COINCO NAMES AREA ACCOUNT MANAGERS
FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND MIDDLE WEST

ST. LOUIS - June 26, 2002 - As part of Coinco's recently announced Area Account Manager program, Coinco has named Steve Tenbarge as account manager for the South Texas area. He will be responsible for serving the needs of existing customers in Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and southern Texas. Tenbarge has more than 18 years of experience serving Coinco customers.

Charlie Pavia has been named account manager for the Middle West area. He will be responsible for serving the needs of existing customers in southern Illinois, southern Iowa, eastern Kansas, Missouri and eastern Nebraska. Pavia has more than 17 years of experience serving Coinco customers.

Founded in 1957, Coinco is a privately owned manufacturer of coin acceptors, coin changers, bill acceptors, control systems and other component parts for the vending industry.