News

4/13/2010
Advanced Technology Services and Flagstaff Corporation Offers Nationwide Extended Warranty Service for HDTVs and Monitors

PEORIA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Technology Services, Inc (ATS) announced today its partnership with Flagstaff Corporation to provide comprehensive nationwide extended warranty support services for HDTV’s and monitors from multiple OEM’s. The partnership enables both organizations to offer post-warranty, turnkey support solutions to their clients to optimize operational effectiveness, minimize capital and infrastructure costs, and maximize client return on their HDTV’s and monitor investments. The partnership benefits both companies mutually, as ATS is the industrial leader in managed production equipment maintenance and innovative IT solutions while Flagstaff of Schaumburg, IL specializes in the sale of installation support and financing of HDTVs and DirecTV satellite delivered content. Flagstaff services the hospitality, healthcare, education and commercial market for brands such as Marriott International, Choice Hotels International, Carlson Hotels, and InterContinental Hotel Group.

"A formal partnership with ATS marries our expertise in the sale, implementation and support of turnkey high-definition solutions with ATS' geographic reach, multi-vendor support experience, innovative monitoring and tracking tools and the necessary infrastructure to deliver quality on-site and remote technical support as well as exceptional logistics and repair to clients nationwide" says Jim Withers, president and founder of Flagstaff.

"This partnership enables ATS to provide a cost-effective alternative to OEM post-warranty and critical end-of-life support to clients with high-end HDTVs and monitors. This partnership also provides Flagstaff with the ability to offer multi-vendor, single source solutions to their clients on a national level," says William Stuckert, vice president and general manager of ATS’ IT services division. "Providing a single source for these services on these high-reliability devices will be a tremendous value for our current and future customers and will include a two-to-five year extended warranty, on-site repair options and hot-swap programs designed to keep the properties running at maximum demand and efficiencies.”


About Advanced Technology Services:
ATS makes factories run better. Advanced Technology Services (ATS) improves the productivity and profitability for many of the world's most respected manufacturers through the managed services of production equipment maintenance, information technology and spare parts repair. Born out of the need for American manufacturers to remain competitive in a fast changing global economy, ATS is the recognized leader in outsourced production equipment maintenance. ATS is headquartered in Peoria, IL with offices and service centers located in Greenville, SC; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Monterrey, Mexico; Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom and China. For more information visit www.AdvancedTech.com.

About Flagstaff Financial
Flagstaff delivers turn-key high-definition solutions and support to the hospitality, healthcare, education and commercial markets. The new extended warranty program provides customers for the first time the ability to protect their investments in HD technology, while securing ongoing revenue streams. For more information, visit the Flagstaff website at www.FlagstaffCorp.com.