Black Box Corporation Announces Merger With EDC Communications Ireland Ltd - On-Site Operations Now Established in Fourteen Countries -.Business Editors Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced a merger with EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. Communications Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. Ltd. Established in 1989 in Belfast Belfast (bĕlfăst`), Gaelic Béal Feirste, city (1991 pop. 297,000), capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast dist. It is on Belfast Lough, an inlet of the North Channel of the Irish Sea, and at the mouth of the Lagan River. , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. and Dublin, Republic of Ireland, privately held EDC Communications provides technical design, installation and maintenance services for premise cabling and related products to clients throughout Ireland. Annual revenues of EDC Communications are approximately $2 million. Commenting on the merger, Leslie M. Fernandes, Managing Director of Black Box UK & Ireland, said, "EDC Communications has particularly strong skills in servicing the infrastructure needs of government, health, education and commercial clients all over Ireland. Black Box has been servicing clients in Ireland with our technical phone support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for a number of years - this merger will enable us to accelerate our growth in the region." Damien Lynch Damien Lynch (born in Dublin on July 31 1979) is an Irish footballer currently playing for Drogheda United in the League of Ireland. Career Lynch began his career at Leeds United and was a member of the team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1997. , Director of EDC Communications, said, "We believe this merger will greatly enhance the service that we provide to our clients. The merger also offers our staff an excellent opportunity to grow within the Black Box Worldwide Network." EDC Communications will change its name to Black Box Network Services - Northern Ireland Operations and Black Box Network Services - Dublin Operations. Mr. Lynch will report to Mr. Fernandes. This merger brings Black Box a step closer to its goal of offering complementary on-site services to all of its clients throughout the world. The Republic of Ireland now joins Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and 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. as the fourteenth country where Black Box offers clients both phone and on-site technical support services. This transaction is being accounted for as a purchase. The purchase price has not been disclosed. Black Box is the world's largest technical services company dedicated to designing, building and maintaining today's complicated network infrastructure systems. Black Box services clients of all sizes in 132 countries throughout the world. |
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