Cirmaker Holds Annual Corporate Update Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan
November 29 2004 - 8:09AM
PR Newswire (US)
Cirmaker Holds Annual Corporate Update Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan
Company Forms Cirmaker Technology Corporation Europe NEW YORK, Nov.
29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cirmaker Technology Corp.
(OTC:CRKT.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: CRKT.OB) , which manufactures set
top boxes (STB's) for digital TV signal reception, LCD flat screens
for televisions and PC's, CPU coolers for computers and electronic
components, today announced that it held its annual corporate
update meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, formed a European division with a
separate board of directors to oversee the operations, and have
appointed Ken Gooley as its first European Managing Director to
lead the European Strategic Growth Program. Mr. Gooley will be
responsible for developing a pan-European sales and marketing base
for Cirmaker from the London headquarters. In addition, he will be
creating a comprehensive growth strategy for Cirmaker's key product
range throughout the European Community and key eastern European
markets. Mr. Gooley joins Cirmaker after holding numerous senior
executive positions for global organizations, including most
recently European President of Sales of Enlighten Technology. He
also held the positions of President of Sales and Marketing for Law
Alert International, Vice President for JV Web International and
numerous senior management positions with Pitney Bowes, Inc. Chief
Executive Officer and President of Cirmaker Technology, Bill Liao
said, "Cirmaker's entry into the European marketplace, is the
beginning of our Company's global growth strategy. We have a well
planned out program in place to succeed in the European market. The
Company has developed a board of directors to oversee the European
division, which is composed of myself, Grace Chang, Chief Financial
Officer, William Chen, Chief Development Officer of China
Operations and the following directors: Evelyn YK Lee,
International Corporate Advisor and Ken Gooley." He continued, "We
are pleased to announce, that leading the European strategic growth
program will be Ken Gooley. Mr. Gooley has more then 20 years of
achievements and experience in sales and marketing, business
development and strategic program development in consulting, supply
chain solutions and Go-To-Market in the global market place. He
brings to the position a wealth of knowledge, expertise and
leadership skills necessary to promote Cirmaker successfully in
Europe and worldwide. He will be instrumental in building new
relationships for our Company and will open up new distribution
opportunities for Cirmaker. We are also reviewing other global
distribution options, for several of our products, including entry
into the United States marketplace." "Cirmaker's newly introduced
digital set top boxes are technologically advanced, and are
produced at an extremely competitive cost basis. We intend to
utilize these features and cost advantages to rapidly penetrate the
European marketplace, where comparable set top boxes are selling
for three to four times our cost of manufacturing," Mr. Liao
concluded. About Cirmaker Technology Corp. Headquartered in Taiwan
with offices in New York City, London, Beijing, and Guangdong
province, Cirmaker Technology manufactures 3G MHP (3rd generation
multimedia home platform) digital set top boxes for television
sets, LCD flat screens for televisions and PC's, cooling systems
for laptop and personal computers, electrical and electronic
components. Cirmaker has developed set top boxes that convert
digital television broadcast signals into analog formats so that
analog TV sets can receive digital programming. The system also
receives, processes, stores and broadcasts analog, digital and
streaming media signals, and supports pay-per- view and
video-on-demand functions. Cirmaker believes it is the only 3G MHP
STB manufacturer operating in China able to produce in volume a
device that meets all the required standards of Chinese
broadcasting authorities. It also complies with all international
HDTV standards for high definition television. The Company's
subsidiary, Shaanxi New Century Electronic Co., produces a new
generation satellite set top box that converts digital television
broadcast signals into analog formats so that analog TV sets can
receive digital programming. This device meets all the required
standards of Chinese broadcasting authorities. Because the Chinese
government plans to change all TV broadcast signals from analog to
digital, there is a significant demand in Mainland China for this
product. For further information on Cirmaker Technology Corp.,
please visit http://www.cirmaker.com.tw/ Forward Looking Statements
The matters discussed in this news release contain forward-looking
statements, including statements regarding the demand for set top
box satellite receivers in China, future sales made by Cirmaker in
China, and the potential success of the strategic alliance between
Shaanxi Ruyi Electric Co. and Cirmaker. These statements are
subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause actual results to vary materially from the results
anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Such risks,
uncertainties and other factors include Cirmaker's potential
inability to raise additional capital, the potential breach by the
counterparty to the sales agreement of its obligations to buy
satellite receivers there under, Cirmaker's potential inability to
compete with other companies that may be more experienced and
better capitalized than Cirmaker, changes in domestic and foreign
laws, regulations and taxes, changes in economic conditions,
uncertainties related to the legal systems in Cirmaker's target
markets, including, China's legal system and economic, political
and social events in China and other target markets, foreign
relations between Taiwan, China and Cirmaker's other potential
target markets, a general economic downturn, a downturn in the
securities markets, Securities and Exchange Commission regulations
which affect trading in the securities of "penny stocks," and other
risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Cirmaker's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
forward-looking statements represent management's judgment as of
the date of this release. Cirmaker disclaims any intent or
obligation to update these forward-looking statements. You may
register to receive Cirmaker's future press releases and to be
added to the company's distribution list by visiting:
http://www.roiny.com/form.php. For more information, please
contact: Company Contact: Cirmaker Technology Corporation Charles
R. Skeele General Manager Telephone: 917-639-4098 Email: Investor
Relations Contact: ROI Group Associates, Inc. 39 Broadway, Suite
2410 New York, NY 1006 Charles A. Nelson / Sarah Shepard Vice
President / Vice President Telephone: (212) 495-0200, ext. 15 / 17
Fax: (212) 495-0746 Email: / http://www.roiny.com/ DATASOURCE:
Cirmaker Technology Corp. CONTACT: Charles R. Skeele, General
Manager of Cirmaker Technology Corporation, +1-917-639-4098, ; or
Investor Relations - Charles A. Nelson, Vice President, ext. 15, ,
Sarah Shepard, Vice President, ext. 17, , both of ROI Group
Associates, Inc., +1-212-495-0200, or fax, +1-212-495-0746 Web
site: http://www.cirmaker.com.tw/ http://www.roiny.com/form.php
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