Comtech M2M acquired by Amscreen
1st August , 2008
Amshold, the holding company of Sir Alan Sugar, has acquired a controlling stake in Comtech M2M, a Bolton-based technology company specialising in machine-to-machine technology (M2M). Comtech M2M will become part of Amscreen, Amshold’s new digital signage technology company.
Comtech M2M was founded in 1992, originally specialising in communications product retailing, before entering the M2M market in 1999. It has since designed a range of machine-to-machine solutions, which allow information to pass between machines without human intervention, for clients such as Nintendo, Camelot, Newsquest and Kraft.
Amscreen will be run by CEO Simon Sugar, former commercial director of Amstrad and Sir Alan Sugar becomes chairman.
Further details on Amscreen will be released in due course
