SHU Shurgard Storage Ctr

OpenTech Alliance Inc. today announced that Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. (NYSE:SHU), a leading self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States and Europe, installed INSOMNIAC(TM) self-storage kiosks at four of its facilities in the Chicago area this last December. The new INSOMNIAC kiosks, located in downtown Chicago, Willowbrook, Bolingbrook and Dolton, are a second round of kiosk purchases after a successful pilot at several Shurgard facilities in Arizona earlier last year. "After seeing INSOMNIAC kiosks work at Shurgard facilities in Arizona and how they have improved business, we were eager to install them in the Chicago area," said Jeff Szorik, regional vice president for Shurgard. "We're extremely excited about their ability to facilitate additional rental income outside normal office hours while providing added customer convenience." "We're delighted our relationship with Shurgard continues to grow and expand," said Robert Chiti, OpenTech's president and CEO. "We're happy to be working with innovators like Shurgard to bring the benefits of self-service kiosks to self-storage operators. We believe INSOMNIAC will do for self-storage what ATMs and boarding pass kiosks have done for the banking and airline industries." OpenTech Alliance Inc. is the leading developer of self-storage kiosks. OpenTech's INSOMNIAC kiosks enable customers to rent units, make payments, purchase locks, and update their accounts 24 hours a day on their own without a manager's assistance. For more information about OpenTech, please visit www.opentechalliance.com or call 602-749-9370. Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Seattle. The company specializes in all aspects of the self-storage industry and operates a network of more than 600 operating storage centers located throughout the United States and in Europe. For more information, please call 800-947-8673 or log on to www.shurgard.com. NOTE: OpenTech Alliance, the OpenTech logo and INSOMNIAC are trademarks of OpenTech Alliance Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. INSOMNIAC is protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,946,660.