Digital Recorders' unit orders total $1 million
The TwinVision business unit of Digital Recorders Inc. received orders for electronic destination signs from existing customers on behalf of public transit fleets in six states.
The TwinVision business unit of Digital Recorders Inc. received orders for electronic destination signs totaling more than $1 million from existing customers on behalf of public transit fleets in six states. California-based Gillig Corp. ordered more than $788,000 in TwinVision amber electronic destination sign systems for public transit fleets in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Indianapolis; Richmond, Va.; and the San Francisco Bay Area. Delivery should commence and conclude in the second half of fiscal year 2003. New Flyer, based in Canada, ordered more than $214,000 in TwinVision amber and Chroma I multi-color electronic destination signs for public transit fleets in Portland and Rock Island, Ill. The New Flyer delivery has started and should conclude in late 2003.
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