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| ESD,
Inc. 270 Commerce Dr. Ft. Washington, PA 19034 USA Tel: 215-628-0861 Fax:215-643-4623 |
ESD is an original equipment manufacturer specializing in the production of mechanical and electronic payment system products used in the self-service laundry industry, the amusement and gaming industry and the vending industry. Established in 1969, ESD pioneered the vertical coin slide that became a worldwide standard. To complement the coin slide line, ESD manufactures complementary mechanical products including high security moneyboxes, locks, keys, cams, and shafts. Over the past three decades ESD has been the number one choice in the world for coin-activated payment devices and accessories.
Beginning in 1997, ESD has developed and manufactured an array of electronic payment system products that have revolutionized the vended laundry industry! Components in this system include, integrated circuit smart cards, smart card readers, value transfer equipment to revalue smart cards with cash or credit, and comprehensive software to monitor revenue and transactional information.
We invite you to browse through our site to learn more about our products, our product support, and our international sales organization. Please contact us for additional information and click here for our company history.
COMPANY HISTORY
In 1969, Harvey Gitlin founder of Equipment Systems and Devices Inc. was driven by an uncluttered vision to design and manufacture a revolutionary mechanical coin slide that would accept coins in a vertical position. As quickly as this new product was made available, operators began to recognize the flexibility and superiority of the new design. This enthusiastic acceptance propelled ESD into developing additional products and expanding its markets into the related vending and amusement industries. ESD has engineered products for the coin currency of over 60 nations throughout the world, which coupled with the establishment of an Asian manufacturing facility, solidified its global influence. In 1990 the company moved its headquarters and factory to a location in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington, PA.
Today, ESD supplies a large percentage of the nations coin operated laundry market for both stores and multi-housing. The company builds a variety of token acceptors for various applications, it has enhanced its presence in the vending industry and amusement arcades; ESD is the world’s largest supplier of coin slides for pool tables.
ESD has not rested on the success enjoyed with its mechanical products. In 1995, ESD acquired a small engineering company dedicated to the research and development of a smart card payment system for the laundry industry. This highly skilled team of computer scientists and electronic engineers designed the software and hardware equipment that would launch ESD into the forefront of an exciting new technology. In 1998 ESD moved its electronic products group into a larger facility in Atlanta, Georgia and in 2002, the entire engineering and research division was incorporated into the corporate headquarters in Pennsylvania.
In 2002, ESD acquired the Danyl Division of the SchlumbergerSema Corporation and created the E-Danyl Division of ESD to manufacture distribute and support as similar that product line of electronic payment devices. To view products on the E-Danyl Web site, click here.
THE ESD MONEYCARD SYSTEM
At the heart of the ESD MoneyCard System is the ESD CardSlide, or smart card reader, which communicates with the machine on which it is mounted. ESD builds CardSlides that can be adapted to interface with over 60 different types and brands of laundry equipment and CardSlides that can be made to interface with literally hundreds of different types of vending equipment. These stand alone slides feature a large LED display, no moving parts, and offer the operator the possibility of numerous promotional opportunities including time of day and day of the week pricing specials, various classes of customers and penny increment pricing.
The actual smart card, which ESD calls a MoneyCard, has an embedded silicon chip that provides high-level security and information storage capability. ESD has invested in several of the most technologically advanced machines available to manufacture the smart card in-house. This unique capability allows ESD to offer its customers more economy, more flexibility and more personalized creativity and attention than any other manufacturer. A third part of the System are Value Transfer Machines (VTM®) that will dispense MoneyCards, and will transfer value from cash, credit cards, or debit cards onto a MoneyCard.
The programmers at ESD have designed powerful software that will
allow customer’s to take full advantage of all of the benefits of an ESD
MoneyCard System including, completely secure revenue audits and
transactional reports in both interval and cumulative totals for all of the
equipment in a location. The software will additionally format management
cards, and offer remote access to a location through special network capable
equipment and an internal modem.
Using the resources of each of it’s products and Divisions, ESD's firmly
focused mission is to support the success of its customers by being the
premier source for coin and card payment systems.