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Arotech’s Armour
Division Receives Order for 22 Armored Land Rover Defenders
Vehicles will be supplied by
year-end
September
13, 2004 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today
that its MDT Protective Industries vehicle-armoring subsidiary has
received orders for 22 armored Land Rover Defenders. Vehicles are
expected to be delivered to customers in Israel during this year.
“This is the second order
for armored Defenders in a short time,” said Robert S. Ehrlich,
Arotech Chairman and CEO. “Demand for these vehicles is growing
nicely.”
About MDT
MDT (www.mdt-armor.com) is a leader in state-of
the art, lightweight armoring of vehicles. MDT's vehicle armoring
business has years of battlefield experience and has provided life-saving
protection under the most extreme conditions, which include assault
rifles and bomb blasts. MDT armors a variety of vehicles: SUV’s
such as the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Land Rover Defender and the
GM Suburban; vans and buses – from an 8 passenger Ford Econoline
to a 16 passenger Mercedes bus; ambulances and other specialty vehicles.
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech Corporation provides quality
defense and security products for the military, law enforcement
and homeland security markets, including advanced zinc-air and lithium
batteries and chargers, multimedia interactive simulators/trainers
and lightweight armoring.
The Battery and Power Systems Division
includes Electric Fuel Battery Corporation and Epsilor Electronic
Industries Ltd. The Simulation, Training and Consulting Division
includes IES Interactive Training, FAAC Incorporated and Arocon
Security Consulting. The Armoring Division includes MDT Armor Corp.,
MDT Protective Industries Ltd. and Armour of America, Incorporated.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware,
with corporate offices in New York, and research, development and
production subsidiaries in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, California
and Israel.
Except for the historical information
herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking
statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, as they are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary significantly.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks
relating to: product and technology development; the uncertainty
of the market for Arotech’s products; changing economic conditions;
delay, cancellation or non-renewal, in whole or in part, of contracts
or of purchase orders; and other risk factors detailed in Arotech’s
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Arotech assumes no obligation to update the information
in this release. Reference to the Company’s website above
does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon
into this press release.
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