Applied Nutrition PLC Regulatory News (APN)

10 May 2006 11:08

Appian Technology PLC10 May 2006 Appian Technology plc / Ticker: APN / Market: AIM / Sector: Technology 10 May 2006 Appian Technology plc ('Appian' or 'the Company') Contracts to Install ANPR Systems in 12 UK Seaports And a Major UK International Airport Appian Technology plc, the AIM-traded provider of Automatic Number PlateRecognition systems ('ANPR') and traffic management products and solutions, haswon contracts totalling £335,000 to equip 12 UK seaports and a major UKinternational airport with its Talon ANPR technology. The seaport contracts arein addition and not related to the £626,000 contract announced in March 2006regarding a 10-year project sponsored by the UK Government. The Talon ANPR technology will be operated by UK government agencies and will beused for counter terrorism and crime reduction initiatives. The contracts werewon in a competitive tender process. Appian Chairman Pat Ryan said: "These contracts further reinforce our positionas being the ANPR technology supplier of choice for mission critical counterterrorist and policing applications. The market for our products continues toexpand both in the UK and internationally as spending for security and counterterrorism measures increases. I believe that with our range of products andexperienced sales team we are ideally placed to take advantage of this growth." * * ENDS * * For Enquiries: Tom Keene Appian Technology plc Tel: 01628 554750 Hugo de Salis St Brides Media and Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7242 4477 Notes to Editors: Appian Technology plc, which joined AIM on 4 January 2006, provides high techproducts for automatic number plate recognition ('ANPR'), vehicleidentification, modern traffic management, parking guidance and car parkmanagement problems for the surveillance, counter terrorism, access controland congestion charging markets. Key products are Talon ('ANPR') andNavigator PGI (parking guidance information system). In 2003 the Companyintroduced TalonSP, a software based version with all the functionality ofTalon, which is capable of running a number of cameras on any modern PCplatform. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange