Cashmaster International, the innovative manufacturers and distributors of cash counting machines have embarked on a new growth strategy, signalled by a £300,000 investment in their production facility.

Unlike many British companies, Cashmaster have opted to remain loyal to Scotland and reinvest in their manufacturing site located in Rosyth, Fife, in a bid to increase production capacity and offer its blue chip clients reduced lead-times.

A strong desire to uphold quality and increase efficiency has prompted Cashmaster to change its manufacturing ethos, from batch to flow-line. Investment has been focused on production machinery, including a Speedline MPM Printer, MyData15 Surface Mount machine (robotic pick and place), ERSA Hotflow 7 Oven (forced air convection) and a new component reel storage system.

Specifically designed to facilitate a flow-line process, each of these machines are connected by conveyors, providing a seamless linear line for PCB production. The new flow-line process offers many advantages over the old batch production process and will be soon be accompanied by a MVP GEM Automated Optical Inspection unit and a laser etching machine. The heart of the new line is the MyData Surface Mount machine, which is fitted with both 14k hydra placement and 6kzfi heads, providing a combined placement rating of up to 14400cph (chips per hour). It can place a vast selection of components from 0402 (40thou x 20thou / 1mm x 0.5mm) to large QFP’s and micro BGA style components. 

Engineering Manager, Douglas Reid, said: “Cashmaster have strategic growth ambitions, which meant we had to invest in our production facility to offer customers the benefit of advanced technology, whilst also ensuring that the skills of our employees remain at the highest level. The new production facility will allow us to increase our production capacity, offer shorter lead times and crucially become highly responsive as a manufacturing unit, which will have a massive impact on our production capabilities”.

With a record-breaking international order book for Q1 2008 and a forecast increase in sales of over 35% for 2008, the company has cited the commissioning of their new production facility the first strategic step of many.
 
About Cashmaster
Established in 1977, our organisation has been involved in electronic cash counting systems since 1987.   Cashmaster specialises in providing cash intensive businesses with a means of counting and reconciling more efficiently. Sectors such as banking, retail and leisure each benefit from using Cashmaster products to reduce time spent counting cash, whilst taking advantage of advanced reconciliation, which in turn results in loss prevention. Cashmaster offer a five-product range to suit all levels of users, from single till operations to multinational stores who operate multiple tills per store.

Innovative Technology Ltd will be represented by one of its subsidiary companies ‘Automated Transactions’ at the IMA show in January. The exciting range of both new and established products on show will include the recently launched BV20 and BV100 validators as well as the ever-popular NV9 and NV10.

The BV20 and BV100 models are available in two sizes; 66mm or 72mm; the choice will be dependent on the size of the notes to be inserted. Multiple interface protocols are standard. Both units have advanced mathematical validation algorithms meaning the validators can decipher varying currencies as well as enabling them to make the distinction between authentic and imitation notes.

The well-established NV9 and NV10 models are the latest in their series. Both designs have a new advanced florescence detector and a new arm processor with 0.5 MB FLASH memory, allowing the units to accept multiple currencies in all four-note orientations. Various interfaces are available including parallel, pulse, CCTalk and MDB enabling the validator to operate in various applications of host units. As a result of new high speed drive motors the NV10 validates in 0.8 seconds and the NV9 validates and stack notes in just 3 seconds.

All ITL models uphold the tradition of producing the best value for money products. These units are designed with straightforward installation and basic maintenance in mind; an industry leading acceptance rate of typically 99.8%; the use of SPF™ technology, ensuring all ITL customers have the reassurance that these units are trouble-free and dependable products.

To see these products and all that ITL has to offer visit them in Hall 8A - Stand no H11

Pinball Games, a 1-in. self vending mix, challenges players to maneuver miniature metallic “pinballs” which are encased in a clear plastic orb, through a series of rings and onto designated targets. A variety of neon-colored playfields are represented in the mix, including one with an alien theme. Fun for everyone, for a suggested .20 -.50 Euro vend.

For further information please call Allstar Vending at + (514) 426-1690 or visit our website at www.allstarvending.com

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.