European ProLink Distributor Set for Explosive Growth in 2006
(CHANDLER, Ariz.) – ProLink Solutions, a majority-owned subsidiary of Amalgamated Technologies, Inc. (AGMN), the world’s leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") systems to golf courses, announced today that its European distributor, Elumina, had a record fourth quarter in 2005 and is on pace for explosive growth in 2006.
Europe’s GPS leader, Elumina installed the state-of-the-art ProLink system at: Saint Endreol, La Motte-en-Provence, France; Valle del Este, Almeria, Spain; La Quinta, Malaga, Spain; and Greetham Valley Golf Club, Rutland, UK. Elumina will deliver up to 18 ProLink systems to Europe’s finest golf courses and resorts for the first quarter 2006, and high-profile installations for quarters two and three will be announced in the coming months.
"It (2005) was a groundbreaking year for GPS throughout Europe and 2006 will bring exponential growth in this burgeoning industry," says Mark Smart, Managing Director of Elumina. "ProLink’s emergence as the global leader in GPS solutions for golf courses, Elumina’s position as the official GPS partner of the PGAs of Europe and Royal and Ancient’s decision to permit the use of distance measuring devices in competition will help the European market to grow substantially over the next two years."
Additionally in 2005, Elumina pioneered a successful multi-national advertising program – GP Ads – that enables courses to offset the cost of, and even profit from, the installation of ProLink GPS. The system is fully administered by Elumina and its advertising partners, and courses are paid monthly on total rounds played and average price-per-round. The financing and advertising programs provide a complete, turn-key marketing solution capable of funding capital projects, equipment purchases and other on and off-course programs. GP Ads’ client base includes government organizations, blue chip companies and high-end luxury good distributors.
The ProLink/Elumina partnership is a result of intensified demand for the ProLink GPS system worldwide. In addition to Elumina, ProLink’s trusted international partners include On Course GPS, the fastest-growing GPS business in South Africa, and Pacific Golf Management, the second largest owner/operator of golf courses in the world and first in Japan. One of the fastest growing businesses in the international golf industry with offices in the UK, Spain and France, Elumina is building the ProLink brand across Europe (and the Middle East) with its superior in-house engineering, mapping, technical services and innovative financing options.
"Elumina has experienced dynamic growth with the ProLink brand," says Lawrence Bain, President and CEO of ProLink Solutions. "Courses with ProLink GPS bolster customers’ experiences and realize incremental revenue through pace of play improvements, food and beverage sales and on-screen advertising."
About ProLink Solutions
Based in Chandler, Arizona, ProLink Solutions industry-leading technology and marketing richness is installed at more than 700 resort, private and public courses worldwide — more than triple the installations of all its competitors combined. World-famous course partners of ProLink include Valderrama Golf Club in San Roque, Spain, Dai-Takarazuka in Osaka, Japan and Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii.
The world’s largest golf-course management companies, including Pacific Golf Management, Meadowbrook, Kemper Sports, Evergreen Alliance Group and Billy Casper Golf feature ProLink. Via its international distributors, ProLink is also being rapidly adopted throughout Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, Australia and Japan.
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