Aviorel International Joins Labcal’s Network of Partners

Labcal Technologies Inc., a Quebec-based company delivering authentication solutions based on fingerprint, smart card and public key cryptography technologies, is pleased to announce its new partnership with Aviorel International for the representation of its products in the defence and aerospace market throughout Europe.

The Manager of Aviorel, Mr Claude Pallarès, brings a wide range of expertise to Labcal. Specialized in airport security, sales, traffic, and cargo transportation, M. Pallarès has more than 30 years experience in airline companies such as Swissair, Air Canada and American Airlines. He also has 8 years of experience consulting in the aeronautic field.

“This addition is a key element in Labcal‚s expansion plans. Mr Pallarès brings a strong understanding of the defence and aerospace market and numerous contacts in Europe. We are pleased to have him on our team,” said Hugues Gervais, Vice President of Business Development at Labal.

This new association brings extensive resources and experience to maximize results during transactions, it will also allow Labcal to access a large business network and knowledge base and will help the company focus on maximizing value and meeting its clients’ objectives in the defence and aerospace market in Europe.

Aviorel will be showcasing Labcal‚s solutions at ILA in Berlin (May 10 to May 16, 2004). Labcal will also be exhibiting at IFSEC 2004, in Birmingham, UK (May 10-13, 2004).

About Aviorel International

Aviorel, member of the CDIA, markets defence related Canadian products to European armies and the systems integrators. The head office for Europe is based in Montreux, Switzerland and for Canada in Quebec City. Over the last three years, Aviorel established direct contact with various European army officials, engineers and buyers at key integrator firms such as Mowag, Krauss Maffei, Rheinmetall, Steyr Daimler Puch, and Hagglunds (Sweden).

About Labcal Technologies, Inc.

Founded in 1995, Labcal Technologies Inc. develops and markets authentication solutions based on biometric, smart card and PKI technologies. With one of the industry‚s most comprehensive portfolios of readers and software, Labcal offers trusted and highly secure digital identity systems for a wide range of applications, such as: physical access control, logical access control, military ID and national ID cards. Labcal also provides the market with a complete integrated authentication solution that supports physical and logical access control as well as remote authentication. Supported by an experienced R&D and professional services team, Labcal offers a full range of core and vertical-specific solutions to market demands for any of the following: airport, seaport, oil refinery, healthcare, civil ID, government, and Fortune 1000 Enterprises. For further information please visit www.labcal.com.