Black Box Corporation Announces Merger With Cabling Concepts, Inc.Business Editors and High Tech Writers PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2000 Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced a merger with Cabling Concepts, Inc. Established in 1991 in Lakewood, Ohio Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the city of Cleveland. The population was 56,646 at the 2000 census, making it the third largest city in Cuyahoga County, only behind Cleveland (478,403) , privately held Cabling Concepts provides technical design, installation and maintenance services for premise cabling and related products to customers primarily in the greater Cleveland Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland in Ohio. Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below. area. Annual revenues of Cabling Concepts are approximately $3 million. Commenting on the merger, Jack A. Husch, President of Black Box Network Services - Columbus/Cleveland/Detroit Operations, said, "The addition of Cabling Concepts to the Black Box Network Services family shows our commitment to provide the highest level of on-site on-site adj. Done or located at the site, as of a particular activity: on-site monitoring of a production run; an on-site film shoot. technical services. With the combined resources of both organizations, our growth prospects and opportunity to better serve Cleveland Cleveland, former county, England Cleveland, former county, NE England, created under the Local Government Act of 1972 (effective 1974). It was composed of the county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teeside and parts of the former counties of Durham and area customers have never looked better." George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). A. Souris Souris (s  r`ĭs), river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in S Sask., Canada, and flowing southeast with a great loop into N.Dak. (passing Minot), then N and NE to the Assiniboine River in SW Man. , owner of Cabling Concepts, said, "This is an excellent opportunity for Cabling Concepts, Black Box and our collective customers. Black Box's extensive product and service offerings will enhance our top quality installation business. We're all looking forward to working with Jack and the entire Black Box team." Mr. Souris will serve as Area Manager for the Cleveland branch of Black Box Network Services, reporting to Mr. Husch. 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 network services and related products to businesses of all sizes, servicing 132 countries throughout the world. |
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