[December 03, 2007] UMB Chooses Addmaster Printers to Support System Rollout Tweet MONROVIA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Addmaster Corporation, a manufacturer of teller receipt and validation printers for some of the nation's most prominent financial institutions, announced today that it equipped Kansas City, Mo.-based UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ (GS): UMBF) with MJ1000 validation printers for its Kansas and Missouri branches. The institution purchased over 100 printers to meet the unique validation requirements of a teller system that was being rolled out in its Kansas and Missouri branches. Addmaster agreed to reconfigure components within each of the newly acquired printers to conform to the requirements of their existing image proof system. "Rollouts always require a tremendous amount of coordination," said Bob Maddern, project coordinator for network infrastructure for UMB. "We were installing the teller platform system and training employees to meet our project deadline. Addmaster was able to step in and work with us - making the modifications in the time necessary to enable us to have the system up and running by our target date." "The MJ1000 printers work well for our environment and our price-point," said Bob Page, assistant vice president of purchasing for UMB. "Addmaster clearly demonstrated their willingness to work with us and customize the technology according to our needs." "We understand that each of our customers has unique technical needs," said Hugh Clary, vice president of Addmaster. "It is important to us as an organization to produce superior technology and work with our customers to meet such needs in every way possible. Our ability to adapt is a primary reason for our 45 years of success as an industry leader." The Addmaster MJ1000 prints a single line of up to 75 characters on bank documents (such as checks, cash tickets, & deposit slips). About Addmaster Addmaster, founded in 1962 and headquartered in Monrovia, Calif., is one the industry's largest manufacturers of teller receipt and validation printers used primarily for the banking industry. Addmaster customers include some of America's most prominent financial institutions, such as Wells Fargo and Wachovia. In addition to banks, Addmaster printers can be found in the retail, utility and government realms. The company also produces Inkjet print mechanisms, MICR readers and decoder boards, and digital control boards. For more information on Addmaster, contact Hugh Clary, vice president at (626) 358-2395, extension 225 or visit the company's Web site at www.addmaster.com. About UMB UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: UMBF) is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking, asset management, health spending solutions and related financial services to both individual and business customers nationwide. Its banking subsidiaries own and operate 136 banking centers throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona. Subsidiaries of the holding company and the lead bank, UMB Bank, n.a., include an investment services group based in Milwaukee, Wis., single-purpose companies that deal with brokerage services and insurance and a registered investment advisor that manages the company's proprietary mutual funds. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]