Payment technology and self-service solutions for vending, kiosks, retail, gaming and cash processing
Crane Payment Innovations (CPI)
Malvern, PA (US) · Chippenham (GB) · Williston, SC (US) · Mt. Prospect, IL (US)New on Amplifa
About Crane Payment Innovations
Crane Payment Innovations (CPI) is a business segment of Crane NXT, Co. (NYSE: CXT) and develops integrated and automated payment technology. The portfolio includes coin and banknote validation, cashless payment systems (card, mobile, contactless), software and remote monitoring (including Easitrax Connect, Crane Connectivity) as well as depot repair and maintenance services. In the field of Self-Service Solutions, CPI offers snack and beverage vending machines, coffee machines (including COTI, ICON, CALI), self-checkout solutions, custom vending and digital advertising. For banks and financial institutions, CPI provides cash-processing solutions – sorters, counters, ticket imaging and check scanning (Cummins Allison brand). Target markets are retail, vending/unattended retail, gaming and casinos, self-service kiosks, transport and parking, and EV charging. The company was founded in 1926 as National Sales Machine Company in St. Louis and today operates as CPI with headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania (USA), and an EMEA/APAC head office in Chippenham, United Kingdom.
- Site
- Malvern, PA, USA
- Processes
- Payment technology (coin, banknote and cashless validation), Self-service solutions (vending, kiosks, self-checkout), Vending software (live monitoring, route planning, loyalty apps), Digital advertising, Cash processing (sorters, counters, ticket imaging, check scanning), Depot repair, Service and maintenance (maintenance packages), Self-service coin redemption
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Founded
- 1926
- Industries
- Retail and convenience (self-checkout), Vending / unattended retail, Gaming and casinos, Banks and financial institutions, Transport and parking, Self-service kiosks
- 01
Engineering and product development (payment technology, software)
- 02
Assembly and manufacturing of payment and vending machine components
- 03
Sales via representatives and direct business (Find a Rep, Request a Quote)
- 04
Depot repair and service
- 05
Maintenance and managed services (purchase, lease, rental, placement)
Locations
Malvern, Pennsylvania (US)
USHeadquarters / HQ
Chippenham (GB)
GBEMEA/APAC Headquarters
Williston, South Carolina (US)
USProduction site
Mt. Prospect, Illinois (US)
USCummins Allison site
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality
CPI cites ISO 9001 as a quality reference on its website; a quality assurance section is published.
| Evidence | Malvern, Pennsylvania (US) | Chippenham (GB) | Williston, South Carolina (US) | Mt. Prospect, Illinois (US) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |
History
- 1926
Founded as National Sales Machine Company by B. E. Fry in St. Louis
- 1932
Insolvency as a result of the Great Depression
- 1933
Refounded as National Vendors, Inc. by B. W. Fry
- 1934
Al Diederich joins the company
- 1940s
Production of mortar shell casings during World War II; afterwards return to cigarette, confectionery and pastry vending machines
- 1956
Acquisition by the Universal Match Company
- 1967
Introduction of the first complete line of automatic vending machines
- 1985
Acquisition by the Crane Corporation; renamed Crane National Vendors
- 2017
Discontinuation of the legacy brands National, Dixie-Narco, GPL and Automatic Products; unified brand Crane Merchandising Systems
- heute
Operating as Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), part of Crane NXT (NYSE: CXT)