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o pnewrproducts n s e atio Cintas Accepting Nominations for 12th Annual America's Best Restroom Contest Cintas Corporation is now accepting nominations for its annual America's Best Restroom Contest, where the "top 10 places to go—when you've got to go" will be identified and then voted on by the Internet public in an all out battle of the bowls. "Cintas launched the America's Best Restroom Contest twelve years ago to raise awareness of the importance of hygiene and to salute those businesses which strive for restroom excellence in both function and design," said John Engel, Cintas' Senior Marketing Manager. For more than 80 years, Cintas has serviced businesses nationwide for clientele who recognize the correlation between clean restrooms and customer satisfaction and retention. "It makes smart business sense," said Engel. "Everyone can appreciate a clean, well-maintained and innovatively designed restroom." If you own your own establishment, or you are part of the creative team behind the restroom design inside of one, nominate your business today as America's Best Restroom. Even if you have only just patronized a particularly memorable facility, Cintas wants your nominations. The contest is open to any non-residential restroom in the United States that is accessible to the general public. Entries will be judged on cleanliness, visual appeal, innovation, functionality and unique design elements. "Nominees and finalists run the gamut, from historical buildings or five star luxury hotels and restaurants in big cities, to gas stations along remote highways and mom-and-pop style diners in the rural Midwest," said Sabrina Zimring, Survey Editor for Cintas' America's Best Restroom Contest. Ten finalists will be announced in August, at which time online voting will begin. The winner and runners-up will be revealed this fall during a nationally publicized media event. The top vote-getters will secure a place in Cintas' America's Best Restroom Contest Hall of Fame. Last year, Cintas awarded America's Best Restroom honors to New Braunfels, Texas convenience store Buc-ee's. Runners-up included Liberty Market in Gilbert, Ariz., the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago and the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood. Nominate a deserving bathroom today at www.bestrestroom.com. Visit the Best Restroom Facebook page, Twitter account, YouTube Channel and Instagram to post comments, receive contest updates, share photos or upload videos. Links to the sites are on the contest homepage. n Posiflex Introduces KS7500 Series of Spill and Dust Resistant Touch Screen Terminals Posiflex recently introduced its new fanfree, spill and dust resistant KS7500 series of 15-in. and 17-in. touch screen terminals for all applications that require excellent performance at an affordable cost. The KS7500 series features patented fan-free, heat-dissipating aluminum construction. It includes a powerful, but lowpower consuming and low-heat-emitting dual-core Intel® Celeron® B810 1.6GHz central processing unit. The KS7500 series ships standard with 4GB of DDR3 RAM, with a maximum of 8GB. The terminals come with a sleek base with optional backup battery, and they can either be free standing or wall mounted. A solid three-year warranty protects against even the toughest retail, hospitality and health care operations. Priced comfortably in the middle of the Posiflex fan-free product family, the KS7500 offers a superior balance of price and performance. "The KS7500 Series touch screen terminal is designed for heavy duty commercial use with maximum uptime, reliability and durability," said Doyle Ledford, Vice President of Sales for Posiflex. "Posiflex's use of embedded technologies to support intelligent systems from both Microsoft® and Intel® makes the KS7500 powerful, fast and reliable. This enables maximum uptime, faster transactional processing, minimized maintenance, quiet operation and energy savings for retail and hospitality point of sale applications. The KS7500 is over-built to over-perform." Like all Posiflex touch screen terminals, the KS7500 is stringently third-party tested for temperature cycling, vibration, drop, shock, static electricity and emission tolerances to withstand the harshest retail and hospitality point of sale operating environments. The new terminals are also fully compatible with all current Posiflex peripherals, including printers, encrypted or standard magnetic stripe readers, keyboards, PIN pads, rear customer displays and biometric fingerprint readers. "The KS7515 performed flawlessly and fast, running Focus POS right out of the box, and is an especially perfect companion with our quick service, delivery, and bars and nightclubs modules, where speed of service is important," said Mike Hamm, Chief Operating Officer for Focus POS Systems. "Cool operation, sleek design and proven Posiflex durability make this an easy choice." Posiflex designs and engineers touch screen terminals that deliver performance at a lower cost of ownership. Established in 1984 and awarded with over 30 patents for innovation, Posiflex touch screen termi- nals are "over-built to over-perform." With global presence and a comprehensive suite of services and peripherals, clients can trust that their touch screen applications will perform at maximum uptime, thanks to Posiflex's revolutionary technology, reliable quality, reasonable pricing and recognized service. For more information, visit www.posiflexusa.com. n Orion Energy Systems Launches New ISON Class of LED Products In February, Orion Energy Systems launched a dynamic new suite of LED lighting products. The ISON™ Class further strengthens Orion's position as an energy management world leader in the commercial, industrial and food service segments, while creating new opportunities in the hospitality, health care, education, office and general retail markets. The ISON Class fully integrates with Orion's InteLite® advanced controls, dramatically increasing the functionality and benefits of a typical LED-only solution. The new product line joins Orion's already large family of Smart Building compatible energy management solutions. The ISON line will include a number of new products: A T5/LED Hybrid fixture provides customers with a unique combination of LED and fluorescent technology. Recessed Downlight comes factory-equipped with LED technology and is ideal for replacing existing fixtures in all downlight applications, including hotel hallways, conference centers and offices. A Recessed Downlight Retrofit kit allows for an easy upgrade from existing lighting to energy-efficient, long-life LED technology, while a Wallpack Retrofit kit gives customers the quality and longevity of LED technology, without the inconvenience and expense of replacing existing exterior wallpacks. There is also a Canopy Retrofit kit that is ideal for gas stations and convenience stores, offering superior light output and focused LED distribution for nighttime applications. Finally, the T12 LED Retrofit kit con- verts obsolete T12 fixtures into highperformance LEDs. "This launch takes advantage of significant improvements in the performance and quality of LED components, growing market recognition of the affordability of LED and increased utility support for these products," said John Scribante, CEO of Orion Energy Systems. Orion has long been an industry leader when it comes to superior thermal and optical performance, and the LED line continues that tradition. With the ISON Class, Orion again offers more light, better energy efficiency and color rendering than its competition. Orion will continue to add LED products in the upcoming months as it introduces additions to the ISON Class. For more information, visit www.oesx .com/technologies/ison_lighting. n May/June 2013 C onvenienceRETAILER 15