MEI® Conlux® Earns Silver and Gold National Automatic Merchandising Association iSpot Awards
MEI Conlux, West Chester, Pa., received two iSpot Innovation Awards from the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) for the payment systems and devices division. The Conlux MCM5 coin changer took home gold for its auto cassette programming feature, and the EASITRAX® Advance 5000™ telemeter was recognized with silver for its offline data recorder (ODR) feature.
“We congratulate MEI Conlux for its innovation and helping to lead our industry forward through technology, image and creativity,” said LyNae Schleyer, senior director of Education for the NAMA OneShowSM and Education, Schleyer, NCE, CMP in a prepared statement. “This year’s iSpot Innovation Award winners are truly creating our industry’s leading-edge technology. We applaud each winner for their groundbreaking work developing advances that will lead our industry into the future.”
“MEI is honored that the association recognized both the MCM5 and Advance 5000 with this distinguished award,” said Chuck Reed, marketing director at MEI. “We are also excited about the notable benefits, specifically in productivity and profitability, that operators will experience using both these new products.”
MEI Conlux was recognized during the NAMA annual meeting at the OneShow in Las Vegas.
This year’s judges recognized the innovative successes of all the entries in three recognition categories: gold, silver and bronze. Judging criteria were based directly on the six categories from the entry form: features, benefits, creativity, image, productivity and profitability.