(COMTEX) B: AcSys U.S. and MAXIMUS Sign Teaming Agreement
B: AcSys U.S. and MAXIMUS Sign Teaming Agreement
New York, New York, Jan 25, 2001 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) --
Heritage Concepts International Inc. announces that its U.S. affiliate, AcSys
Biometrics USA Inc., has entered into a teaming agreement with MAXIMUS, Inc., a
Reston, Virginia- based company and one of the US' leading providers of program
management, information technology, and consulting services to state and local
governments.
"We are anxious to work with AcSys," said Al Miller, vice president of MAXIMUS
Intelligent Technologies Division. "This is an important initiative for MAXIMUS
that adds another dimension to our Smart Card capabilities. Facial recognition
biometrics, through AcSys' technology, is now a real-time solution and has
entered the realm of being a practical choice -- not just a theoretical one.
This arrangement will allow MAXIMUS an even greater opportunity to provide the
excellent service our clients have come to expect."
AcSys and MAXIMUS, will, as a team, enter into joint proposals for the purposes
of developing, servicing, and supplying biometric solutions for various fields,
such as government, security, military, financial, education and health care
systems.
The agreement allows both MAXIMUS and AcSys to pursue opportunities that provide
products and services related to each other's field of expertise. AcSys and
MAXIMUS will determine which will act as the prime and which as the
subcontractor based upon each project. Compensation will also be determined on a
project-by-project basis.
"This is indeed great news for AcSys," said Jerry Janik, AcSys' president. "The
ground-breaking teaming agreement we have put in place with MAXIMUS provides
AcSys great momentum and underscores my commitment of bringing our biometrics
technology to market as the most powerful facial recognition biometric
available."
MAXIMUS has successfully provided services to governments in every state in
America, as well as the Federal government. The Company's client experience
spans the globe from Cairo, Egypt, to Honolulu, Hawaii. Listed on the New York
Stock Exchange (MMS), MAXIMUS has more than 4,300 employees located in more than
130 offices across the United States.
AcSys Biometrics USA Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AcSys Biometrics Inc.,
a subsidiary of HCI. AcSys Biometrics is the leading-edge provider of facial
recognition through its exclusive worldwide license for Quantum Holographic
Neural Technology (HNeT) with applications for the financial, manufacturing,
security and medical sectors. HCI is a diversified, Burlington, Ontario-based,
Canadian-controlled company operating in this new economy through autonomous
subsidiaries and partnerships/ CI trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
CONTACT: TEL: (905) 634-4111 Darlene Marks, Director, Communication
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FAX: (905) 634-1101 Heritage Conceptys International Inc.
Email: invest@hci.ca
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