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More than an “alliance,” the transaction creates a new entity, GLI Austria, which will work in concert with other GLI Laboratories around the world to provide testing results to regulators and suppliers everywhere. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The move allows GLI Austria to serve international customers and markets even better than before. GLI President James R. Maida said, “We have tremendous respect for our new managing director of GLI Austria, Heinz Winkelbauer. He is extremely well-versed in the Austrian, German and other European markets and has an impeccable reputation. We are proud to welcome him and his team to the GLI family.”
The combined entities will reach more clients in Europe than any other gaming test lab.
Winkelbauer said, “GLI’s worldwide reputation and its access to more than 400 gaming jurisdictions will assist European manufacturers to expand into markets outside of Europe. As part of the network of GLI laboratories that stretch from Australia, through Asia, the U.S. and now throughout Europe, GLI Austria will now be able to offer our clients the convenience of transferring certification letters across jurisdictions around the world, which a very exciting development.”
SMI, a test laboratory based in Graz, Austria for 10 years is an accredited test laboratory (EN ISO/IEC 17025) and inspection body (EN ISO/IEC 17020 Type A) for “Chance and skill game machines, as well as all their components (including hardware, software and peripheral devices)” and has established and applies a quality system (EN ISO 9001:2000). GLI Europe holds ISO 17025 and ISO 17020 accreditation, a combined claim that surpasses all other test labs on the continent.
Maida said, “This is about serving our customers better. Now we combine SMI’s capabilities with GLI’s global reach and 24-hour workday, and there simply is not a better test lab for Europe and beyond.”
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