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Arotech’s MDT Subsidiary
Delivers 26 Armored Land Rover Defenders
Arotech‘s May backlog
is $26 million
June
22, 2004 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today
that its MDT vehicle-armoring subsidiary has completed delivery
of 26 armored Land Rover Defenders, part of the $3.1 million of
orders announced in April. MDT’s customers praised the on-time
delivery of the vehicles.
As of the end of May, Arotech’s
backlog stood at $26 million. The Company expects to deliver this
backlog by yearend.
The Company also announced that
MDT Armor has been ISO 9001-2000 credited.
“The MDT team met all its
commitments to its customers,” said Robert S. Ehrlich, Arotech
Chairman and CEO. “We are now preparing for our first deliveries
from our new US facility.”
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 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 vehicle armoring.
The Battery and Power Systems
Division includes Electric Fuel Battery Corporation and Epsilor
Electronic Industries. The Simulation, Training and Consulting Division
includes IES Interactive Training and FAAC Incorporated. The Armored
Vehicle Division includes MDT Armor Corp and MDT Protective Industries
Ltd.
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, 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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