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advertorial are interested in expanding their businesses in the European markets. KIOSK has many customers with global demand, which can be serviced from both Europe and Taiwan. Customised kiosk projects can be quite complex with long lead times, although KIOSK has a mature customisation process and infrastructure, which is being shared globally. Posiflex has a mastery of standardised products and mature global distribution, which provides advantages in kiosk channel growth. Cooperative hardware and software development resources will reduce global time to market. growth to enhance profitability and to also continuously advance the architectural synergies among the group brands, maximising strategic leverage points. How do you plan to replicate the success in North America with the European Market? We’ll initially target existing KIOSK customers from North America who 5 What’s your business strategy for KIOSK in the European Market?  With regards to our kiosk product offerings, we’ll provide customised solutions where high-volume opportunities justify the approach. For smaller opportunities, we’ll lean on the standardised kiosks offered by Posiflex and KIOSK where configuration 6 changes can address most transaction functionality demands. KIOSK already has mature hardware, software and services, but hasn’t historically had an outlet to compete in Europe. By working closely with the European team, we’re confident the KIOSK brand will gain the desired traction relatively quickly. Our strategy for the European Posiflex Group facility and positioning will see us first positioning the value proposition of the Posiflex Group portfolio of brands (Posiflex, KIOSK and Portwell/Ganlot/Medwell) in the European market. This will be followed by building the organisational and operations set-up. There’s ample opportunity for group facility efficiency with combined services, logistics, overhead, as well as shared gross profit margins. Furthermore, we intend to position the group with a unique customer solution value, as we can tailor the elements of our solution/ technology portfolio with that of our ecosystem partners who are located around the world. n KIOSK solutions 41