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International Brand Gaming displayed its entire range of interconnected products at ICE
The International Brand Gaming exhibit at ICE Totally Gaming fully realised the interconnectivity of the brands the company brings together under its umbrella. It was easy for visitors to envisage the complete solution offered by IBG, from the Quixant gaming controls boards and Display Port Displays, to the E2C board controller, IBG bridges the gap between video and reel-based slot machines, providing flexibility for games designers to create exactly the product they want.
Cabinets from ECP include the new Onyx and best-selling Nitro, while IBG has just been appointed as sales distributor for Sanken power supplies. “We supply specific technologies for gaming,” explained IBG's John Malin at the ICE exhibition. “We offer manufacturers specific gaming technology solutions. Each of the products we supply complements the other, enabling us to offer a core technology package to our
SHFL buys Asian
game developer SHFL entertainment has bought ProTec Games, a computer-based content provider for casino slot games, table games and online video games. Located in Qingdao, China, ProTec will continue to develop graphical assets and perform software development and testing for SHFL's slot machines and other electronic products. Gavin Isaacs, Chief Executive Officer of SHFL, said: “We have been working with the ProTec team for quite some time and have been very happy with their work. To support and enhance the global growth of our slots, e-Tables and iGaming businesses, we decided to fully integrate the ProTec team into our business. We are confident that this acquisition will enable us to scale efficiently to support our growing product footprint.” The company engaged ProTec for the creation of various graphical assets over the past year. Having a studio based in China will also allow SHFL to deliver game content that will be better tailored to the Asian region, a fast-evolving and promising gaming market.
IGT HAS ANNOUNCED that the IGT Cloud will be going live at 10 Grosvenor Casino sites in the coming month. Grosvenor will be able to utilise IGT Cloud features
both locally and centrally, thus enabling timely decisions regarding optimal game mixes, while the power of the analytical tools will help leverage significant insight into product performance.
AMY JAMES and
JOHN MALIN of IBG with a range of the company’s
complementary products.
“Each of the
products we supply complements the
other, enabling us to offer a core technology
package to our customers. We
supply and assist OEMs to find the right solutions,
offering games developers the complete package."
JOHN MALIN, IBG.
customers. We supply and assist OEMs to find the right solutions, offering games developers the complete package."
The core competency for games developers is 'the game.' International Brand Gaming can take care of everything else from a hardware capacity. The company works with partners at the forefront of their respective technologies, offering games houses the ability to take their games to market with the help of a complete technology solutions partner. “Each of the technologies we supply offers absolute cohesion,” stated Mr. Malin. “We are able to demonstrate on the stand exactly how games houses can bring together each of the separate components to enable them to bring their games to fruition. We are not a gaming wholesalers, we are bringing specialist partners together to offer a complete hardware package that can meet the needs of every OEM.”
Crane Payment Solutions inks deal to acquire MEI
US diversified manufacturer Crane Co is to buy MEI Conlux Holdings and its Japanese affiliate for around US$820m from private equity firms Bain Capital and Advantage Partners to widen its base in making machines that handle automated currency mechanisms.
Crane has invested over $220m to grow its payment solutions business in recent years and MEI Conlux is the company's third deal since 2006 in a business segment that caters to a range of automated money handling solutions, aimed at the
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gaming, retail, transportation and vending markets.
In 2006, Crane bought Cash Code, which specialises in bill validation and dispensing devices, and Telequip, which provides coin dispensing equipment. Crane acquired NRI, a European coin validation and dispensing business, in 1985 as part of the acquisition of UniDynamics Corporation.
“We expect synergies to grow to $25m annually on a pre-tax basis, or 30 cents per share in 2015,” said Crane Chief Executive, Eric Fast.
Simon Beacham, Head of Electronic Gaming at Grosvenor Casinos, said: “We selected the IGT Cloud as we believe that IGT is as forward-thinking as we are. We are dedicated to providing our players with the best gaming experiences possible. A new solution will empower us to make informed decisions regarding content management deployment.”
The IGT Cloud will provide Rank with the included benefit of instant access to the entire IGT UK AVP game theme library. Additionally, the Cloud can be implemented across the proposed sites without Grosvenor needing to make any significant infrastructure investments. Sabby Gill, Regional Vice President for EMEA and LATAM at IGT, added: “Our partnership with Grosvenor is a great step in our developing Cloud business. We look forward to extending our relationship with them further as we feel they are a great representative of what the Cloud can achieve.”
The initial launch includes a total of 94 AVP's connected, with plans to extend the Cloud offering to other Grosvenor sites later in the year.
ZITRO, THE SPANISH multi-national leader in Bingo Gaming, has appointed Iain London as Vice President Sales and Market Development for
International. Mr. London joins Zitro with over 20 years of experience in the gaming industry as both an operator and supplier. Most recently, he served as the Vice President of Sales for Videobet and PlayLot, where his main focus was on strategic business development and sales initiatives across the globe. Prior to joining the Playtech Group, he was with Progressive Gaming International (PGIC) in sales, product marketing and business development positions. Iain London started his gaming career in South Africa with Sun International. London also held roles with Casino Magic and Atronic.
James Boje Executive Vice President International of Zitro, said: “I am excited to have Iain join Zitro and the International team will greatly benefit from his worldwide gaming experience.”
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