Black Box Corporation Announces Merger With Da/Com, Limited.Business Editors & High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000 Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced a merger with Da/Com, Limited. Established in 1992 in Stoughton, Massachusetts Stoughton (Official Name: Town of Stoughton) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 27,149 at the 2000 census. History Stoughton was first settled in 1713 and was officially incorporated in 1726. , privately held Da/Com provides technical design, installation and maintenance services for telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. , premise cabling and related products to customers primarily in the greater Boston Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston, Massachusetts. While Metro Boston tends to be the "Inner Core" surrounding the City of Boston, Greater Boston overlaps the North and South Shores, as well as the MetroWest region. area. Annual revenues of Da/Com are approximately $1 million. Commenting on the merger, Henry E. Eknaian, Jr., President of Black Box Network Services -- New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Operations, said, "Da/Com and Herb Buchine bring us telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. and network infrastructure services of the highest quality. We look forward to mutual continual growth and success in New England. The Da/Com team will be part of our first rate organization and we are excited about our future." Herbert D. Buchine, President and owner of Da/Com, said, "This merger allows us to capture the opportunities and fill the growing demand in the industry to deliver full connectivity expertise from under one roof." Mr. Buchine will serve as Vice President for Black Box Network Services -- New England Operations, reporting to Mr. Eknaian. 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 customers in 132 countries throughout the world. |
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