Promethean Wins Major Spanish Tender
Promethean has announced that 4,550 interactive whiteboards are to be installed in Andalucia, Spain in an education technology roll-out.

BLACKBURN, ENGLAND, March 18, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Promethean, a world leader in the rapidly growing global market for interactive learning technology, has been awarded a multi-million euro contract to install 4,550 of its ActivBoard+2 interactive whiteboards, together with ActivInspire, Promethean's specialised teaching and learning software, in 1,900 schools in the Spanish region of Andalucia. This represents around a 70% share of the total number of interactive whiteboards available under this tender.

With over 8 million inhabitants and over 6,000 primary and secondary schools, Andalucia has the largest population of Spain's 17 autonomous regions. Completion of this roll-out of IWB systems will see some 8% of the estimated 78,000 classrooms in Andalucia equipped with interactive whiteboards*. This project is being funded through the Spanish Government's Escuela ICT 2.0 programme, one of a number of financial stimulus packages targeted at education technology currently being implemented across the EU.

Beyond the classroom, teachers are able to join PrometheanPlanet.com, the world's largest online community for users of interactive display system technology. Promethean Planet is available in ten languages, including Spanish, enabling more than 530,000 members from around the world to connect and exchange ideas, share new and innovative lesson resources and access a wide variety of professional development materials such as interactive whiteboard tools.

Paul Berry, Promethean's President of European Sales and Marketing, said: "We are delighted with this significant contract win, which follows a comprehensive tender process and demonstrates Andalucia's preference for Promethean's interactive learning solutions. We believe that one of the key reasons for our success was the quality of our integrated ActivClassroom offering, which brings together our ActivBoard interactive whiteboards, ActivInspire educational software and training, and our teacher community, Promethean Planet. This contract is further evidence of the growing adoption of interactive learning technology in Europe, which is a key growth market for Promethean."

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Notes to editors:
*Calculation based on average number of classrooms per school in Spain. Source: Ministry of Education, Spain.

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