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Arotech’s Armor
Division Receives $4 Million In Orders For Armored Vehicles
Most vehicles destined for Iraq
November
29, 2004 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqNM: ARTX) announced today
that its MDT vehicle-armoring subsidiary has received orders for
armored vehicles valued at $4 million. Vehicles will be armored
in MDT’s Auburn, Alabama facility, and will be delivered to
Iraq.
“Demand for our armored
vehicles continues to be strong and our US plant is well-established
to support this growing demand,” said Robert S. Ehrlich, Arotech
Chairman and CEO.
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 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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