American Business Computers enters international paint market; installations set for Latin America, Europe & Asia.AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--American Business Computers Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ABCC ABCC Advanced Biomedical Computing Center ABCC Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission ABCC Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (Massachusetts, USA) ABCC American Board of Clinical Chemistry ABCC Association of British Chambers of Commerce ) announced today that it has entered the international paint market and has started delivering initial orders for its unique, computerized paint dispensing systems from customers in Brazil, Panama, Honduras, Ecuador, San Salvador San Salvador, city, El Salvador San Salvador (sän sälväthōr`), city (1993 pop. 402,448), central El Salvador, capital and largest city of the country. It is the center of El Salvador's trade and communications. , Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. , Belgium and Indonesia. The company also reported that it was an exhibitor for the first time at an international trade show at the EurExpo international paint conference, which took place last week in France. Commenting on the expansion of its paint business beyond the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Robert A. Cutting, said: ``We are establishing important beachheads in the international paint market -- which dwarfs the U.S. in terms of growth opportunities. All initial orders are for our user-friendly, small-scale dispensers, which address the needs of the multi-billion-dollar retail paint market.'' Cutting noted that the company had only attended two international paint trade shows last spring and that the strong response to the contacts made abroad led to its first overseas trade show exhibit. ``Since we stepped up marketing for our paint division, we have demonstrated our technology to potential customers in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and Europe, while other potential customers from abroad have visited us in Akron. With EurExpo and other upcoming important international trade shows, we will be getting far broader exposure than ever before for our unique dispensing systems,'' he added. The company's small scale paint dispenser can be electronically interfaced with bar code scanners A device specialized for reading bar codes and converting them into either the ASCII or EBCDIC digital character code. Pen scanners, also known as wand scanners, were the first type of bar code scanner developed in the 1970s. and color matching equipment and has significant size, cost and maintenance advantages for hardware stores and do-it-yourself chains. It tints pints, quarts, gallons and five-gallon cans and has the same ``no purge'' feature as the company's high volume system. American Business Computers designs proprietary software to dispense and mix liquids, powders and other ingredients to a degree of accuracy not found in comparable dispensing methods. ABCC also designs and manufactures its own proprietary dispensing equipment to meet the needs of each customer, using standard microprocessors and many other off-the-shelf parts. Software and equipment are protected by the company's growing patent portfolio. ABCC currently has 25 issued patents, with an additional 12 filed and pending. CONTACT: American Business Computers Sylvia Dresner, 212/575-6567 |
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