NexTech Expands AR Deal With Walther Arms Inc., Manufacturer of James Bond’s PPK

NEW YORK and TORONTO, Dec. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NexTech AR Solutions (NexTech) (OTCQB: NEXCF) (CSE: NTAR) (FSE: N29), the leader in augmented reality for e-commerce and AR learning applications, has expanded its relationship with Walther Arms, most famous as the manufacturer of James Bond's Walther PPK. NexTech has been working with the team at Walther since April 2019, where Walther found success with NexTech's AR e-commerce solution. Walther has now signed a new major expansion contract to provide its dealers, which number in the thousands, with the WebAR 3D experience as seen with their PPQ M2. Initially, NexTech is going to provide AR e-commerce embed codes to 25 of Walther's top dealers, representing 25 new customers for NexTech. This marks a major acceleration of the adoption of NexTech's WebAR 3D product models.

"We are excited to offer our dealers a new form of support to separate Walther from the competition during the online shopping experience. AR allows customers to fully interact with Walther products, showing in detail the performance-leading features,” states Cody Osborn, Marketing Manager at Walther.

Evan Gappelberg, CEO of NexTech comments, “As an early supporter and adopter of AR, Walther has really shared our vision and has been a great customer and partner for NexTech. Early on Walther has recognized the unique and powerful advantage augmented reality can have in the marketing and sale of its products. We are gratified to extend our relationship and business model with Walther into their 5000 strong global dealers and retailer network." He continues, “With NexTech’s augmented reality platform for e-commerce, Walther’s dealers will be able to increase their customer engagement, add to cart rates, and revenue while reducing product returns all visible and measurable through our analytics dashboard in real-time. We are looking forward to continuing to expand our partnership with Walther into product training, which provides huge value and growth opportunities for both of our companies.”

About Walther Arms
Founded by Carl Walther in 1886, the company has manufactured firearms and air guns at its facility in Germany for more than 100 years. Walther Arms, Inc. is the United States Walther business unit and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Walther is the performance leader in the firearms industry. Renowned throughout the world for its innovation since its establishment, Walther’s innovative spirit has cemented its market position as a supplier of military, police and other government security groups in every country of the world.