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Instruments and Equipment to Distribute Symagery’s OEM Imaging Systems To Kiosk Vendors

Symagery today announced that Instruments and Equipment Company (I&E) has signed a Distributor agreement, under which it will distribute Symagery’s OEM imaging systems and components to kiosk vendor customers.

OTTAWA August 19, 2004 -- Symagery today announced that Instruments and Equipment Company (I&E) has signed a Distributor agreement, under which it will distribute Symagery’s OEM imaging systems and components to kiosk vendor customers.

I&E is a leading value-added Distributor of OEM kiosk component hardware. With over 25 years experience in the Kiosk business, I&E sources and supplies the most reliable hardware components for their OEM customer base. The Symagery imaging products will complement a full line of bar code readers, thermal printers, keyboards, card readers and displays targeted at the demanding kiosk manufacturer.
Symagery provides industry-leading image capture solutions exclusively for OEMs serving automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) markets around the world. Its products include image engines, software and processor boards for use in scanners, portable data terminals, kiosks and machine vision applications.

According to Joseph Trobert, president, I&E, “There is an emerging need in the kiosk market for two-dimensional reading and imaging capabilities. Our customers are looking to replace their linear and laser scanners with image readers. Symagery’s advanced imaging systems offer our customers a next-generation technology that can easily be integrated into their systems. In addition, we chose to partner with Symagery because of its exclusive focus on only working with OEMs as strategic partners. This makes for a truly collaborative working relationship.”

“We selected Instruments & Equipment as our partner because they understand the kiosk market and customer requirements,” said Ron Caines, president and CEO of Symagery. “This new agreement also allows Symagery to extend its geographic reach in the North American Kiosk market, where I&E has a strong presence.”

About Symagery
Symagery (www.symagery.com) is a global provider of advanced image reader systems for the automatic identification and data capture industry. Founded in Ottawa, Canada, in 1997, Symagery differentiates its offerings by selling exclusively to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Within an open, collaborative environment, Symagery’s customers can customize its solutions to meet their industry-specific needs.

Unlike other imaging providers, Symagery offers the industry’s highest resolution and largest field of view for maximum efficiency and productivity. And unlike linear laser offerings that can only read individual, 1D barcodes in one orientation, Symagery’s omni-directional solutions are multipurpose, read several types of bar codes per label in a single scan and are reliable in any environment. Symagery’s technology is embedded in scanners, portable data terminals, mobile computers, kiosks and machine vision applications. Its solutions are meeting the needs of the transportation and logistics, manufacturing, postal, gaming and lottery; healthcare and retail industries. Among its customers are Siemens Dematic, Unitech, Sammi and Psion Teklogix.

About Instruments & Equipment Company
Instruments & Equipment Company (www.iekiosk.com), a veteran distributor with over 25 years of industry-leading performance, is comprised of 3 sales divisions that provide products and services to the Industrial OEM, Point of Sale, and Kiosk marketplace.

Founded in 1977, I&E began by supplying products such as printer mechanisms, controller boards, and audio transducers to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) marketplace. The printer mechanism business was expanded to include the distribution of Star Micronics packaged receipt printers, and the POS Division was born. In 1999, I&E became NCR Corporation’s sole North American distributor for their EasyPoint kiosk products. This new partnership formed I&E’s third Kiosk Division. This new branch of the company is an industry leader in providing hardware solutions and components to the rapidly expanding kiosk market.

Instrument’s & Equipment’s current products of OEM components include printer mechanisms, LCD open-frame touchscreen displays, 2D barcode imaging engines, infrared touchscreens, optical trackballs, vandal-resistant keyboards, and panel PC’s. I&E is also a supplier of POS hardware peripherals and kiosk hardware solutions.