Nanjing Bedrock
Nanjing Bedrock is the supplier of wall mount and rental Kiosk solutions. Established in 2020, they contract established Chinese manufacturers to build affordable custom machines as required. Their unique competitive advantage and strength is their ability to write proprietary custom software for the custom machines that they are commissioned to build. There products have been used by several health agencies including NSW Health and Connect, Not for Profits including Share the Dignity and social media sensation On the House. Their rental kiosks are taking the racquet industry by storm as it allows racquet clubs (tennis, padel, pickle, badminton and squash) to offer rentals 24/7.
Basil Hourmouzis
BCom, BAcc, ACA
Founder
Basil founded AVS after successfully persuading Crane to entrust their distribution rights for Australia to him. Basil is uniquely positioned to distribute vending machines. Having spent 20 years as a vending operator, initially at Aussie Snacks and then Natvend, he has experienced and fully understands the challenges faced by all vendor operators.
Basil started Aussie Snacks in 1994 and very quickly grew it to become one of Sydney’s largest and most respected vending operators. In 2006/7, he merged his business with four other operators, bought the Mars vending business and Natvend was formed. Under Basil’s leadership, Natvend grew to be Australia’s third largest vending operator after Coca-Cola Amatil and PepsiCo/The Smith’s Snackfood Company. In 2012, he successfully negotiated the sale of Natvend to Coca-Cola Amatil.
Basil’s excellent understanding of the retailing and operational challenges that vending businesses face in today’s marketplace enables him to recommend successful, profitable solutions.