Black Box Corporation Announces Merger With GCS Network Services Ltd.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001 Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced a merger with GCS GCS Glasgow Coma Scale GCS Guilford County Schools (North Carolina) GCS Ground Control Station GCS Grand Central Station GCS Ground Control System GCS Ground Combat Systems GCS Group Communication Systems Network Services Ltd. Established in 1995 in Northampton Northampton, city, England Northampton, city (1991 pop. 154,172) and district, Northamptonshire, central England, on the Nene River. The city of Northampton is the county seat. , England England, the largest and most populous portion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1991 pop. 46,382,050), 50,334 sq mi (130,365 sq km). It is bounded by Wales and the Irish Sea on the west and Scotland on the north. , privately held GCS provides technical design, installation and maintenance services for infrastructure and active networking Active networking is a communication paradigm that allows packets flowing through a telecommunications network to dynamically modify the operation of the network. How it works components to customers throughout the United Kingdom. Annual revenues of GCS are approximately $3 million. Commenting on the merger, Stephen Stephen, 1097?–1154, king of England (1135–54). The son of Stephen, count of Blois and Chartres, and Adela, daughter of William I of England, he was brought up by his uncle, Henry I of England, who presented him with estates in England and France and C. Borley, UK Managing Director of On-Site Services, said, "GCS will enhance our ability to provide expert level network infrastructure support and maintenance, particularly in the Northampton area. Their capabilities and expertise perfectly complement our existing operations and increase our overall UK market share." Michael J. Peace, Managing Director of GCS, said, "We are looking forward to being part of the Black Box organization. Our customers will benefit from the technical strengths of Black Box and the strong Black Box brand name not only here in the UK but also on a European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. and worldwide basis." Mr. Peace will continue to serve as Director and General Manager of GCS, which will be renamed Black Box Network Services - Northampton Operations, reporting to Mr. Borley. 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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