Black Box Corporation Announces Merger With LANmark Communications, Inc.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000 Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced a merger with LANmark Communications, Inc. Established in 1994 in Auburn, Massachusetts Auburn is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,901 at the 2000 census. History Auburn was first settled in 1714 and was officially incorporated in 1778 as the town of Ward, in honor of American Revolution General Artemas Ward. , privately held LANmark provides technical design, installation and maintenance services for premise cabling and related services to customers primarily in the northeast “Northeastern” redirects here. For the Boston college, see Northeastern University, Boston. Northeast or north east is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. It is the opposite of southwest. See boxing the compass. 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. . Annual revenues of LANmark are approximately $7 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, "LANmark is a welcome addition to the Black Box family. Their technical expertise and solid customer base will strengthen our New England organization and their customers will benefit from our worldwide network services team. This is truly a win-win win-win adj. Of or being a situation in which the outcome benefits each of two often opposing groups: a win-win proposition for the buyer and the seller. situation." Peter L. Copeland Copeland may refer to: Places
Mr. Copeland will serve as Vice President of Network Services 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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