Buyers Lab To Present Prestigious "Pick" Awards Twice A Year
April 27, 2004 — HACKENSACK, New Jersey — To accommodate manufacturers' varying product introduction dates and recognize the outstanding products tested each year with its prestigious awards in a more timely manner, Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) has announced that it will present its "Pick" awards twice a year.
Therefore, in addition to presenting its "Pick of the Year" and "Line of the Year" awards each June, Buyers Lab will present interim "Pick" awards every December. As a result, manufacturers who were unable to meet the "Pick of the Year/Line of the Year" deadline for submitting products to BLI's lab for the June 2004 awards will now be able to submit products as contenders for the December "Pick" awards, for which the submission deadline is June 30. The December award winners will then be considered as contenders for BLI's "Line of the Year" award the following June.
Anthony Polifrone, BLI's Managing Director, explained, "The BLI Pick of the Year awards are eagerly awaited by the industry and consumers each year, because they acknowledge the most outstanding performers from among the many machines BLI tests annually in each product category. However, because of variable product introduction dates, which may cause a product to miss the current year's deadline, outstanding equipment sometimes must wait almost a year before receiving the recognition it deserves. By moving to this new schedule, manufacturers will have the opportunity to submit products as Pick contenders twice a year, so if one deadline is missed, they won't have to wait another year to have their newest products considered. Instead, they can get them into the lab to qualify for the second round of Picks for that year."
To make arrangements to have units installed in BLI's lab, manufacturers should contact Pete Emory, Rich Holloway or Pia Beddiges at (201) 488-0404.
About Buyers Laboratory
For 47 years, Buyers Lab has been the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry's most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in BLI's US and UK laboratories, the company has been the leading source for extensive databases of specifications and pricing on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products. The company's databases cover 10,000 products and have a long-standing reputation for being the industry's most trustworthy and complete source for global competitive intelligence. They are available to BLI subscribers online via the company's bliQ competitive information service. This encyclopedic resource also provides quick and easy access to BLI's First Look Reports, Field Test Reports, Lab Test Reports, Solutions Reports, and BLI-produced articles.
In addition to the testing of office equipment for its subscribers, Buyers Lab provides consulting services to buyers and a vast array of confidential for-hire private testing services that include document imaging device beta and pre-launch testing, performance certification testing, consumables testing (such as toner, ink and photoconductors), software and solutions and print media testing (including virgin and recycled papers).
For more information on Buyers Laboratory, please visit www.buyerslab.com, call (201) 488-0404 or e-mail info@buyerslab.com.
