Creative Kiosk’s new offerings employ radically different design parameters and fabrication methods that withstand more punishment than previous sheet metal units and, when damage does occur, allow easier field repair at lower cost.
Sankyo, the leading manufacturer and OEM supplier of card reading equipment, has announced the availability of their ICT3K5 series compact motorized card reader, specially designed for kiosk, POS and other payment systems.
Self-service technology is everywhere. You can even find it in an increasing number of traditional churches, bringing religious organizations up to pace with the rest of today’s computerized society.
APS has recently introduced their revolutionary KCP200 Kiosk Compact Printer. Perfect for vending machines, kiosks, ATMs and panel mount printers, the KCP200 easily prints, cuts, presents and retracts paper.
At the end of January this year, Wincor Nixdorf’s Wincor World 2006, the biggest self-service technology show in Europe, was once again a runaway success, attracting over 7,000 visitors from 50 countries around the world.
On August 18th 2005 the Chinese printer company SNBC (Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co. Ltd) purchased 50% of the shares of the Dutch company ORIENT Technologies bv.
The philosophy that “only companies which are needed by society will survive” is well-established and well-known by anyone involved in the kiosk market.
Self-Service is a great idea. But like everything in life you can have too much of a good thing. You have to get the balance right by integrating self-service with classic manned desk service in exactly the right ration to keep your customers happy and your books in the black.
