[bookport] informational:Plextalk Daisy Talking Book Production Info

"doc" <talmidim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:54:08 -0600

> From the Wall Street Journal On Line...
> MarketWatch
>
>
> Shinano Kenshi Corporation (SKC) Awarded Library of Congress Contract
> for Purchase
> of PLEXTALK DAISY Talking Book Players
> Initial order, valued at $35M, placed for the production of 223,837
> digital talking
> book players on behalf of the National Library Service for the Blind and
> Physically
> Handicapped (NLS). The first players will be manufactured in late 2008.
> Last update: 9:15 a.m. EDT Aug. 19, 2008
> LOS ANGELES, Aug 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd
> (Japan) and Shinano
> Kenshi Corporation-Plextor LLC (SKC-North America), have announced that
> they have
> been awarded a Library of Congress contract for the manufacture of
> standard and advanced
> digital talking book players for and on behalf of the National Library
> Service for
> the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and some 700,000 of its
> patrons. The contract's
> base period is for three years with a unilateral government option of an
> additional
> four years. The first delivery order, valued at $35 million has been
> placed for the
> initial production of 223,837 players. The first players will be
> manufactured for
> the NLS in late 2008.
> "Shinano Kenshi Corporation and our parent company are pleased to have
> been awarded
> this contract from the Library of Congress on behalf of the National
> Library Service
> for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)," said Rex Bergsma,
> President, Shinano
> Kenshi Corporation-North America. "Shinano has long-held a passion for
> creating and/or
> manufacturing products that better our lives. We are amazed and
> impressed by the
> NLS and the commitment they are making towards improving the quality of
> life, independence
> and self-reliance for so many people."
> Players will be manufactured in Japan at the Plextor (PLEXTALK)
> factories and will
> be assembled in accordance with the quality and standards as specified
> by the NLS.
> Shinano Kenshi Co., Shinano Kenshi Corporation, Plextor(TM) &
> PLEXTALK(TM).
> Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd., is responsible for the development and
> manufacture of digital
> talking book players and other products sold under the brand names of
> Plextor(TM)
> and PLEXTALK(TM). Shinano and PLEXTALK products are created to improve
> the quality
> of life, self-reliance and independence of their users. Shinano Kenshi
> Corporation
> is the North American subsidiary of Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
> Shinano Kenshi Corporation, 6065 Bristol Parkway, Culver City, CA 90230.
> Phone: 310.693.7600
> (800.755.0752) Fax: 310.693.7599. Email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxx Website:
> www.shinano.com
> .
> SOURCE: Shinano Kenshi Corporation
> Shinano Kenshi Corp-Plextor LLC
> Rex Bergsma, President, 310-693-7600
> Fax: 310-693-7599
> rbergsma@xxxxxxxxxxx
> or
> Doolan Creative Group
> Sam Dalton, 818-889-5028
> Fax: 818-991-6439
>
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