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CBORD adds 61 new clients during last fiscal year

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

More than 60 new clients joined CBORD during the company’s fiscal year ending June 30. The company now claims more than 850 institutions running its CS Gold® and Odyssey PCS™ campus card and cashless systems.


CBORD® sells 61 campus card and cashless system accounts in past year

Ithaca, New York — The CBORD Group, Inc. announced today that it sold 61 new campus card and cashless system accounts in its fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. New campus customers ran the gamut from large to small colleges, and from first-time implementers to schools switching to CBORD from other branded systems. CBORD® serves over 850 institutions across North America, and in New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa with its CS Gold® and Odyssey PCS™ campus card and cashless systems.

Some of the new installations include Hiram College, Auburn University–Montgomery, Austin Community College, SUNY Old Westbury, University of Colorado at Boulder, SUNY Purchase, Austin Peay State University, St. John Fisher College, Community College of Philadelphia, Coastal Carolina University, and the University of Dubuque.

“This has been a really motivating year for us,” says Bruce Lane, Executive Vice President and COO of The CBORD Group, Inc. “The large number of new customers like this confirms to us that our products are headed down the right path and that there is excitement in the marketplace for the wide product line we offer with CS Gold and Odyssey PCS. We have the most diversified card system portfolio in the industry, and we are gratified that so many colleges and universities have chosen to take advantage of our offerings this year.” About The CBORD Group

The CBORD Group serves colleges and universities, corporations, healthcare facilities, chain restaurants, supermarkets, and a host of other market segments. CBORD’s products are used in campus ID card privilege control, access and electronic security, cashless dining, housing services, foodservice, catering, nutrition services, online ordering, and other institution-wide activities. The CBORD Group serves more than 5,000 clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Australia.

The CBORD Group was founded in 1975. Today it employs more than 450 professionals. To learn more about CBORD, visit us at www.cbord.com[end] 

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