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Arotech's MDT Subsidiary
Receives over $3 Million in Orders In February
Arotech Backlog Exceeds $18 Million
February
18, 2004 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today
that its MDT vehicle armoring subsidiary has received cumulative orders
in February of over $3 million. These orders include a new armored bomb-disposal
vehicle.
"With these orders Arotech's
backlog totals over $18 million," said Robert S. Ehrlich, Arotech
Chairman and CEO. "This February backlog is bigger than our sales
for the whole of 2003 and it clearly marks the new direction for Arotech."
About MDT
MDT
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 armored
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 (www.arotech.com)
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 vehicle armoring.
The Battery and Power Systems Division includes
Electric Fuel Battery Corporation (www.electric-fuel.com) and Epsilor
Electronic Industries (www.epsilor.com). The Simulation, Training and
Consulting Division includes IES Interactive Training (www.ies-interactive.com),
FAAC Incorporated (www.faac.com) and Arocon Security Consulting (www.arocon-security.com).
The Armored Vehicle Division includes MDT Armor Corp. (www.mdt-armor.com)
and MDT Protective Industries Ltd. (www.mdtisrael.com).
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with
corporate offices in New York, and research, development and production
subsidiaries in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan 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, 2002 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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