Colombian Logistics and Security Firm Deploys RFID-Based Information Solution From Savi Technology to Continuously Monitor Cargo Shipments

Colombian Logistics and Security Firm Deploys RFID-Based Information Solution From Savi Technology to Continuously Monitor Cargo Shipments

May 10, 2006

Emprevi Ltda. Purchases Savi Transportation Security Solution (TSS) to Establish a Regional Cargo Visibility and Security Network in Colombia

    SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- To
enhance visibility, management and security of Colombian
container shipments, Emprevi Ltda. is deploying Savi
Technology's SmartChain(R) Transportation Security Solution
(TSS), which leverages real-time information from active
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies.  By
providing Emprevi with value-added services for its
customers, Savi TSS will help Emprevi to generate new
business opportunities and enable its customers to cut
costs, improve inventory management, decrease safety stock,
and reduce the potential for drug trafficking and smuggling,
theft, loss, or terrorist intrusions.

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    Emprevi Ltda. (Empresa de Prevencion y Vigilancia
Ltda.) is a Colombia-based provider of logistics and
security services for importers and exporters, including
major U.S.-based public companies in the pharmaceutical and
healthcare, consumer product goods, food and beverage,
transportation and logistics services industries.  Emprevi
plans to integrate Savi TSS into a new Emprevi service
offering called, "Global Trade Control," which
will provide its clients with continuous online monitoring
of cargo containers and their contents, and rapid detection
and deterrence of potential security breaches.

    Beyond tracking container movements within Colombia,
Emprevi plans to extend end-to-end visibility of these
shipments by linking their service with SaviTrak(TM), the
global information service provided by Savi Networks. 
SaviTrak provides real-time, information services on the
location, security and integrity of containerized cargo
shipments as they move throughout a global network of
RFID-enabled ports and inter-linked supply chain
checkpoints.

    "Today, Emprevi is leveraging the
latest-generation security and logistics management
solutions from Savi Technology to maximize service value
for our clients," said Mauricio Barberan Canas,
President of Emprevi.  "Savi's world-class solutions
will help Emprevi to further enhance our clients' supply
chain security, visibility, and shipment tracking, which in
turn will help us to generate new business opportunities. 
It also will help to reduce our clients' costs, help ensure
compliance with international regulations and lower
time-consuming inspections."

    "We're pleased to start this relationship with
Emprevi through our newly established Regional Cargo
Visibility and Security Network, and Savi plans to
strengthen our partnership as we work together more closely
to improve both the security and efficiency of product
shipments entering and leaving Colombia," said Mark
Weidick, Savi Technology's General Manager of Commercial
Markets.  

    Savi TSS is based on RFID technology and software
solutions developed since 1989 that have successfully
tracked more than 1.5 million shipments in real-time.  Savi
TSS can incorporate data fed from a variety of Automatic
Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) devices, such as
RFID, electronic seals, biometrics, sensors, and global
positioning tracking systems (GPS).

    Savi Technology's active RFID devices are based on ISO
18000-7 standards operating at 433.92 MHz, and the company
is actively involved with the maritime industry to further
develop standards for container tracking and security.  
    More information about Savi Technology can be found at
http://www.savi.com .

    For more information, please contact:

     Mark Nelson 
     Savi Technology
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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