MPC Computers and Apptis Inc. Team to Provide Computer Products to US Coast Guard
MPC Computers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MPC Corporation (AMEX:MPZ), announced today that it will team up with prime contractor Apptis, Inc. to fulfill a multi-year contract to supply desktop and notebook PCs to the US Coast Guard.
The desktop and notebook products will be supplied under the Department of Homeland Security’s five-year FirstSource contract with Apptis. MPC will supply the desktop and notebook products, while Apptis, as a prime contractor, will administer the contract and provide the primary point of contact with the Coast Guard.
“MPC is extremely pleased to partner with Apptis to meet the needs of the US Coast Guard, whose active duty force encompasses more than 40,000 people,” said Mark Cox, MPC’s area vice president of federal sales. “We have met the Coast Guard’s needs for PCs for both administrative use and in Coast Guard vessels for the past eight years, backing our systems with a customized service and support program. We are gratified to be selected to continue this important relationship in partnership with Apptis.”
Cox added, “Our recent acquisition of Gateway’s Professional business unit, including its federal business, positions us to be an even better supplier to the Coast Guard and other federal agencies. Our increased scale should result in more focused products, services and solutions for government, education and business customers.”
“We are looking forward to partnering with MPC on this contract,” said Stu Strang, senior vice president, public sector at Apptis, Inc. “We believe that our contract management, coupled with MPC’s high-quality products will deliver tremendous value to the US Coast Guard.”
Headquartered in Chantilly, VA, Apptis, Inc. has been providing IT solutions and services to government and industry for more than two decades. For more information, visit www.apptis.com.
About MPC Corporation
MPC Corporation (AMEX: MPZ), a major US PC vendor since 1991, provides enterprise IT hardware solutions to small-and-medium businesses, government agencies and education organizations. With its acquisition of Gateway’s Professional business in October 2007, MPC became one of the leaders in the US market providing PCs, servers and storage products to professional customers. MPC provides additional value with an industry-leading level of service and support. For more information, visit MPC online at www.mpccorp.com.
Cautionary Statement
Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements of MPC Corporation to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Other factors that could materially affect such forward-looking statements can be found in MPC Corporation’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including risk factors, at www.sec.gov. Investors, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these risk factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements with respect to future supply by MPC Computers of desktop and notebook products to the US Coast Guard under Apptis’ FirstSource contract with the Department of Homeland Security. Apptis is not legally bound to continue to source products from MPC Computers, and Apptis could elect in the future to team with another supplier. The US Coast Guard is not required to procure any specific amount of desktop or notebook products. The forward-looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of this press release and MPC Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.