American Business Computers receives initial order from Sherwin-Williams for new paint dispensing system; successful field tests lead to commercialization.AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 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 received its first production order for a new, small scale, computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. paint tint 1. TINT - Interpreted version of JOVIAL. [Sammet 1969, p. 528]. 2. tint - hue dispensing dispensing provision of drugs or medicines as set out properly on a lawful prescription. A prescription can only be filled, the drugs supplied, by a registered pharmacist, veterinarian, dentist or member of the medical profession. system from The Sherwin-Williams Company, which has exclusive rights to the company's paint dispensing technology in 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. , Canada and Mexico. The company reported that the initial order amounted to approximately $1 million. Commenting on the order, Robert A. Cutting, chief executive officer, said: ``Commercialization of the small scale system represents an important benchmark in American Business Computer's paint dispensing business, because it addresses the needs of the largest segment of the worldwide retail paint market. Our growth strategy is sharply focused on developing and bringing to market computerized dispensing products which can gain substantial market share in the paint, beverage and other major industries.'' Randolph D. Letsch, vice president-sales, indicated that the new system had been in development for about a year under a joint design program between American Business Computers and Sherwin-Williams and has now successfully passed laboratory and field testing. ``Since the unit was designed expressly for paint retailers and chains, we feel that the technological advantages of this user-friendly system should lead to a higher customer satisfaction at the retail level,'' he said. Mr. Letsch noted that the new unit 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 major size, cost and maintenance advantages. The user-friendly, computer controlled system tints pints, quarts, gallons and five-gallon cans and has the same ``no purge'' feature as the larger system which is used in Sherwin-Williams' own retail stores. American Business Computers Corp. is engaged in research, development and commercialization of automated dispensing technologies which have broad industrial applications. CONTACT: American Business Computers Corp., Akron Sylvia Dresner, 212/575-6567 |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion