Summer 2007

APS's Compact Kiosk Printer

Mighty Midget

APS has announced the arrival of its KCP200 Kiosk Compact Printer. Perfect for vending machines, kiosks, ATM’s and panel mounted printers, the KCP200 easily prints, cuts, presents and retracts paper.

IBM's New Payment Kiosk

A Meeting of Minds

In the retail sector, queuing is absolutely common-place, and retailers are always looking out for ways to reduce queuing time for customers and improve the efficiency of the check-out process.

Kiosk Suppliers Using Self-Service

Self-Delusion?

How is it that most self-service suppliers do not offer self-service to their own clients?

Retail Cash Handling

Four Star Treatment

Shell has been counting the costs of cash transactions across its German gas station network. But a new self-service pilot is paving the way for a smoother, safer way to reduce costs and cut down on crime.

Self-Service Increases Productivity

Changing Lanes

In the decade since self-checkouts were first introduced by NCR in Europe, the technology has evolved to become a mainstay of retailers’ strategies to improve customer service and productivity levels.
 

Power Releases New Variant

Big Bird

The Prague-based company Power Products has launched a new variant of their highly successful Eagle kiosk - the ‘Jumbo’

Schurter's Metal Switches

Snap To It!

Schurter has announced the addition of a new mounting technology to its range of metal switches.

BMW's Information Kiosks

Used Car Navigation

BMW’s newly constructed used-car centre in Dreieich, Germany, offers customers the choice of around 1000 used BMWs spread across two levels. To help customers find the car of their dreams among this huge selection, the company has installed eleven friendlyway information terminals.
 

Keyboards With Integrated Touch Pad

Break That!

GeBE Computer & Peripherie GmbH has extended their vandal-proof TVG series with a new module: the custom stainless steel front panels now also provide space for an integrated capacitive touch pad.

Reducing Cash Management Costs

The Circular Argument

By Andrew Osborne, Global Market Manager for MEI Retail Division
 
Banknote acceptors serve an essential purpose in self-service systems – to accept, validate, and securely store currency in exchange for a product or service.

Europe's number one self-service information portal
Europe's number one self-service information portal