Brussels/Graz/Lübbecke (April 15, 2003) - Ten years after its foundation, Atronic - one of the three main pillars of the business activities of the Gauselmann Group - is one of the 100 most attractive employers in the European Union. “A powerful performance”, was the comment of the competition office of the “Great Place to Work in Europe” in Copenhagen.

The awards at the European level were preceded by competitions in various countries within the European Union. Atronic gained an outstanding 8th place among the 25 most attractive employers in Austria. Here, the competition was provided with journalistic support by the popular Austrian business magazine “trend”. The results are to be found in its March issue.

For the company’s owner Michael Gauselmann, who founded the still young Atronic only 10 years ago, the qualification for the national competition in Austria in autumn 2002 was already both recognition and a challenge. “The ranking among the top 100 in Europe is wonderful recognition of our creative and consistent employee orientation in recent years and a terrific birthday present for our ten-year anniversary which we will celebrate on May 9, 2003 in our development centre in Austria”, according to Michael Gauselmann.

This award will encourage the process of the self-critical analysis of our own positions and strategies within the company. The knowledge thus gained will help the company to optimize its answers to future challenges and to further develop the corporate vision of “great games – great people”, in other words, the equal importance of products and people in the company’s everyday business.

Throughout Europe, more than 1,000 companies took part in the various competitions. About 239,000 employees were asked to reply anonymously to questions and finally approximately 150,000 returned questionnaires were evaluated.

Anna Diamantopoulou, a member of the European Commission, was able to point to these impressive numbers at the prize-giving ceremony in Brussels. Atronic was represented at this high-class event by Armin Gauselmann, member of the Executive Board of Gauselmann AG, and Claudine Hörmann Göttersdorfer, Human Resources Manager at Atronic International.

"This result will spur on the young and multicultural team of my brother Michael Gauselmann and motivate them to continue on the way they have chosen. The team, Atronic and the entire Gauselmann group, all have good reason to be proud of this milestone!” commented Armin Gauselmann.

Atronic International and sister company Atronic Americas are members of the family- owned and operated Gauselmann Group, which has sold more than 1.8 million machines since inception, and 100,000 gaming devices in the year 2002 alone. Atronic, the world's third largest slot maker, is headquartered in Germany, and has offices in Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Peru, South Africa, and the United States of America. Atronic is dedicated to producing only the highest quality of entertaining games and products, which are being operated in 77 countries worldwide. Atronic holds a total of 144 worldwide gaming licenses including the United States of America, where it is licensed to sell machines in 22 states and to 115 tribes. To find out more information about Atronic, please visit the Web site at www.atronic.com or call 1-800-864-7670.