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Crane Convenience

Crane Convenience is the vending and unattended retail business of formerly known as Crane Payment Innovations (CPI). The company offers vending machines, coffee systems, payment technology and connected solutions for the convenience services industry.
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In January 2026, Crane Payment Innovations (CPI) rebranded its vending business as Crane Convenience to better align with the growing convenience services sector and the broader unattended retail industry.

The business, part of Crane NXT Co., brings together decades of experience under legacy names such as Mars Electronics International, Conlux, CashCode, Money Controls, Dixie-Narco, National Vendors and Crane Merchandising Systems. Its portfolio includes vending and coffee machines, payment technology and software designed to operate as an integrated system for operators.

Products

Crane Convenience has launched a new coffee equipment portfolio in the United Kingdom and Europe focused on connectivity, easier servicing and unattended retail.
Aug. 5, 2026
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Upgrade to a cleaner OCS solution with the COTI freestanding coffee machine. Hygienic by design, COTI delivers a safe and clean solution for OCS. COTI reduces customer touchpoints...
Jan. 16, 2021
Say goodbye to office coffee and hello to COTI. Delivering a modern, self-service experience, COTI is equipped with a 21” touchscreen and full barista-style menu to demand a higher...
Oct. 2, 2020
The Connected Cash solution by CPI, launched May 28, 2019, connects the all-new CPI Talos note validator and Gryphon coin changer with the Bluetooth device, Synq, to deliver on...
Jan. 9, 2020
Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a Crane Co. company, showcased the new, all in one ePayment terminal, the ALIOTM Note, at the NAMA show in Las Vegas in April 2019. The ALIO Note...
July 11, 2019
Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a Crane Co. company, announced May 28 the commercial availability of new bill validator, Talos, and new coin changer, Gryphon.The Talos bill validator...
June 4, 2019
The MEI 4-In-1 Plus acceptor adds the capability of contactless payment technology to traditional magnetic swipe credit/debit card, bill and coupon acceptance. The Plus has a ...
May 6, 2014
The MEI CASHFLOW® VN2700 is the MEI vending bill validator solution. From the base solution you can add cashless, recycling or varying bezel types and cashboxes. The industry ...
May 6, 2014
The MEI 3-in-1 acceptor is the latest cashless validator from MEI. The 3-in-1 cashless bezel conveniently accepts magnetic stripe credit cards, cash and MEI coupons. Modular in...
May 1, 2014
The MEI CASHFLOW Series 7000 Coin Manager offers Instant parring-dispenses surplus coins and identifies replenishment needed. It saves driver time. The Series 7000 CASHFLOW is...
May 1, 2014

Press Releases

Crane to buy MEI from Bain Capital and Advantage Partners.
Dec. 21, 2012

Podcasts

Cliff Fisher, Easitrax sales manager, MEI, explains the three steps of technology implementation.
Conlux launched new generation bill validators, including coupon options, brighter LED lights, simplified denomination abling and disabling, as well as new coin changer.
MEI's Chuck Reed explains how bill recyclers enhance larger denomination bill acceptance in vending machines, driving higher sales and profits.
Chuck Reed, marketing director at MEI, and Doug Haddon, director of technology solutions, discuss the benefits of telemetry in vending machines in a podcast interview.
Mike Bunt, general manager of corporate marketing equipment at Buffalo Rock Co., a Birmingham, Ala.-based Pepsi bottler and full line vending operator, says a vending company ...
Mike Bunt, general manager of corporate marketing equipment at Buffalo Rock Co., a Birmingham, Ala.-based Pepsi bottler and vending operator, discusses his observations on what...
Mike Bunt, general manager of corporate marketing equipment at Buffalo Rock Co., a Birmingham, Ala.-based Pepsi bottler and full line vending operator, explains that rising vending...
Bill Baker, owner of Baker & Baker Vending in Clearwater, Fla., found good value in a seminar on bill recycling and cashless vending presented by MEI and Apriva Vend during the...
Bob Martin, product manager for vending at MEI, discusses the variety of payment options available to vending operators in an exclusive interview with Elliot Maras, editor of ...
The challenging business climate has made many vending operators more interested in using remote machine monitoring, a technology that has become more established in the industry...

