state-of-the-art Asian manufacturing capabilities, expanded engineering capabilities, and additional capacity to accommodate future growth.

Chinatec manufactures slot machine toppers, reel mechanisms, push button panels, front plate assemblies, sorters, PC boards, coin collection and dispensing systems for gaming and amusement machines, as well as transit fare collection devices.  Chinatec has over 200 employees at its ISO 9001-certified manufacturing facility in Zhuhai, China, and maintains sales and administration offices in Hong Kong and Hamburg, Germany.

Chinatec is the seventh company to become part of the Suzo-Happ Group’s strategic platform.   All seven companies combine to strengthened Suzo-Happ's position as the leading global supplier of amusement and gaming parts and accessories with over 30,000 SKUs, customers in 80 countries, and now more than 600 employees in 14 locations. Pfingsten Partners, a private equity firm with offices in Deerfield, Illinois and Hong Kong, is Suzo-Happ's majority shareholder.

“This transaction assures that we have a high-quality, cost effective manufacturing capability that enables us to service our customers even more effectively,” said Chuck Turnbull, President and CEO of Suzo-Happ Group.  “This is an important step in strengthening our control over our supply chain, maintaining our industry leadership, and enabling us to explore new opportunities for growth.”

“Suzo-Happ has been one of our primary customers for many years, so joining the Suzo-Happ family is a logical step that also positions Chinatec for significant growth,” said Rudi Meyer, Chinatec Director and co-owner of the company.  “We will now have direct access to Suzo-Happ’s administrative, organizational and strategic resources to help shape the company’s future direction.”

The Chinatec transaction closed on October 31.