Black Box Corporation Announces Merger With Business Communication Concepts, Inc.PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1999-- Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced a merger with Business Communication Concepts, Inc. (BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) The field in an e-mail header that names additional recipients for the message. It is similar to carbon copy (cc), but the names do not appear in the recipient's message. Not all e-mail systems support the bcc feature. See fcc. ). Established in 1986 in Sterling, Virginia Sterling, Virginia is an unincorporated Washington, D.C. suburb, northwest of Herndon, east of Ashburn, and west of Reston, close to Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County. , privately-held BCC provides technical design, installation and maintenance services for premise cabling and related products to customers in the Dulles Corridor -- which includes the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). metropolitan area, northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. and central Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). . Annual revenues of BCC approximate $9 million. This is the nineteenth merger since January 1998 and the fifth of Fiscal Year 2000 as Black Box continues to expand its worldwide technical support service offerings. Commenting on the merger, Fred C. Young, Chief Executive Officer of Black Box Corporation, stated, "We welcome Business Communication Concepts to the Black Box family. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. serves a growth-oriented high technology marketplace, has an outstanding reputation for quality technical services and is operated by a proven team of professionals." Charles A. Mazaris, President of BCC, said, "We are very excited to join the Black Box Team. Not only will we advance our ability to acquire and service customers, but the merger also provides both our customers and our employees with the best of two worlds -- the local attention BCC is known for as well as the resources of a large worldwide technical services company." Mr. Mazaris will continue to serve as President of Business Communication Concepts. This transaction is being accounted for as a purchase. The purchase price has not been disclosed. Black Box is a leading worldwide technical service provider of computer communications and networking services and related products to businesses of all sizes, operating in 77 countries throughout the world. |
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