KIC Products And Clean Team Company Merge To Form KICTeam
AUBURN, Maine—June 2, 2008—KIC Products, the industry leader in the manufacture of cleaning cards, is pleased to announce that they have joined forces with Clean Team Company, an original developer and manufacturer of technical cleaning products, to become one united front as KICTeam, effective immediately.
“Both companies have a solid reputation and excellent track record across the industries they serve,” said Peter Klein, president and CEO, KIC Products. “We saw this as a natural fit designed to raise the profile of the importance of cleaning cards. We look forward to continuing to develop cutting edge technology that boosts the visibility of and preference for cleaning cards.”
“The merger enables KICTeam to increase capacity, offer an expanded product base and provide superior customer service to current and future customers,” stated Timothy S. Smith, COO/CFO, Clean Team Company. “We recently partnered with KIC Products and developed a cleaning card that combined Clean Team’s Lucky Stripe technology with KIC Products’ Waffletechnology™. By combining our expertise we will develop better products for existing and future KICTeam customers.”
The merger makes KICTeam the world market leader providing more than 400 technical cleaning product solutions and servicing over 1,300 customers worldwide. KICTeam will continue to work from Auburn, Maine and San Diego, Calif., with Auburn serving as its headquarters.
About KICTeam
Founded in 2008, KICTeam is the world leader in the manufacture of cleaning cards. Established as a result of the merger between KIC Products, founded more than 15 years ago, based in Auburn, Maine and Clean Team Company, founded in 1990 and based in San Diego, Calif., KICTeam provides innovative and cost efficient solutions to a diverse marketplace. The company’s product line include Waffletechnology™-based (patent pending) products for magnetic card readers, bill acceptors, optical readers, smart card readers, thermal printers, ID card printers, ATMs and point of sale (POS) thermal credit and check readers. These American-made cleaning products are constructed with the finest raw goods available and produced with state-of-the-art equipment to ensure that all products manufactured are the very best on the market. For more information, please visit kicteam.com. For more information on KIC Products, please visit kicproducts.com and for more information on Clean Team Company, please visit cleanteam.com.