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Arotech Awarded Over $1M in
Battery Orders
Follow-on battery and charger
orders from Asian Military
March
1, 2007 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqGM: ARTX) announced today
that its Battery and Power Systems Division has received new orders
totaling over one million dollars for rechargeable batteries and
chargers. The rechargeable batteries and chargers will be used to
power night vision equipment for an Asian army.
“The new orders demonstrate our customers’
satisfaction with the quality and reliability of our rechargeable
products,” said Robert S. Ehrlich, Chairman and CEO of Arotech
Corporation. “We now plan to use this excellent relationship
to increase our penetration into the lucrative Asian market.”
Arotech’s Battery and Power Systems Division
is a leading provider of primary and rechargeable batteries and
chargers for defense and other military applications. Arotech develops
and produces high power zinc-air batteries and is believed to be
the sole supplier of this technology to the US military. In addition,
Arotech develops high-end primary and secondary batteries and associated
chargers and has vast experience in working with government agencies,
the military and large corporations.
The Battery and Power Systems Division consists
of Electric Fuel Battery Corporation, Electric Fuel Ltd., and Epsilor
Electronic Industries Ltd.
About Arotech Corporation
Arotech Corporation is a leading provider of quality defense and
security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland
security markets, including multimedia interactive simulators/trainers,
lightweight armoring and advanced zinc-air and lithium batteries
and chargers. Arotech operates through three major business divisions:
Armoring, Simulation and Training, and Batteries and Power Systems.
Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate offices in Ann
Arbor, Michigan and research, development and production subsidiaries
in Alabama, 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, including the results of our restructuring program.
Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current knowledge,
assumptions, judgment and expectations regarding future performance
or events. Although management believes that the expectations reflected
in such statements are reasonable, 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 materially. 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; dilution
resulting from issuances of Arotech’s common stock upon conversion
or payment of its outstanding convertible debt, which would be increasingly
dilutive if and to the extent that the market price of Arotech’s
stock decreases; and other risk factors detailed in Arotech’s
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005, as amended, 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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