Blogs

In time, smart phones will be allowing consumers to review the products available at all outlets (vending machines?) within a 1-mile, 5-mile, or whatever mile radius of wherever...
April 6, 2011
Are you committed to success? Do you know what it takes to be successful in business?These might sound like simple questions, but the Southeastern Vending Association (SEVA) annual...
Aug. 11, 2010

News

Convenience services operators can use the SIM-switching capability built into the integrated cashless vending machines to simplify moves and network changes.
Jan. 30, 2026
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By renaming Crane Payment Innovations vending business, Crane Convenience seeks to highlight its capabilities beyond traditional vending to broader convenience services.
Jan. 7, 2026
CPI has relaunched its BevMAX Classic and MEDIA2 equipment with improved energy efficiency as part of the company's green initiative. MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA – December 3, 2020 ...
Dec. 3, 2020
CPI's COTI freestanding coffee vending machine was launched in the European market in 2015 and was recognized as "Machine of the Year" by the European Vending Association (EVA...
Oct. 7, 2020
You can download a copy of CPI's Digital Media Study here. The value of cashless payment is undeniable in terms of customer preference and operator value, but is there more operators...
July 8, 2020
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Malvern, PA (Feb 4, 2020) – Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a Crane Co. company and global leader in banknote and coin validation, cashless payment systems, and asset management...
Feb. 4, 2020
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Option, options, options: consumers demand them in everything that touches their lives. I’m sure you don’t need to be reminded about the proliferation of the seemingly never-ending...
Oct. 14, 2019
MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA – September 19, 2019 – Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a Crane Co. company, is pleased to announce the new Gryphon coin changer during the CAMA Expo in ...
Sept. 19, 2019
MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA – May 28, 2019 – Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a Crane Co. company, announces the commercial availability of new bill validator, TalosTM, and new coin...
May 29, 2019
MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA – April 12, 2019 – Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a Crane Co. company, will showcase the new, all in one ePayment terminal, the ALIOTM Note, at the NAMA...
April 19, 2019

Articles

We asked the 40 Under 40 Class of 2026: What’s one product you were sure would fail, but turned into a surprise hit? Their answers fell into a few different areas. This is the...
June 26, 2026
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Offering multiple payment options is integral to micro market success. As the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, technology plays a critical role in an operation’s success. In...
Aug. 14, 2020
Cashless technology on vending machines makes paying easy and convenient for end users who don’t carry cash. Furthermore, there are advantages for operators who have added these...
March 18, 2019
As part of an ongoing effort to promote honesty and ethics in the industry, the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) recently introduced a took kit that members...
Nov. 26, 2018
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Nov. 26, 2018
Vending Market Watch News
Nov. 26, 2018
News briefs from NAMA, Aramark, Sodexo, Coca-Cola Nestle, Keurig, and more.
Nov. 26, 2018
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Nov. 26, 2018
Cantaloupe Systems tabs Crane Streamware's Glenn Butler Glenn Butler has joined Cantaloupe Systems as president and chief technology officer. Butler joins Cantaloupe after spending...
Nov. 26, 2018
NAMA launches nationwide Facebook contestThe National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) launched the Vend.Love.Win. Facebook contest (www.facebook.com/VendLoveWin).The...
Nov. 26, 2018

Additional content from Crane Convenience

MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA – April 17, 2019 – Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a Crane Co. company, announces speaker schedule for the 2019 NAMA show in Las Vegas, focusing on connectivity...
April 17, 2019
Power packed opening event to launch OneShow April 25The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) OneShowSM will kick off Wednesday, April 25, 2012, beginning at 1 ...
Nov. 26, 2018
Malvern, Pa. (March 13, 2018) – Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), a Crane Co. company, is excited to announce the expansion of their mobile payment portfolio through a partnership...
March 13, 2018
WILLISTON, S.C., – October 23, 2017 – Crane Merchandising Systems, a Crane Co. company and the leading global manufacturer of innovative solutions for vending machines, cashless...
Oct. 24, 2017
Quéretaro, MEXICO (February 14, 2017) – Crane Payment Innovations, a Crane Co. company, announces the launch of the new MEI® CXB2 bill validator. Now accepting bill denominations...
Feb. 16, 2017
Without action, the cashless and telemetry aspects of many vending machines will simply stop working as AT&T and eventually Verizon shut down their 2G networks.
Dec. 16, 2015
If you’re an executive or business manager, perhaps you’ve heard of the term “servant leadership,” a concept that encourages employees to recognize their potential when management...
Oct. 2, 2015
As summer ends and football season begins, many people are creating their fantasy football drafts. As part of its weekly blog series, CPI discusses just how similar the strategies...
Aug. 31, 2015
As part of its weekly blog series, CPI published an article focusing on its participation in last week’s NAMA Fly-In in Washington, D.C. To take a line from Aristotle, CPI wrote...
July 28, 2015
Traffic is an obstacle that can affect the stability of your vending machine performance, particularly your cashless and telemetry transactions, says CPI. As part of its weekly...
July 16, 2015
When it comes to your cashless/telemetry systems or payment systems, do you see reduced performance at specific times of the day or when heavy machinery in the vicinity is in ...
July 8, 2015
As of June 1st, 2015, CPI (previously MEI) will be moving its weekly Monday blog posts to its “new” corporate site (http://www.cranepi.com/en/trends/index/industry).For the past...
June 2, 2015