High Alert ,,
BCAM Nasd.
TIME mag will hit the street any minute with a story on this little co ,, that has MEMS and micro valve that will control ergonomic setting on your cars ,, etc,,
Already have an existing license to Rebok shoes,, soon Rebok will anounce a deal where new generation of real time sneakers will hit the pavement ,, adjusting to every move of your feet ,, allowing you to jump higher..
Also soon a large reclining chair manufacturer will sign a deal ,, I am hearing ,, they already have contracts with major automakers,, this is the future..
Nasd shows that they have 580,000 shorts on this as it's sitting at 52 week low...
Judge for your self ,,
BCAM ,, Time mag will hit the streets this afternoon,, soon a large deal with a famous recliner chair maker and a huge deal with Reebok shoes,, it's MEMS with micro valve,,that controls your ergonomic setting in your cars.. shoes,, etc,, 1/2 mill shorts on this ,, go check nasdaq short stats..
Suggest we buy some now !
BCAM (Nasdaq)
BCAM, a rapidly growing leader in the high tech field of Ergonomics, presents an exciting investment opportunity as a quick glance at their extensive and impressive client list (filled with Fortune 500 companies) will reveal. One indication of their rapid growth is that revenues from continuing operations in 1997 totaled $3,959,000 compared with revenues of $29,000 from continuing operations for 1996, a gain of over 13000 %. The Street has still not recognized the potential of this relatively unknown company.
The comapny is projecting an increase in revenues this year to 20M, largely due to their Intelligent Surface Technology(IST), a BCAM patented technology that learns and recognizes user patterns, and empowers surfaces to automatically adjust themselves in real time to conform to the user's body for utmost comfort and fit. We understand that large sport shoe manufacturers as well large automobile makers are keenly interested in this technology.
According to the company,
1. It is close to reaching an agreement with a major recliner company that plans to install IST in its chairs.
2. Sealy Holdings Corporation (the Sealy mattress company) is planning to use BCAM's IST technology in one of its products.
3. IST will be featured in several 1999 automobile models to assure ultimate seating comfort.
In another announcement, BCAM, in cooperation with MCNC of Research Triangle Park, NC, successfully developed a working prototype of a very powerful and tiny microvalve. About the size of a fingernail, its air flow rate is at least one order of magnitude more forceful than any existing microvalve. It will be used as part of BCAM's IST in a great many consumer products, including athletic & medical footwear.
Address: 1800 Walt Whitman Road
Melville, NY 11747
Phone: (516) 752-3550
bcamergo.com
BCAM...A Tradition of Leadership
Founded in 1984 and publicly traded since 1989, BCAM International is a software technology company that specializes in ergonomic solutions for major industries and governments. BCAM does this by applying proprietary software, unique technology and scientific methodologies and know-how to:
Significantly improve the comfort and fit, usability and user performance, and overall user appeal of products.
Enhance the safety of workplaces.
Facilitate speedier return-to-work of injured workers.
Ergonomics is about fitting the environment to the individual -
Ergonomics is the study of the interaction between human beings and the surrounding environment. The practical application of ergonomics combines information and knowledge primarily from the fields of anthropometry, physiology, psychology, engineering and biomechanics.
Ergonomics enables products and workplaces to be safer, more productive, more comfortable, more user friendly, better fitting and to more effectively match human capabilities.
Industry
From its inception, BCAM has pioneered the development of advanced ergonomics with an emphasis on biomechanics, which is the fusion of medical science with mechanical engineering. This unequaled expertise has been applied to major industrial applications and to the development of unique technologies. In fact, BCAM has a number of industry firsts to its credit, including the development of:
EARLYr (Ergonomic Assessment of Risk and Liability), which allows the ergonomist to integrate videotapes of tasks with BCAM's proprietary software to accurately identify the risk of developing work related Cumulative Trauma Disorders, and to identify ergonomic opportunities for intervention in order to better fit the workplace to workers' capabilities.
