CLEVELAND, Dec. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mace® Security
International, an established manufacturing brand known for its
personal defense pepper sprays and security equipment, announced
today a joint venture with SoloMetrics LLC, to provide safety
technology inspired by the film "Minority Report."
The Steven Spielberg thriller, set in 2054, focuses on the role
of protecting citizens by preventing crime. While watching the
film, inventor Farhan Masood
realized he could design the futuristic technology. And he went on
to create a successful multi-national company called
SoloMetrics.
Now SoloMetrics is partnering with Mace® brand to provide
innovative technology and services that produce the next generation
of safety and security products. The joint venture, named SoloMace,
will significantly enhance the Mace® brand line of personal
defense products and increase its range of law enforcement
products.
"This partnership will create unprecedented opportunities in the
area of security," said John J.
McCann, president and CEO of Mace Security
International.
SoloMetrics is a Chicago-based
research and development company that invents and assembles
technologies addressing gaps in security and access control, time
and attendance, business process automation and location-based
tracking systems.
Under the newly announced partnership, SoloMetrics will work
alongside Mace Security International, its partners and customers
to create integrated, automated and intelligent products and
solutions. SoloMetrics will utilize its arsenal of patent
pending hardware and software technologies including biometrics,
complex pattern and gestures recognition, augmented reality and big
data.
Mace® plans to launch SoloMace in the summer of 2014.
"This will transform what it means to protect yourself and
engage law enforcement in new ways," McCann said.
Masood, an engineer whose work was recognized by the MIT
Enterprise Forum in 2012, is known as the originator of the Arabic,
Urdu and Persian languages on the Internet.
Carter Kennedy, interim CEO at
SoloMetrics, said, "Our alliance with Mace® brings together
technology and protection. It creates a security blanket for people
who could be in threatening circumstances."
Mace® brand (OTCPINK: MACE) is a manufacturer and
provider of personal defense, safety and electronic
security products for home, school, business and law
enforcement use. The company provides site assessment and
integrated security strategies, ranging from pepper
spray devices to electronic surveillance and rapid
response rescue networks. Mace® brand has been a source
of non-lethal solutions since 1970.
Contact: Garnett R.
Meador, garnett@mace.com or 440-424-5393
SOURCE Mace Security International
