EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. Enters Long-term Supply Agreement with Honeywell Process Solutions
Company to provide secure, environmentally hardened broadband access points for industrial process controls
Irving, TX – February 23, 2009 – EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFJI) today announced that it has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Honeywell Process Solutions. The agreement calls for the company to provide Honeywell with its multinode broadband access product, which is now offered as part of Honeywell’s OneWireless™ universal industrial wireless mesh network solution. The hazardous-location certified multinode product will be used to enable wireless automation, efficiency, and safety in petrochemical plants, mines, and other heavy industrial environments.
“Our secure high performance broadband solutions are a natural fit for industrial applications,” said Michael Jalbert, chief executive officer and president of EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. “The extreme environmental conditions of noise, vibration, heat, dust, and moisture that our secure wireless solutions are designed to operate in provide us with a unique advantage. Our history and expertise in developing robust, secure products for military applications lends great value in providing end-to-end security for wireless sensor monitoring and control. The FIPS 140-2 Validated™ security in our solutions provides industrial organizations with the same measure of secure communications on which the military relies. Combining our rugged construction and high-performance secure wireless wide area network technology with robust sensors delivers a compelling and unmatched solution.”