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Pinnacle Wins Expo Trends Award at NACStech 2010

Participants select tech firm as a winner
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Pinnacle Corp., a leading technology supplier for retail convenience and petroleum automation solutions, said that it was selected as an EXPO Trends 2010 winner at the NACStech show in New Orleans on May 7.

With more than 100 exhibitors participating at the NACStech technology show this year, retailers had an array of new and exciting technologies to preview and experience from industry suppliers. Retailers were then encouraged to vote for the supplier they felt offered the most innovative and exciting technologies to the industry, Pinnacle was selected [image-nocss] as a winner.

New and emerging technology solutions highlighted by Pinnacle at this years NACStech show included:
Andale, an electronic bill of lading technology that streamlines the process of fuel deliveries from dispatch all the way back to the fuel accounting system; eliminating errors, speeds time to billing, and requires no new in-truck hardware. Dispatcher Workstation, a "mission control" that provides fuel dispatchers and buyers the ability to make informed fuel purchase and delivery decisions by having real-time inventory information along with predictive modeling. A loyalty web consumer interface that enables consumers to view and edit their account information. A loyalty iPhone app enabling consumers to use their mobile phone as their loyalty credential instead of having to carry their loyalty card. An advanced payment terminal solution that supports signature capture, contactless payments, signature threshold, scrolling receipt and marketing graphics support using Pinnacle's Palm POS with Ingenico's i6000 series payment terminals, complete with home-office ticket research reprint tools to recreate receipts with the signature. "We are excited to have been selected by NACStech retailer attendees as a leading technology supplier to the industry," said Drew Mize, vice president of product management and marketing at Pinnacle. "We are able to drive more value to our clients and ultimately the consumer by providing solutions that keep pace with the evolution of new trends and technologies."

Arlington, Texas-based Pinnacle is a leader in the automation technology industry focusing on the c-store and petroleum industries. It delivers products that automate the broad spectrum of c-store operations and supply-chain management of fuel operations. Nationwide, Pinnacle's products and services are used daily in thousands of convenience outlets to automate and improve their store operations and by fuel marketers to increase their efficiency in the complex management of fuel delivery.

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