Intelligent Surface Technology, a BCAM patented technology that learns and recognizes user patterns, and empowers surfaces to automatically adjust themselves in real time to conform to the user's body for utmost comfort and fit.
MQProTM, the only PC-based, 3-Dimensional, scalable, anthropometric, biomechanical human- modeling software developed and used by BCAM, as well as by 10,000 other individuals and organizations.
Proprietary Ergonomic Technologies, that use BCAM's unique methodologies, know-how, instruments, software, test procedures, comprehensive ergonomics library and database, to quantify the interrelationship of products and the environment with humans.
Shaping the Future
BCAM International is shaping the future of ergonomics with:
A senior management team that has extensive background and experience in a broad range of businesses
Modern facilities
A technology group of engineers with advanced degrees in ergonomics
Collaborative R&D agreements with major universities enabling BCAM to use their staff, professors, graduate students and laboratories
The industry's most advanced, patented technology
The following is a partial list of companies that have used BCAM's ergonomics services to improve their workplaces, products, and bottom lines:
AIG (American International Group)
Allied Signal Automotive
Allied Signal Bendix
Amoco
Arizona Salt River Project
Armstrong World Industries
Avery Dennison
AT&T
B E Aerospace
Baltimore Gas & Electric
Best Foods
Best Foods Baking Group
Black & Decker (DeWalt)
Black & Decker Household Products
Canada Post
Caterpillar
Certainteed
Chase Ergonomics
Citibank Visa Card Division
Climax Metals
CNA Insurance Companies
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
Con Edison
Cooper Power Tools
Danaher
Dover Corp.
Dow Corning
DuPont Corp.
E.A.R. Specialty Composites
Eaton Corp.
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Entermanns
Ergoplex
Eveready Battery
Ford Motor Company
Fujitsu Corp.
General Dynamics
General Motors Corp.
General Services Administration (GSA)
Georgia Pacific
Global Upholstery Company, Inc.
GM-CPC Pontiac Canada Group
Great Northern Nekosa
Grumman Aircraft Systems
Grumman Corp.
Gulfstream Aerospace
Haworth, Inc.
Hearst Publications
Hercules
Hertz Corp.
Highlands Insurance
Hills Pet Products
Home Insurance Company
Iacobucci S.P.A.
IKG Fiberglass
Illinois Tool Works
Ingersoll Rand
Inland Fisher Guide
International Business Machines (IBM)
International Flavors and Fragrances
IPTN-Indonesia
Johnson & Johnson
Keyes Fibre Company
Knoll
L. A. Rumbold Ltd
Levi Strauss
Lipsitz Green
Logitech
Long Island Lighting Company
Long Island Rail Road
Marriott Corp.
Martin Marietta
McNeil Pharmaceutical
MetPath
MicroComputer Accessories
Monsanto Corp.
Mystic Color Labs
Neapco, Inc.
Newsday
Nippondenso
Nissan Motor Manufacturing Co.
Ocean Consultants
Oscar Mayer
Occupational Safety & Health Admin (OSHA)
Otis Elevator
Pacific Gas & Electric
Pepsico
Perkins Coie
Phillip Morris
PPG - City of Wichita
Proctor & Gamble
Reebok International, Inc.
Remington Arms Company
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockwell International
Rubbermaid
Schlage Lock
Schulmberger
Scott Food Service
Scott Paper Company
SEPTA
Sicma America, Inc.
Siemans Automotive Ltd.
Siemens
Sikorsky Aircraft
SIMA-Navy
Smith & Wesson
Social Security Administration
Stanley Works
Square D Company
Steelcase
Sun Company
Symbol Technologies
The Learning Connection
Thomasville Furniture
Thompson Consumer Electronics
Tokio Marine / Yaskawa Electric America
Tokio Marine / Fujitsu
Twin County Food Grocers
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
USF&G
U.S. Library of Congress
U.S. Surgical
U.S. Tobacco
United Airlines
Union Carbide
United Parcel Service
United States Surgical
United Technologies Automotive
Wilton Corp.
