Satellite Security Systems Awarded California's South Coast Air Quality Contract
07 March 2006 - 2:07AM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN DIEGO, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Satellite Security Systems (S3),
a wholly owned subsidiary of Celtron International, Inc. (OTC:CLTR)
(BULLETIN BOARD: CLTR) , announced today that it has been selected
by the South Coast Air Quality Management District's Governing
Board to provide GlobalGuard(TM) Electronic Monitoring Units (EMUs)
in support of AQMD clean air programs. S3's GlobalGuard Emu's will
be used to electronically record diesel engine run hours and
mileage accrual within the South Coast four-county region and
wirelessly transmit the results back to S3. This is S3's third
award in as many attempts at supplying both hardware systems and
monitoring services to Air Quality Districts throughout California.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District is the regional
government agency responsible for air pollution control in Los
Angeles and Orange counties and parts of Riverside and San
Bernardino counties. In order to enhance enforcement activities on
mobile source projects funded under AQMD and state programs,
GlobalGuard electronic monitoring units, equipped with Global
Positioning Systems (GPS) will be installed on on-road and off-road
equipment. The Board approved release of a Request For Proposals
(RFP) on November 4, 2005 to solicit bids from qualified GPS
vendors. Seven proposals were received by the RFP due date and AQMD
and CARB staffs evaluated the proposals selecting Satellite
Security Systems, Inc. as the winning vendor to provide these
services. The first purchase order will be for approximately 200
GlobalGuard units and associated monitoring services for
approximately $500,000. Additional purchases made on the five year
contract will be funded through the Carl Moyer Program. AQMD
estimates that between 200 and 600 vehicles, marine vessels, and
other equipment will be equipped annually with GPS-EMU systems.
With options, the total potential of the contract over the five
years is roughly $7.5M. S3 is currently serving the Gateway Cities
Council of Governments and the Sacramento Municipal Air Quality
Management District in wirelessly gathering engine and vehicle
performance data -- all of which is used to help to reduce exhaust
emissions from existing heavy-duty vehicles operating in these
Districts. District members are incentivized to purchase newer,
cleaner-burning engine equipment and in return, the GlobalGuard
EMU's will be used to gather information including engine hours and
miles traveled by monitored vehicles throughout various air
district zones. In total, S3 has been awarded Air Quality contracts
for the monitoring of up to 4,325 units thus far in the three
contracts awarded to date. Ken Dixon, S3's Chief Executive Officer,
noted that, "This will be the third California Air District to
select S3 as their vendor to provide wireless data-gathering
services in support of their Carl Moyer clean air programs. Our
systems and understanding of Air District needs are constantly
improving and have lead to innovative measures to efficiently and
accurately gather this information for our customers. No longer
must there be a dependence upon manual record keeping. All forms of
data can be brought back wirelessly to meet client needs." About
Satellite Security Systems, Inc. With headquarters in San Diego,
California, Satellite Security Systems, Inc. is a wholly-owned
operating subsidiary of Celtron International, Inc. (OTC:CLTR)
(BULLETIN BOARD: CLTR) and is supported by a nationwide team of
sales and service professionals with expertise in industries such
as law enforcement, military, communications and investment
banking. Clients include the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Labor,
Washington D.C. Public School System, San Francisco Unified School
District, Fairfax County Public Schools, InterState Oil Company,
Gateway Cities of Governments, and other entities serving various
industries. Satellite Security Systems' GlobalGuard(TM) technology
secures, tracks, and controls assets throughout the United States,
Mexico, and Canada for clients including military, government,
police, and the consumer market. GlobalGuard(TM) users can
communicate with, monitor, track, analyze and control the movement
of virtually any object in transit. The integration of Motorola's
two-way satellite communications, on-board CPU and an integrated
Global Positioning System (GPS) make it possible for
GlobalGuard(TM) users to send data back and forth from a central
command unit or monitoring center while being continually alerted
to new or dynamic changes. The GlobalGuard(TM) active communication
and GPS system can be incorporated into unlimited applications. To
contact Satellite Security Systems, Inc.: John Phillips,
858-638-9700 or About Celtron International, Inc. Celtron
International, Inc. is engaged in the business of marketing
products and services in vehicle locating and management, and asset
tracking and telemetry solutions. Celtron's products and services
incorporate the latest, state of the art technology, including
cellular, global positioning, and satellite technology. To contact
Celtron International, Inc.: Ken Dixon, 858-638-9700 or
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT: This press release contains
forward-looking statements, including expected industry patterns
and other financial and business results that involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our
actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to
differ materially from results expressed or implied by this press
release. Such risk factors include, among others: the
sustainability of recent growth rates in the market for GPS
products and services; whether certain market segments,
particularly enterprise security, grow as anticipated; the
positioning of Celtron's and S3's products in those segments; the
competitive environment in the asset tracking and monitoring
industry; ability to integrate acquired companies and technology;
ability to retain key employees; ability to successfully combine
product offerings and customer acceptance of combined products;
general market conditions, fluctuations in currency exchange rates,
changes to operating systems and product strategy by vendors of
operating systems; and whether Celtron and/or S3 can successfully
develop new products and the degree to which these gain market
acceptance. Actual results may differ materially from those
contained in the forward- looking statements in this press release.
Additional information concerning these and other risk factors is
contained in the Risk Factors sections of Celtron's previously
filed Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Neither Celtron nor S3 undertake any
obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to
reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events
or changes to future operating results. DATASOURCE: Satellite
Security Systems CONTACT: John Phillips of Satellite Security
Systems, +1-858-638-9700, ; or Ken Dixon of Celtron International,
Inc., +1-858-638-9700,
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