Vending exposition to be held in October National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) will hold its expo October 28–30 in the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The theme of this year’s expo will be “Take Your Business to the Next Level.” The 25 educational sessions will include “The ABCs of Activity-Based Costing” by a representative from M&M/Mars and “Snack Machines and Shelf Space Utilization” by a representative of Hershey Chocolate USA. More than 300 exhibits are planned for the trade show, running each day 10:00–4:00 concurrently with the educational sessions. NAMA is the national trade association of the merchandise vending, OCS (office coffee service) and contract foodservice industries. Its membership comprises service companies, equipment manufacturers and suppliers of products and services to these businesses. Services to members include, but are not limited to, government affairs/legislation; education for operators and expo exhibitors; health, safety and technology; labor relations, security and accountability; human resources; marketing support; industry statistics; industry standards; machine certification; surveys and reports; national and Western expos; and numerous special conferences. Tel: +1 (312) 346 0370; Fax: +1 (312) 704 4140 www.vending.org A B A&A Global Industries A&B Safe Corporation Abloy Security, Inc. Adams Adrian Steel Company AES Corporation All State Manufacturing Co., Inc. Alternative Control Systems Amana Appliances American Changer Corporation American Fabricators, Inc. American Licorice Anchor Packaging APPART, A subsidiary of APi, Ltd. Archway - Mother's Cookies Asahi Seiko USA, Inc. ASE Foodservice Audit Systems Company Austin Quality Foods Automated Merchandising Systems, Inc. Automatic Merchandiser Automatic Products International, Ltd. Avanti Manufacturing Int'l., Inc. B&G Foods, Inc. B.V.A. Co-op, Inc. Bakery New Orleans/DoBake Baton Lock & Hardware Co. Best Express Foods Bevstar, Inc. Biscomerica Corp. Blue Bunny Ice Cream Blue Diamond Growers Boyer Candy Co., Inc. Brad Barry Co., Ltd.–Caffe D'Vita Bridgford Foods Corp. The Brownie Baker, Inc. BRW Control Systems, Inc. Buddy's Kitchen, Inc. Bunn-O-Matic Corp. Chattanooga Bakery, Inc. Chef America, Inc. Chicago Lock Company Clean Team Company Cloverhill Bakery Coca-Cola USA Coffee-Inns LLC Coin Acceptors, Inc. CompuVend, Inc. Conlux USA Corporation Crane National Vendors Cummins-Allison Corp. Cuno Incorp. Water Filtration D D & S Vending, Inc. Debitek Decal Industries, Inc. Del Monte Foods Deli Express Diamond Crystal Brands (Dixie Crystals) Dixie Foodservice (Ft. James Corp.) Dixie-Narco Dole Packaged Foods Co. Don Miguel Foods, Inc. Double Eagle Market Development Co. Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. E Ellis Coffee Co. EMS Solutions, Inc. Energy Club, Inc. Entenmann's/Thomas' EON Corporation Equipment Innovators Everpure, Inc. Excelso Coffee & Tea Company F F & F Foods, Inc. Fastcorp, Inc. Favorite Brands International Fernando's Food Corp. Ferrotek Vending Security Systems First Sierra Financial, Inc. Florida's Natural Growers – Citrus World Food Concept Developers Form Plastics Company Frito-Lay, Inc. Future Telecommunications, Inc. C G Cafection Enterprise California Food & Vending Campbell Foodservice Canadian Vending Magazine CashCode Cavalier Corporation CBM America Corp. Gardetto's General Mills Giesecke & Devrient America, Inc. (G&D) Gilardi Foods Glenmark Industries Glenview Security Systems, Inc. Global Gumball, Inc. Global Payment Technologies Golden Batch – Division of Heritage Wafers, LLC Golden Choice Foods Corp. Golden Valley Microwave Foods GoodMark Foods, Inc. GPL, Division of Crane Co. Greenwick, Inc. Grumman Olson H Haas Baking Co. Hackney & Sons, Inc. Hamilton Beach Commercial Div. Hamilton Manufacturing Corp. Handi Foods Ltd. Happ Controls, Inc. Harmony Foods Corporation Herr Foods, Inc. Hershey Chocolate Honeybake Farms, Inc. Hormel Foods Huisken Meats Hunt-Wesson, Inc. Hydro Life, Inc. I Icon Enclosures, Inc. Illinois Lock Company Imonex Services, Inc. Imperial International Innovative Moving Systems, Inc. International Cup Corporation International Home Foods International Paper Foodservice Business Interstate Brands Corporation ITC Systems J Jaret International (CS), Inc. JCM American Corporation Jimmy Dean Foods Jofemar, S.A. Just Born, Inc. K Kar Nut Products Co. Keebler Company Kellogg Company Key Devices, Ltd. KIC Products King Nut Company Kozy Shack Kraft Foods, Inc. KRh Thermal Systems L L P International Inc. Lance, Inc. LoBo Sales & Marketing Lock America, Inc. LuTech, Inc. The Manufacturing Confectioner • September 1999 25