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Eurotech Receives $1.7M Contract From Qatar University

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Eurotech, a supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, has received a contract from Energy International for an estimated value of $1.7 million to supply the Eurotech DynaVIS display computer as the processing platform for digital whiteboards.  Eurotech signed a 12-month agreement to supply the hardware and infrastructure for college dorm room digital whiteboards in Qatar.

A new university in Qatar will use the digital whiteboards in dormitories to provide students with university announcements, schedule changes, video messages and other information.

 

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