Black Box Corporation Completes Merger With Comm Line, Inc.PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1999-- Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced that it completed the merger of Comm See comms. Line, Inc. into a wholly-owned subsidiary. Comm Line, based in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. , provides technical design, installation and maintenance services for premise cabling and related products to customers primarily in Cincinnati Cincinnati (sĭnsənăt`ē, –năt`ə), city (1990 pop. 364,040), seat of Hamilton co., extreme SW Ohio, on the Ohio River opposite Newport and Covington, Ky.; inc. as a city 1819. , Columbus and Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. , Indianapolis, Indiana “Indianapolis” redirects here. For other uses, see Indianapolis (disambiguation). Indianapolis (IPA: [ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs]) is the capital city of the U.S. and Austin, Texas. Annual revenues are approximately $15 million. Commenting on the merger, Fred C. Young, Chief Executive Officer of Black Box Corporation, stated, "We are very pleased to have Comm Line as part of our expanding on-site technical services network. They have an outstanding reputation for quality and an excellent team with a proven track record." Charles L. Smith will continue to serve as Chairman of Comm Line, James H. Courtney will continue to serve as President and Vincent J. Gilday, Jr. will continue to serve as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 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 computer communications and networking services and related products to businesses of all sizes, operating in 77 countries throughout the world. |
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