Wisconsin Bell
Xerox Corp.
Zurich, Risk Enterprise Management (REM)
Business Summary
BCAM International, Inc. is a designer, marketer, manufacturer and distributor of medical footwear. For the fiscal year ended 12/31/97, revenues totalled $4 million, up from $29 thousand. Net loss from continuing operations totalled $4.7 million, up from $1.3 million. Revenues benefitted from the inclusion of sales from Drew Shoe. Higher loss reflects the inclusion of a $788 minority interest charge, a $613 thousand interest and financing charge and a $1.6 million charge for beneficial debt conversion.
Statistics at a Glance -- BCAM Last Updated: May 8, 1998
Price and Volume
(updated May 8, 1998)
52-Week Low $0.688
Recent Price $1.125
52-Week High $1.969
Beta 0.69
Daily Volume (3-month avg) 70.2K
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization $20.9M
Shares Outstanding 18.6M
Float 10.0M
Monday April 27, 10:29 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: BCAM International, Inc.
BCAM International, Inc. Completes its Restructuring; Revenues from Continuing Operations in 1997 Totaled $3,959,000
MELVILLE, N.Y., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BCAM International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCAM; Boston Stock Exchange: BAM) announced today that it has completed its restructuring and is now focusing on executing a plan to consolidate the medical footwear and related industries and exploiting its proprietary technologies (namely Intelligent Surface and microvalve technologies). The Company also released its results of operations for the fourth quarter and year-ended December 31, 1997.
Revenues from continuing operations in 1997 totaled $3,959,000 compared with revenues of $29,000 from continuing operations for 1996. Revenues for 1997 reflect principally the revenues of the Company's newly acquired Drew Shoe Corporation subsidiary. Drew Shoe's results of operations have been included in the Company's 1997 results for approximately 3 1/2 months since its acquisition in September, 1997. Operations of the Ergonomic Consulting Services business (''ECS'') and the HumanCAD Systems business (''HCAD'') have been reflected as discontinued operations.
''The financial results reflect the steps the Company has taken to identify non-contributing businesses, prioritize its investment spending and position itself for significant growth through acquisitions,'' said Michael Strauss, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BCAM. ''With the discontinued operations now behind us, we can focus on the two key elements of our strategy: acquisitions in the medical footwear and related businesses where we have identified and are in discussions with specific targeted companies, and building our core IST and microvalve technologies.''
Thursday March 19, 7:56 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: BCAM International, Inc.
BCAM International, Inc. Projects Strong Revenue Growth And New Applications For Its Unique 'IST' Technology
HILTON HEAD, S.C., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Guidera Communications received news today relating to its client, BCAM International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCAM - news), a Melville, NY-based leading software technology company.
Michael Strauss, BCAM president and CEO, expects revenues for 1998 to reach $20 million, of which $17.5 million will be derived from its Drew Shoe Division. The growth at Drew Shoe is partially due to the growing application of BCAM's IST (Intelligent Surface Technology) to Drew's medical shoes.
''IST empowers the surfaces of seats, shoes, & other items to automatically measure any part of the body touching that surface & then, in real time, adjust themselves to conform to that user's body. It provides the ultimate in comfort & fit,'' says Rosanne C. Oakley, president of Guidera.
Strauss announced several new applications of IST:
1. It's close to reaching an agreement with a major recliner company that plans to install IST in its chairs.
2. Sealy Holdings Corporation (the Sealy mattress company) is planning to use BCAM's IST technology in one of its products.
3. IST will be featured in several 1999 automobile models to assure ultimate seating comfort.
In another announcement, BCAM, in cooperation with MCNC of Research Triangle Park, NC, successfully developed a working prototype of a very powerful and tiny microvalve. About the size of a fingernail, its air flow rate is at least one order of magnitude more forceful than any existing microvalve. It will be used as part of BCAM's IST in a great many consumer products, including athletic & medical footwear.
