] PADERBORN, Germany -- When Wincor Nixdorf Inc. holds its
] annual Wincor World exhibition at its headquarters here,
] new products are usually the focus. This year's show was
] no exception. Held Jan. 28-30, it attracted more than
] 6,000 people from 40 countries.
] In the self-service category, a retail technology that
] has been a hit in America topped Wincor's list of new
] ideas for Europe.
] Wincor plans to develop self-checkout solutions for
] European markets in cooperation with retail
] organizations. A first prototype of the system, named
] "Beetle/iSCAN" was featured here.
] The finished self-checkout products are scheduled to ship
] in 2004, according to Wincor. With more than 16,000
] installations in the United States, self-checkout
] technology has been widely used in American grocery and
] retail stores since 2001.