''Kalidor Europe'' office launches ruggedized pen system sales.UPLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 1995--Kalidor, manufacturer of rugged pen computer systems and services today announced that parent company ALPS Alps, great mountain system of S central Europe, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, curving in a great arc from the Riviera coast on the Mediterranean Sea, along the borders of N Italy and adjacent regions of SE France, Switzerland, SW Germany, and Electric Ltd. has opened a new business division, Kalidor Europe. Kalidor Europe joins California-based sister company Kalidor, launched in 1993, in offering rugged pen computer systems for specified vertical markets. ``The acceptance of pen computing See gesture recognition and tablet PC. is illustrated by the acceleration of that market in Europe as well as here in the U.S.,'' said Fred Gladney, vice president of operations for Kalidor U.S. ``We are setting the stage for pen computing to become the world-wide business arena we have all projected.'' ``The European development, marketing and support of Kalidor's range of rugged pen computers will be driven by Kalidor Europe,'' said Mike Travers, operations manager See datacenter manager. of Kalidor Europe. ``We are positioning Kalidor to be a market leader in the emerging growth area of rugged pen systems that we see here in Europe.'' Based in Cork, Ireland Cork, Ireland is a term which may refer to the following places in southern Ireland, depending on context.
``The marketing effort for each country is different,'' said Judy Costigan, business development manager for Kalidor Europe, ``and we are addressing each country's market in the unique way required. The pen market is becoming very active in the countries with which we are working.'' Kalidor offers the 486-based 2100, available with rugged hard drive or solid state IDE flash disk. Kalidor's pen-based systems include a 6'' x 4.5'' VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. pressure-sensitive display, local bus video, tetherless pen, up to 16 MB RAM, and a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) A rechargeable battery technology that has approximately 30-50% more charge per pound than nickel cadmium. Introduced in the early 1990s, it uses nickel and metal hydride plates with potassium hydroxide as the electrolyte. battery technology. Retail prices start at $3200. With a weight of 3.3 lb, including battery pack, the machine offers pen-based application users an attractive solution for the field. Kalidor designs and markets durable portable computing products designed to improve the data collection and support systems of enterprise-wide networks. Kalidor, a privately held U.S. company, is a subsidiary of ALPS Electric, Ltd., a $3 billion Fortune International 500 company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kalidor is headquartered at 400 N. Mountain Ave., Suite 310, Upland, CA 91786. For more information on Kalidor rugged pen-based systems, call 909.931.3888 or 800.2.KALIDOR, Fax 909.931.3885. NOTE TO EDITORS: The Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. below should have the ``at'' symbol after ``sssmith.'' This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Kalidor, Upland Fred Gladney, 909/931-3888, Fax 909/931-3885 Kalidor Europe Mike Travers, 011-353-29-21212 or SSSmith & Associates, Inc., Waynesville, Ohio Waynesville is a village in Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 2,558, up from 1,949 in 1990. It is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. The village, located at the crossroads of U.S. Sally S. Smith, 513/897-0654, Fax 513/897-0655 Internet: sssmith@dnaco.com |
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