Black Box Corporation Announces Merger With Optech Fibres Ltd.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2001 Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced a merger with Optech Fibres Ltd. Established in 1993 in Dalton-in-Furness Coordinates: Not to be confused with Dalton, Cumbria. Dalton-in-Furness is a small town of approximately 11,000 people outside Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, England. Historically, it was the capital of the Furness peninsula. , United Kingdom, privately held Optech provides technical design, installation and maintenance services for premise cabling and related services to customers throughout the UK. Annual revenues of Optech are approximately $2 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 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. Services, said, "Optech has strong technical skills in the design, installation and maintenance of fiber-optic See fiber optics. systems. Their customer base is oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. towards manufacturing organizations, which complements our other UK businesses that are more oriented to service companies. In addition, Optech's headquarters are in Northwest England, which has the second highest level of business activity outside London." Patrick J. Donohue and David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Carswell, co-directors of Optech said, "Our business fits perfectly into Black Box Network Services' worldwide strategy. By sharing in Black Box's technical strength and market presence, we will continue to grow our technical offerings bringing new services to a much expanded customer base." Mr. Donohue will be Commercial Director and Mr. Carswell Technical Director of Black Box Network Services - Northwest England Operations, both 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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