ProductSentry� - Brand Protection wins Award at APEX 2009

WESTMORELAND, N.H. � POLYONICS won the coveted Circuits Assembly �New Product Introduction (NPI) Award�, for the second year in a row, for its introduction of ProductSentry� security enhanced high performance label materials. This NPI Award is an annual celebration of product excellence in electronics surface mount assembly. Premier products based on the finest examples of creative advancement in technology are chosen by a distinguished panel of industry experts. The award was presented to the company during a ceremony that took place in the Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center in Las Vegas before the start of APEX 2009, an annual international exhibition for electronics manufacturers. POLYONICS provides label materials globally for many electronics manufacturers, built around its Thermoguard� �harsh environment platform. ProductSentry�, is a new generation of barcode labels utilizing covert-enhanced Thermoguard� technologies. Now real-time WIP data collection is combined with overt, covert, and forensic �layered technologies� for product authentication.... without changing your manufacturing operations.

According to Dr. Jim Williams, Polyonics' founder,"These covert-designed ProductSentry�, configurations not only continue to give you the benefits of barcode technology for WIP and inventory control in day-to-day operations, but also help you protect your products from counterfeiting, warranty fraud, and product diversion downstream. This means that product authentication features are easily integrated into existing WIP barcode data collection systems on-line and in real-time, during the products' manufacture, and becoming an integral part of your Brand Protection, Track and Trace system."

He added, "Using a proprietary and 'secure' scanner, you scan the barcode labels 'just like you use today', to collect the WIP data. Simultaneously, the ProductSentry�, feature is then read to match the proprietary covert or forensic features used in the ribbon and/or label material which uniquely identify each individual product. Of course, these features are undetectable by ordinary means. The net result is that you are adding an additional data stream with a one-to-one correspondence to your current data collection of WIP and process data, thereby enhancing protection against counterfeiting, product diversion, and other fraud. Of course the ProductSentry�, label materials conform to RoHS, WEEE, REACH, and other appropriate �green� requirements." Williams continued, "Although this award was for work done in the electronics industry, ProductSentry materials will be equally useful in other manufacturing environments, especially where bar code labelling is currently used.. Track and Trace now begins at the WIP level, as an enhancement to existing operations, regardless of the industry." Dr. Williams also led a discussion panel on counterfeiting issues in electronics, and delivered a presentation on preserving the integrity of the electronics supply chain.

For more details you can visit http://www.polyonicsprotected.com/. Samples and data sheets are available upon request.