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News - This & That
(updated 21 July 2008)
(21.07.08)Latest web innovation form Chief Manufacturing is its MountBuilder product configurator for flat panel and projector mounts and accessories.
"Selecting the right mount and accessory for an application has never been easier,” says Melinda von Horvath, Chief's EMEA Sales Director. “We've directly responded to our client's needs and requests for this kind of easy to use and informative visual product selection tool.”
The MountBuilder on-line tool, according to Chief, is set to revolutionise the way mounts are selected and specified. It's a breeze, it says, to use and users can go to its website and walk through a logical sequence of steps to configure mounts that are visually displayed on screen. Drop distance and weight capacity are automatically calculated as parts are added. A parts list is also generated, with the ability to edit parts and quantities. The tool allows users to log in and create a password so they can save configurations for proposals or future jobs.
The MountBuilder web development is further said by Chief to further ease product selection, bids and ordering for its customers. The system’s eight month development cycle was challenging but exciting for the team. Historically, Chief Manufacturing is an industry leader with innovative online tools, including its popular MountFinder Manufacturers Cross Reference Database that is updated daily and has the largest selection of flat panels and projectors in the industry.
Back to top(21.07.08)Avanti Screenmedia has installed 16 new generation Infinite Plasmas at The Mall in Bexleyheath to form a dramatic digital media display as party and parcel of the centre's £7million refurbishment.
Avanti Screenmedia was contracted to specify the advanced system, creating the very best solution for the modern retail environment as well as providing a much more dynamic impact for shoppers. “These screens were designed into the redevelopment plan,” says Jacquelyn White, Head of Mall Media, “and are key to The Mall’s strategy of integrating media platforms for our shoppers.”
The screens allow effective communication of marketing and promotional messages, subtly announcing and reminding visitors about special offers and events taking place within the shopping centre. Avanti worked closely with PSCo to install the screens in a four by four format, just metres above the centre’s busiest walkway, creating a powerful 168in display: a truly bezel-less system, says PSCo, with less than 4mm between panels.
“We opted for the new Infinite Plasma due to the high ambient light environment in The Mall,” comments Mike Nield, Avanti’s Operations Director. “The redevelopments of the centre included raising the ceiling and creating a much brighter space, so we needed a solution that could cope with the high ambient light.”
The New Generation Infinite Plasma features improved brightness, contrast and a special anti-reflective coating that ensures maximum brightness, colour accuracy and immaculate picture quality even in bright retail environments.”
Stuart Holmes, PSCo’s MD adds, “The modular design of the Infinite Plasma gives flexibility when fitting displays into a particular space or setting. The New Generation Infinite Plasma is the only screen in the world to have less than a 4mm seam gap, including LED, which has made the screens the perfect choice for retail environments.”
Back to top(21.07.08)Philips landed the contract at Stamford Bridge to install a 250m length of the latest LED banner system complete with its Showmaster content application solution. It is expected to be up and running ready for kick-off of the new season.
The LED banner is said to complement the two Philips 40m² LED video screens installed nine years ago which are said to continue to deliver clear picture quality for spectators and provide key electronic advertising at the stadium.
“Chelsea FC is a world recognised football club and Stamford Bridge is our platform to the sports world,” says the football club’s Facilities Manager Chris Gleeson. “It is essential that Chelsea offers spectators and partners the best facilities. Our on-going partnership with Philips is helping us to achieve this.”
“Philips,” comments, Frank Kauffmann, Philips Vidiwall MD, “is delighted to be the supplier of choice of LED display solutions for Chelsea Football Club and continuing our nine year relationship.”
The new digital signage solution enables this leading football club to offer a truly digital experience for both commercial partners and football supporters. It reinforces Chelsea Football Club’s desire to be at the forefront of commercial visual technology. Philips’ work at Stamford Bridge demonstrates the company’s impressive solution portfolio and project delivery capabilities to realize clients visions.
Back to top(21.07.08)Integrated software and services provider for retail, PCMS, has successfully completed testing of its Vision Portfolio solutions for compatibility with IBM's Retail Integration Framework.
IBM's Retail Integration Framework takes advantage of open standards including Association for Retail Technology Standards, Open Application Group Integration and GS1 Global Standards to unlock communications between services, information sources and business processes. It allows retail outlets across an estate to communicate, forming a seamless landscape rather than operating individually of each other.
The Framework initiative brings together platform-independent software vendors that deliver proven solutions designed and built for the retail industry. Through this initiative, IBM works with carefully chosen IBM Business Partners to trial solutions and ensure that they meet the rigorous requirements of next generation, open standards based store environments.
PCMS's retail solutions include its Vision portfolio, a suite of store systems software that offers point of sale, order processing, business analytics and solutions that manage kiosks, central configurations and in-store back office systems. The portfolio consists of totally open, pure Java based software with fast and intuitive user interface and platform independence. As a result, the software and related support costs are lower than for other systems and incorporate the necessary flexibility for future growth. As a result, retailers experience increased productivity and a lower total cost of ownership.
Back to top(08.07.08)SELS, the smart electronic labelling solution from ZBD displays, brings together an expanded range of electronic PoP displays and ZBD's Bounce software to deliver dynamic pricing and promotions for the first time, removing the need for paper labels in store.
For retail, for example, the system creates the ability to engage with customers as never before, according to ZBD. The solution easily integrates into existing retail systems via a software suite designed to deliver content to the point of purchase flexibly, reliably and cost-effectively. SELS enables dynamic, rich content, allowing more changes more often through minimal infrastructure.
"The combination of a unique display technology that requires zero power and demonstrates a very low total cost of ownership with the addition of a software suite that manipulates and delivers content," says ZBD's CEO unleashes capabilities not seen in the retail arena before."
Last month ZBD introduced its EPoP 300 device to complement its existing 500 model, offering a choice of display sizes for different retail environments, where varied volumes of information are needed for presentation. It also announced its next generation production system which simplifies display manufacture and assembly, making it even more cost-effective for large scale production.
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