New York, NY – March 10, 2008 – Acro, Inc. (OTC BB:ACRI), a developer of explosive detection solutions, today announced that it has received an order from a strategic US federal agency for its ACRO-P.E.T. peroxide explosive testers. The order was received by Quality Performance, Inc., an Acro distributor in the United States. .
"The new order is further evidence to the quality and excellence of ACRO-P.E.T. as a unique detector of improvised explosives,” said Acro Chairman and CEO Gadi Aner. "Although it is not a significant order financially and quantitatively, it demonstrates the trust and confidence of the US government in ACRO-P.E.T. which is a critical tool in the never-ending battle against terror.”
The new order is the second from a US federal agency. In August 2007 Acro reported an order for 300 ACRO-P.E.T. testers from the US Army.
Acro's revolutionary patented peroxide explosive tester – ACRO-P.E.T. – is an innovative, pen-like device that can identify peroxide-based explosives, such as triacetone triperoxide (TATP), which may appear in a variety of shapes and forms, including liquid explosives. Peroxide-based explosives are almost impossible to identify, since they do not contain nitro groups and are colorless.
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) based on materials containing peroxide have increasingly been used in recent years by various terrorist organizations. The main reason is that such peroxide-based explosives can be easily “home-made” using inexpensive, readily available starting materials that can be purchased in most hardware and paint stores, even in bulk quantities.
ACRO-P.E.T. has been designed for rapid, onsite detection of peroxide-based explosives. Its main advantages include high sensitivity, high selectivity, fast response, simple operation, small size and cost effectiveness.
ACRO-P.E.T.is part of Acro’s new ACRO-SET kit which includes also ACRO-N.E.T. (Nitro Explosive Tester) - an explosive detector for military and commercial explosives, capable of identifying the majority of explosives currently in use, such as TNT, Tetryl, TNB, picric acid, dynamite, RDX, PETN, nitrocellulose smokeless powder, C4, Semtex, and others. In addition to military and commercial explosives, ACRO-N.E.T. can detect homemade explosives based on nitrate.
About Acro, Inc.
Acro, Inc. caters to global homeland security markets at the forefront of explosives identification and detection. Acro, Inc. researches, develops and markets state-of-the-art, safe, cost-effective technologies and applications. For more information on Acro products and other Acro, Inc. information, please visit http://www.acrosec.com/products
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning our marketing and operations plans. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made based on management's current expectations and estimates, which involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks related to the evolving homeland security market, our ability to successfully market and sell our explosive tester products worldwide, and the ability to successfully demonstrate to governmental national security agencies and national police forces solutions, and receive significant orders from the US Federal Agency mentioned in this press release and from others, general economic conditions and other risk factors. Acro does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made herein.
Contact:
Shai Markevitch
VP sales & BD, Acro
Tel: +972-4-636-0297
Mobile: +972-54-818-9640
E-mail: shai@acrosec.com
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