citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message photo me international type public limited company traded as lse phtm industry vending founded 1960s headquarters bookham surrey england area served world wide key people serge crasnianski ceo website www.photo me.com photo me international plc lse phtm based in bookham surrey operates photobooths . it became a plc in 1963 and has built operations in several countries including indonesia japan philippines germany and france in addition to the uk . although most well known for its photobooths photo me operates sells and services a range of instant service equipment . the company s shares have been listed on the london stock exchange since 1962 . in 2007 vernon sankey and serge crasnianski were both forced to resign over plans to sell off the vending division by a shareholder revolt . 1 in february 2009 there was a profit warning 2 and in march 2009 chief executive thierry barel resigned . 3 serge crasnianski was reappointed to the board as a non executive director in may 2009 . he was subsequently appointed deputy chairman and joint chief executive and in may 2010 assumed the role of chief executive . following his reappointment a major restructuring was carried out at kis and the group after losses of 6.3 million in 2008 and recorded a pre tax profit of 1.6 million in the year ending april 30 2009 . in the year to april 30 2010 the group s loss making wholesale photo processing labs business was sold and pre tax profits were reported at 14.0 million . of note was the 31.6 million improvement in the overall cash position such that the net cash on the balance sheet was 8.1 million compared to net debt of 23.5 million the previous year . 4 photo me equipment in castle court n ireland . fotofix electronic booth in germany . canary wharf in london has installed the companies photo booths but in this case they are ones designed in conjunction with philippe stark . 5 the company has diversified into the laundry business with a division called revolution . revolution is a 24 7 outdoor self service launderette . this division is trading beyond expectations with 2000 units planned for the end of 2015 . 6 7 references edit photo me shares fall after profit warning business news business the independent archived march 18 2009 at the wayback machine . http sellyourphotograph.com how to make money with photography http www.h l.co.uk shares security news articles 2653207 rq article & sedol 0848125 dead link photo me international plc uk financial reports photo me booth . canary wharf . news team . serge crasnianski the chief executive of photo me lon phtm . directorstalk . say hello to the 24 hour outdoor washing machine . mail online . 12 may 2014 . external links edit photo me uk german subsidary of photo me profit concerns reuters article on crasniaski buy back website dedicated to photobooths retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title photo me international & oldid 736451059 categories photography equipmentvending machineshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from february 2013articles needing additional references from august 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 27 august 2016 at 15 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view