(BSNS WIRE) Guardian Technologies' PinPoint Receives Innovation Technology Aw
rd from Russia's International Security & Safety Tech
Guardian Technologies' PinPoint Receives Innovation Technology Award from Russia
s International Security & Safety Technologies Forum
Business Editors / Defense Writers
HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2005--
Guardian Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB:GDTI)
and Equity International, are pleased to announce that Guardian
Technologies' PinPoint treat identification and alert system was
awarded the "Innovation Technology Award for Non-Intrusive
Explosive/Threat Detection" by the Security and Safety Technologies
Forum in Moscow. The U.S.-Russian Homeland Security Trade Mission
was led by U.S. Congressman Curt Weldon(R-PA), and Vladimir Vasiliyev,
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security of the Russian
Federation and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Security and
Safety Technologies International Forum hosted by Equity
International. As a participant in the Trade Mission, Guardian
Technologies was afforded an opportunity to demonstrate PinPoint's
advanced imaging informatics technologies for threat detection and
identification. Approximately 50,000 government officials and homeland
security decision makers and 500 exhibitors from more than 30
countries attended the event.
"We are thrilled that the Russian scientists and government
officials overseeing the Moscow Forum deemed our imaging technology to
be innovative, effective, and worthy of such a significant honor,"
said Robert Dishaw, Guardian Technologies President. "We view this
award as further independent validation, by international experts, of
the superiority of PinPoint's technology in accurately detecting a
broad range of threat items. Based on the overwhelming activity and
interest in our technology from the homeland security personnel of
Russia, as well as several other foreign governments, there is an
immediate and urgent need for our technology in the areas of airports,
ports, transportation hubs, and even private corporations."
PinPoint is a broad-based automated detection application that can
be deployed on baggage scanners, cargo scanners, body scanners,
medical scanners, and for image analysis of satellite images. The
technology can detect and identify explosives, guns, and thousands of
other types of threat items from all forms of digital imagery - still,
video, or hyper spectral. Guardian has mapped the DNA of many types of
materials and compounds, much the same as geneticists have mapped the
human genome.
"As co-host of the U.S.-Russian Trade Mission on Homeland Security
at the Forum, Equity International believes that the U.S. technologies
being presented were readily accepted by the Russian security
marketplace," said William Loiry, Equity International President.
"This was extremely evident by the award bestowed upon Guardian
Technologies and by the number of attendees visiting the booths of the
leading U.S. technology companies in the United States pavilion. The
U.S-Russia Homeland Security Trade Mission marks the first historical
involvement between industry and governments in the global fight
against terrorism. The event was a success from all aspects and it
serves to build momentum for the 2005 Homeland and Global Security
Summit that Equity International is hosting at the Washington, D.C.
Convention Center, March 1-3."
About Equity International, Inc.
Equity International is a prominent Washington business
development firm and the leading U.S. facilitator of homeland security
business solutions. Since 2002, Equity International has organized
almost monthly homeland security briefings at the National Press Club,
providing the latest information from Congressional and Administration
leaders on homeland security funding and programs. More than 8,000
government officials and business executives have participated in
Equity International's homeland security summits, briefings, and
forums, including Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. For more
information, visit www.globalsecurity.bz, www.rec-dev.com, and
www.equityintl.us.
About Guardian Technologies International, Inc.
Guardian Technologies International, based in Herndon, Virginia,
employs high-performance imaging technologies and advanced analytics
to create integrated information management products and services. It
primarily focuses on the areas of healthcare radiology and
transportation security scanning. Guardian's products and services
automate the processing of large quantities of graphic, numeric, and
textual data so organizations can efficiently detect, extract, analyze
or effectively act upon the information gleaned from the data.
Guardian's solutions are designed to improve the quality and speed of
decision-making and enhance organizational productivity and accuracy.
For additional information, visit www.guardiantechintl.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The statements made in this news release that are not historical
facts contain forward-looking information that involves risks and
uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical
facts, which address Guardian's expectations, should be considered as
forward-looking statements. When used in this news announcement, the
words "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "estimate," and "intend," and
similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management,
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
are based on knowledge of the environment in which Guardian currently
operates, but because of the factors herein listed, as well as other
factors beyond its control, actual results may differ materially from
the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements.
Important factors that may cause actual results to differ from
anticipated results include, but are not limited to, obtaining
necessary approvals and other risks detailed from time to time in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
other regulatory filings. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described
herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, or intended. In
each instance, forward-looking information should be considered in
light of the accompanying meaningful cautionary statements herein
noted or in its SEC filings.
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SOURCE: Guardian Technologies International, Inc.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For Guardian Technologies
Investors:
Redwood Consultants, LLC
Jens Dalsgaard, 415-884-0348
or
PR Broadcast
Michael Friedman, 561-366-8022
mikef@prbroadcast.com
or
Media:
Accentuate PR
Julie Shepherd, +1 815-479-1833
julie@accentuatePR.com
or
For Equity International
Melanie Dougherty, +1 202.486.1182
melanie2020@aol.com
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