Guidera Communications updates brokers throughout the United States on a one-to-one basis on behalf of its publicly traded clients.
Monday March 9, 8:05 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: BCAM International Inc.
BCAM International Develops What May Be World's Most Powerful Microvalve for "Intelligent" Consumer Product Applications
Technology Breakthrough has Indefinite Number of Commercial Possibilities, Including "Smart" Athletic and Medical Footwear
MELVILLE, N.Y., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- BCAM International Inc. (Nasdaq: BCAM - news) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, BCAM Technologies Inc., in cooperation with MCNC of Research Triangle Park, N.C., has successfully developed a working prototype of a very powerful and tiny microvalve -- about the size of a fingernail, using sophisticated MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) technology -- whose air flow rate is at least one order of magnitude more forceful than any existing microvalve.
The result of BCAM's nearly three-year-long research and development effort is a novel and patented microvalve assembly that resides on a single microchip and meets the specifications necessary to implement BCAM's patented Intelligent Surface Technology (IST) in a plethora of consumer products, including athletic and medical footwear.
''This is perhaps the single, most important milestone in the history of BCAM International. It is now possible to apply our Intelligent Surface Technology to virtually any product that comes into contact with the human body. In addition, we now can rapidly proceed with our commercialization partners to introduce the next generation of IST products,'' said Michael Strauss, BCAM's chairman and chief executive officer.
''Since mid-1995, BCAM has been exploring a promising new technology called MEMS, which are tiny devices that look very similar to computer chips -- except that, in addition to their electrical functions, MEMS devices also have moving mechanical parts. Using MEMS technology, BCAM Technologies and MCNC were able to fabricate a valve smaller and more efficient than anything else available in the world today. The most exciting impact for BCAM is that the possible applications for IST with the micovalve component will expand into more markets than we have ever contemplated before,'' said Strauss.
BCAM's proprietary Intelligent Surface Technology (IST), protected by eight issued patents and eight pending patents, empowers the surfaces of medical and consumer footwear -- as well as many other products, such as automobile seats, recliners, bedding and hand tools -- to measure the pressure distribution of any part of the body touching those surfaces and then to adjust themselves in real time to conform to that particular body for the utmost comfort and/or fit. Such a surface is considered ''intelligent'' because it is able to learn about the user and recognize patterns of the user's activities through its sophisticated proprietary software.
Intelligent Surface Technology (IST) is a concept invented and patented by BCAM International to empower products that come into contact with human users to have the ability to sense and respond to individuals in order to maximize comfort, fit, and performance and minimize fatigue and stress. The IST system can be customized to the specific needs of a particular product in order to provide activity-based feedback and adjustment, including the provision for intelligent massage. BCAM's first IST product was introduced on September 9, 1997, in the 1998 Cadillac Seville STS driver and passenger car seats.
BCAM will utilize MEMS technology as a strategic element of its Intelligent Surface Tecnology (IST). The typical IST system from BCAM can be divided into several components, including bladders, sensors, a pump, a valve assembly, electronic control circuitry, and software. To enable IST to achieve its full potential in products such as athletic and medical footwear, the IST system components needed to be miniaturized and manufactured in the most cost-efficient manner possible. Since mid-1995, the target component for microminiaturization has been the valve assembly. Traditional valves, including solenoid types, simply are too heavy, power-hungry and costly.
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) -- tiny devices about the width of a human hair -- are an offshoot of the technology developed to fabricate integrated circuits on silicon chips. MEMS is one of today's fastest-growing technologies. Advantages of a MEMS device over traditional devices are size, weight, power consumption, durability, and cost in large-volume production.
MCNC is a microfabrication, computing and networking company located in Research Triangle Park, N.C. It is home of the MEMS Technology Applications Center, which provides development and manufacturing services to industry and government.
BCAM International Inc., one of the nation's leading software technology companies, specializes in the ''ergonomic'' design of products, tools, and manufacturing processes that are better suited to be more compatible with the human body.
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