Anixter Adds American Access Technologies' Zone Cabling Products to Federal Sales Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAKE MARY Lake Mary may refer to:
One of the nation's top telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. distributors serving the U.S. government will include American Access Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AATK AATK Always At the Keyboard ) zone cabling products in its GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. contracts, it was announced today. Anixter International Anixter International (NYSE: AXE) is a Fortune 500 (#454, Fortune 2007) company based in Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, and founded in 1957. Anixter is a large distributor of communication products and electrical and electronic wire and cable, and a leading distributor of Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AXE) sells total solutions for voice, data and video infrastructures. Its sales program targeting the federal government is considered elite by those manufacturers that participate, since Anixter includes on its GSA-schedule contract only about a quarter of the suppliers for which it distributes products. "The American Access enclosure rounds out Anixter's zone cabling solution to the federal government," said Bill Meade, marketing director for Anixter Federal Sales. "We believe that our inclusion in this widely respected federal program will help launch the concept of zone cabling with great impact once the federal decision-makers realize the cost-savings benefits and the ease of making changes in their network configurations," said Wil Boyd, vice president for American Access. American Access manufactures zone cabling units that mount in ceilings, raised floors, and in custom furniture. The Company's concept of "zone cabling" reduces costs of installation and maintenance by as much as 70%, while providing versatility for voice and data infrastructures, including copper and fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber . Note: This press release for American access Technologies, Inc. may contain forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, regarding events, conditions and financial trends that may affect the Company's operating results and financial position. Prospective investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual events or results may differ from the Company's expectations, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties listed in the Company's SEC filings. |
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