JERUSALEM, Israel, August 25, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Yaacov Shoham, CEO and spokesman for Identa Corp. (Pink Sheets:IDTA), released this first bulletin on major news of the sales and distribution department and R&D department as follows:
1. Two prominent officials of the Interior Ministry -- Romania and the Anti Drug Authority, this week made a lightning two day visit to the Identa Plant in Jerusalem that resulted in a major increase (worth hundreds of thousands dollars) in their on going purchase of Identa Stinger kits from their excess budget for the year 2004. They also expressed their interest in distributing Identa Kits and materials throughout the Educational System of Rumania and they plan to include this in next years (2005) budget. 2. A second order from the US leader of pharmaceutical supplies, AbDiagnostics, of Palm Bay Florida, has just been received in Identa offices. This can be seen as another breakthrough in the ongoing penetration of the open retail market. See their web site for more info. 3. The Board of Identa unanimously agreed to extend for another 3 year period, the appointment of Baruch Glattstein, (inventor of the Identa Drug Detector Kits) as Head of Research and Development. 4. Identa CEO, Yacov Shoham, recently returned from a whirlwind visit to the USA where in four days he traveled across the East Coast and met with four different companies active in supplying Homeland Security Products in the US and abroad. One has the GSA approval and all have direct connections with Homeland Security Department. All have agreed to work together with Identa in the Marketing and Sales; more information about the companies will be made public as soon as the agreements bear fruit. This, is above and beyond the existing activity in the US that was published earlier this year.