China military selects IPICO technology for fitness training

BURLINGTON, ON, March 16 /CNW/ - IPICO Inc. (TSX-V: RFD) announced today that its regional channel partner, Beedancing (China) Electronic Co., Ltd., will provide IPICO's Dual Frequency timekeeping solutions for use in the Chinese military fitness training programs. IPICO expects to provide approximately 150 of its LITE systems along with 10 ELITE systems and 50,000 DF tags in the first year of the multi-year program.

Beedancing CEO, Mr. Sinwa Wang, said "We are very eager to promote the IPICO solutions in the China marketplace. With superior performance, ease of use and cost effectiveness, IPICO's technology is an excellent fit for this important military training application."

Jiann Hsieh, IPICO VP North Asia added "Beedancing has made tremendous progress in China in the last year. This important success demonstrates the progress IPICO continues to make in expanding beyond more traditional sporting events into the much larger global personal fitness, training and wellness markets."

IPICO's unique Dual Frequency RFID technology performs in the harsh and challenging environmental conditions typically found in physical training events. Since initial market introduction in 2007, IPICO personal tracking and performance systems continue to develop and grow a loyal following throughout the globe, with over 600 systems sold in some 36 countries.

ABOUT IPICO Inc.: IPICO Inc. is an RFID solution supplier with operations in Canada, USA, South Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. IPICO produces smart labels and tags based on the IP-X communication protocol. IPICO's low interference readers are designed to meet regulatory requirements in many major markets, and allow for multi-reader rollout in close proximity. IPICO's low cost RFID products excel at long read range, fast multi-read anti-collision and high thru-beam read-speeds of dynamic tag populations. These products are used to optimize the management of items, people, animals and processes within the logistic supply chain and other value chains. For further information, go to www.IPICO.com

About Beedancing: Beedancing (China) Electronic Co., Ltd is an RFID company focused on product development, software development, systems integration, manufacturing, marketing and technical services. Its current business solutions target the sports, education, transportation, asset management, and military sectors in China. For further information, go to www.Beedancing.com.

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For further information: Jiann Hsieh, VP North Asia, IPICO Inc., Tel: [phone], Email: [email protected]