Carroll Touch extends its reach with six new European distributors.ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1996--Carroll Touch, a leader in the global touch and human interface market, has expanded its customer reach with the addition of new distributors in Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Finland, West Russia, the Baltics, Denmark and The Netherlands. The new distributors are STAR Elettronica srl (Italy), Eurocomposant (France), Nijkerk NV/SA (Belgium and Luxembourg), Alpha Point Ltd. (Finland, Western Russia and the Baltics), Bondy-Elmatok A/S (Denmark) and Nijkerk Display Systems (The Netherlands). These companies join the growing list of those who distribute Carroll Touch products in Eastern and Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). and the Middle East. Carroll Touch headquarters and manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. are located in Round Rock, Texas, with additional sales offices in Chicago and Philadelphia. The company's Japanese subsidiary has headquarters in Tokyo and the European sales operation is based in Frankfurt, Germany. Carroll Touch develops and manufactures scanning infrared and guided wave guided wave n. An electromagnetic or acoustic wave transmitted by a process that limits its physical dispersion along the length of its transmission. touch systems for monitors, terminals and flat panel displays A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time ; industrial terminals and single-board computers. Carroll Touch produces touchscreens and systems for applications ranging from industrial and manufacturing, retail and point-of-sale, office automation, gaming and lottery, interactive kiosks, medical equipment, home and education and interactive video. Carroll Touch, a division of AMP Incorporated, was founded in 1973. Carroll Touch pioneered scanning infrared touch technology in the 1970's and today is also the market leader for guided acoustic wave technology applications. Carroll Touch has expanded its product line beyond the core business of touchscreens for monitors and flat panel displays to position the company as the one-stop source for the human interface market. Carroll Touch was the first in its industry to offer a comprehensive five-year warranty on its touch products and was the first major touch vendor to achieve ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 quality certification. For more information, call Carroll Touch in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. at (800) 386-8241. In Europe, Carroll Touch products are available by calling the European Sales Office in Germany at (49) 266-35177 and through Carroll Touch distributors in most countries. CONTACT: Carroll Touch Inc., Round Rock, Texas Mark Austin Mark Austin (born November 1, 1958) is an Emmy-award winning British journalist and anchor of the ITV News at 10.30 and co-presenter of the ITV Evening News. , 512/388-5615 |
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