Allstar always bringing you new and exciting products is ecstatic to release 3 new series of tattoos. We start off with The Spartanz experience at Allstar Vending, an original series of tattoos that's never been done before. As leaders of the Greek world in the early centuries B.C the Spartans were intensely patriotic, they endured unbelievable hardship to become superior Spartan Soldiers. Allstar brings you SPARTANZ TATTOOS a colourful series of 10 that consist of action armoured Spartans with swords, spears and Spartan helmets. These tattoos target the tweens, teens and young adult male demographics. For a suggested .50 cents vend. Next Allstar brings you the GIRLS TRIBAL TATTOOS a series of 10 hot and sexy tattoos. Here you'll find stunning tribal designs with sayings such as Juicy, Naughty Girl, My Space, Tease, Lucky, Kiss Me and more?. Sure to be a HOT seller for the Teens and young adult girls. Suggested .50 cent vend. To finish off Allstar brings you Dragon Fairies Tattoos a superb and colourful mix of Dragons and Fairy. These beautiful mystical images bring you into a magical realm and suddenly you find yourself being drawn into its magical vision. This series of 10 will especially target young girls, for a .50cent suggested vend. Allstar can be reached at (514) 426-1690 or visit Allstar's website at www.allstarvending.com

'This is our largest raid action to date and confirms Merit's commitment to protecting its intellectual property rights,' stated Fay. 'We appreciate the cooperation of the Malaysian government in assisting us. This is the fourth raid in Malaysia this year involving Merit copies.'

The evidence seized during this raid will be the basis for criminal charges. Representatives from Wong and Partners, as well as Merit's local investigators, assisted authorities in carrying out the incursion.

For almost 30 years, Merit has ensured long-term return on investment for operators by providing continually high-earning equipment along with updates and upgrades for its products. With an installed base of over 250,000 touch-screen games garnering nearly 4.6 billion plays per year, Merit Entertainment is the worldwide leader in touch-screen entertainment devices. Merit Entertainment products appear globally in a wide array of venues and appeal to an almost limitless demographic. Merit continues to expand its position in the industry with ever-increasing entertainment, content, and new games. The company maintains a Web site with all the latest information at www.meritgames.com .

Looking to Greece first. Solutions & Options was founded in 2006 by Mr. Yiannis Tamaresis. Mr. Tamaresis holds a masters degree from an English university and has been involved with vending customers for many years. The excellent customer service that Solutions & Options offers has quickly convinced major vending companies of the opportunities to work together with Yiannis. Solutions & Options also acts as a distributor for the leading vending manufacturer, Crane Merchandising Systems.

Mark Simmons, NRI's Overseas Manager, comments on the appointment of Solutions & Options as Greek distributor as , 'The Greek vending market continues to grow in importance and with question marks on future possibilities in the Greek gaming market, now is the right time to place our trust in Solutions & Options. Although this is a relatively new company, we have dealt with Yiannis over many years and Yiannis is well known and trusted in Greece'.

Yiannis himself makes it quite clear why he has chosen to work together with NRI: 'The working relationship with NRI is excellent. Now with customer and sales support in their own country, Greek customers have all the more reason to place their trust in NRI. I thank NRI for placing their trust in me'.

Now moving on to Malta. Interbrands was formed in 1994 with specific focus on the cigarette vending market. Immediately the company became confronted with requirements for coin handling. After having carefully studied the market, Interbrands chose to specify only NRI products in its vending machines. During this time the relationship has continued to expand and Interbrands has gained much specific knowledge required for the successful representation of the NRI product range.

Mark Simmons explains the strategic importance of this appointment. 'Although Malta is a relatively small island, the coin-op industry is growing in importance. We are very pleased that Malta will be joining the Euro next January and with the appointment of Interbrands as NRI distributor in Malta, the local coin-op industry has a local contact of expertise'.

The Managing Director of Interbrands, Mr. Jean Claude Chetcuti, underlined, 'We have many years of experience with NRI and thus are very pleased to offer our know-how to our local market. Maltese customers can be rest assured that we are well equipped for the Euro introduction.'

The increasing recognition of NRI as a solution provider is something that the Maltese people really appreciate, as Jean Claude explains: 'Being from a small island, we very often have to look outwards to other countries to realize business opportunities and maintain continued economic growth. Thus, dynamic companies are especially welcome here. NRI provides not only a wide range of products but offers the right solutions for each specific application. Such management practices are well received here in Malta'.

In May 2007, Aidan Towey was promoted to Managing Director responsible for the global Innovative Technology Group with R D Bellis, ITL founder, continuing as Chairman.

During his 12 years with ITL, Aidan has made an outstanding contribution to the success of the business and his ambitious plans for the coming years with an aim to take ITL to world leader status.

'Over the next 3 years I would like to see ITL become the number one manufacturer of bank note validators in the world, to do this we are increasing our range of products three-fold. We have doubled our development and research teams and created a new support team for both customers and manufacturing' said Aidan Towey, Managing Director.

Mustapha Hadj-Ahmed has been with ITL for 11 years, initially responsible for our Spanish Office, Mustapha has full responsibility for both sales and manufacturing in South America.

Mustapha has made a significant contribution to the complexities of transferring production to our facility in Brazil and remains focussed in this complex and challenging environment.

It has been a challenging year for the Board as we shift production to a third-party manufacturing site in China, retaining just product test capability and final assembly work at our factory and Head Office in Oldham, UK.

After joining ITL late 1998 as a newly qualified Electronics Graduate, Peter Dunlop fast tracked his career to become Development Director in 2005.

His 60-strong multi-talented team span the globe and Peter's extensive responsibilities include research, design and technical support for the Group.

Marcus Tiedt was our first employee in Germany 9 years ago and he very quickly established an important office for the Group based in Pinneberg, a short drive from Hamburg.

Marcus was instrumental in growing our German and Eastern European customer base and 2007 saw him promoted to Sales Director responsible for Sales and Marketing across the European and Australasian markets.

Alun Evans joined ITL in September 2007 as Financial Director; a qualified chartered accountant Alun joins us from outside of the industry with considerable experience in finding opportunities to grow SME businesses.

Autumn 2007 sees the launch of models BV20 and BV100 designed for amusement and vending markets and the AWP market for the BV100. The BV100 now has a lockable stacker and both models possess a range of new features including SPF technology and anti-strimming devices.