C>A>Robinson closing their doors after 76 years!
Sadly, another distributor bites the dust in California...leaving just the Betson Corporation (who continue to claim that 2009 was their best year ever, with 2010 being even better) to serve the California vendors. Todd from TNT Amusements
.A. Robinson to close in California: C.A. Robinson & Co., the 76-year-old distributorship in California, has made the difficult decision to close the business. Play Meter spoke with Sandy Bettelman, Vice President and Secretary, about the impending exit of the company from the coin-op community. Bettelman said, "The company was established in 1936. We've seen many new innovations over the years and helped new companies get started. It's been a lot of fun; we've had a good run."
The announcement of the closure came on Nov. 8 at a meeting with employees. Bettelman said concern for employees kept the company in operation: "We were advised many yeas ago to shut down the business, but we kept it open for our employees. We are actively assisting our employees in finding other jobs. Some distributors have called to ask about our employees and we hopefully can get them new positions. Some of our employees have been with us in excess of 30 and 40 years."
The company is liquidating inventory and collecting accounts receivable, a process that Bettelman said could take about three months to finalize. A strictly skeleton crew will be on hand to move out remaining inventory.
Sadly, another distributor bites the dust in California...leaving just the Betson Corporation (who continue to claim that 2009 was their best year ever, with 2010 being even better) to serve the California vendors. Todd from TNT Amusements
.A. Robinson to close in California: C.A. Robinson & Co., the 76-year-old distributorship in California, has made the difficult decision to close the business. Play Meter spoke with Sandy Bettelman, Vice President and Secretary, about the impending exit of the company from the coin-op community. Bettelman said, "The company was established in 1936. We've seen many new innovations over the years and helped new companies get started. It's been a lot of fun; we've had a good run."
The announcement of the closure came on Nov. 8 at a meeting with employees. Bettelman said concern for employees kept the company in operation: "We were advised many yeas ago to shut down the business, but we kept it open for our employees. We are actively assisting our employees in finding other jobs. Some distributors have called to ask about our employees and we hopefully can get them new positions. Some of our employees have been with us in excess of 30 and 40 years."
The company is liquidating inventory and collecting accounts receivable, a process that Bettelman said could take about three months to finalize. A strictly skeleton crew will be on hand to move out remaining inventory.



