Satellite Security Systems Awarded California's South Coast Air Quality Contract
SAN DIEGO, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Satellite Security Systems (S3), a wholly owned subsidiary of Celtron International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CLTR), announced today that it has been selected by the South Coast Air Quality Management District's Governing Board to provide GlobalGuard(TM) Electronic Monitoring Units (EMUs) in support of AQMD clean air programs. S3's GlobalGuard Emu's will be used to electronically record diesel engine run hours and mileage accrual within the South Coast four-county region and wirelessly transmit the results back to S3. This is S3's third award in as many attempts at supplying both hardware systems and monitoring services to Air Quality Districts throughout California.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District is the regional government agency responsible for air pollution control in Los Angeles and Orange counties and parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. In order to enhance enforcement activities on mobile source projects funded under AQMD and state programs, GlobalGuard electronic monitoring units, equipped with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) will be installed on on-road and off-road equipment. The Board approved release of a Request For Proposals (RFP) on November 4, 2005 to solicit bids from qualified GPS vendors. Seven proposals were received by the RFP due date and AQMD and CARB staffs evaluated the proposals selecting Satellite Security Systems, Inc. as the winning vendor to provide these services.
The first purchase order will be for approximately 200 GlobalGuard units and associated monitoring services for approximately $500,000. Additional purchases made on the five year contract will be funded through the Carl Moyer Program. AQMD estimates that between 200 and 600 vehicles, marine vessels, and other equipment will be equipped annually with GPS-EMU systems. With options, the total potential of the contract over the five years is roughly $7.5M.
S3 is currently serving the Gateway Cities Council of Governments and the Sacramento Municipal Air Quality Management District in wirelessly gathering engine and vehicle performance data -- all of which is used to help to reduce exhaust emissions from existing heavy-duty vehicles operating in these Districts. District members are incentivized to purchase newer, cleaner-burning engine equipment and in return, the GlobalGuard EMU's will be used to gather information including engine hours and miles traveled by monitored vehicles throughout various air district zones. In total, S3 has been awarded Air Quality contracts for the monitoring of up to 4,325 units thus far in the three contracts awarded to date.
Ken Dixon, S3's Chief Executive Officer, noted that, "This will be the third California Air District to select S3 as their vendor to provide wireless data-gathering services in support of their Carl Moyer clean air programs. Our systems and understanding of Air District needs are constantly improving and have lead to innovative measures to efficiently and accurately gather this information for our customers. No longer must there be a dependence upon manual record keeping. All forms of data can be brought back wirelessly to meet client needs."
About Satellite Security Systems, Inc.
With headquarters in San Diego, California, Satellite Security Systems, Inc. is a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Celtron International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CLTR) and is supported by a nationwide team of sales and service professionals with expertise in industries such as law enforcement, military, communications and investment banking. Clients include the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington D.C. Public School System, San Francisco Unified School District, Fairfax County Public Schools, InterState Oil Company, Gateway Cities of Governments, and other entities serving various industries.
Satellite Security Systems' GlobalGuard(TM) technology secures, tracks, and controls assets throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada for clients including military, government, police, and the consumer market. GlobalGuard(TM) users can communicate with, monitor, track, analyze and control the movement of virtually any object in transit. The integration of Motorola's two-way satellite communications, on-board CPU and an integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) make it possible for GlobalGuard(TM) users to send data back and forth from a central command unit or monitoring center while being continually alerted to new or dynamic changes. The GlobalGuard(TM) active communication and GPS system can be incorporated into unlimited applications.
To contact Satellite Security Systems, Inc.: John Phillips, 858-638-9700 or jphillips*satsecurity.com
About Celtron International, Inc.
Celtron International, Inc. is engaged in the business of marketing products and services in vehicle locating and management, and asset tracking and telemetry solutions. Celtron's products and services incorporate the latest, state of the art technology, including cellular, global positioning, and satellite technology.
To contact Celtron International, Inc.: Ken Dixon, 858-638-9700 or ken*celtroninc.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT: This press release contains forward-looking statements, including expected industry patterns and other financial and business results that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from results expressed or implied by this press release. Such risk factors include, among others: the sustainability of recent growth rates in the market for GPS products and services; whether certain market segments, particularly enterprise security, grow as anticipated; the positioning of Celtron's and S3's products in those segments; the competitive environment in the asset tracking and monitoring industry; ability to integrate acquired companies and technology; ability to retain key employees; ability to successfully combine product offerings and customer acceptance of combined products; general market conditions, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, changes to operating systems and product strategy by vendors of operating systems; and whether Celtron and/or S3 can successfully develop new products and the degree to which these gain market acceptance. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward- looking statements in this press release. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors is contained in the Risk Factors sections of Celtron's previously filed Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Neither Celtron nor S3 undertake any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results.
SOURCE Satellite Security Systems
Contact Information: John Phillips of Satellite Security Systems, +1-858-638-9700, jphillips*satsecurity.com; or Ken Dixon of Celtron International, Inc., +1-858-638-9700, ken*celtroninc.com
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