While Europeans are becoming more and more reliant on card or account purchases through their kiosks, there is a whole other sector fast developing in the cash-preferring countries of Eastern Europe
Technical component specialists Eurocoin was founded in 1971 and lists an extensive portfolio of products currently in use across the kiosk sector, plus an entire service division dedicated to post-sales support, with more than 25 field and bench engineers employed directly by the company.
If you haven’t noticed (which would be very surprising, given the number of times we’ve mentioned it so far this year), Messe Essen is the chosen venue for KIOSK EUROPE EXPO 2008 and DIGITAL SIGNAGE EXPO 2008 on 6th, 7th and 8th May 2008.
At the beginning of 2008 Japan Cash Machine launched its new corporate identity and logo at the ICE show in London and the IMA show in Düsseldorf. It was the first time that the company had presented the new concept in Europe, following its US introduction in November 2007 at the G2E in Las Vegas.
By Andreas Stütz, friendlyway AG.
"Welcome to Südwestbank," the virtual porter greets the visitor entering the foyer of the Stuttgart headquarters of the German private bank.
Historically, component suppliers and kiosk/self-service system deployers have had one common link — the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that delivers a finished solution.
Orient Technologies b.v. is based in The Netherlands and is a subsidiary of the Chinese company SNBC (also known as ‘Beiyang’). SNBC is the world’s largest non-Japanese manufacturer of thermal print-heads, and is also the largest supplier of printers in China.
Infos Art is one of the leading producers of indoor and outdoor touchscreen kiosk terminals in the Czech Republic. The company was established in 1995, and has since then installed thousands of kiosks all over the world.
