Erste "VeriChip"-Käufer in Europa
Geschrieben von mica am 14. November 2003 15:35:06:
Als Antwort auf: Nachrichten 14. November 2003 (o.T.) geschrieben von Puma am 14. November 2003 00:01:27:
Die Firma RussGPS, mit Büros in Moskau und Zürich und Handelsbeziehungen in der ehemaligen Sowietunion, will die reiskorngroßen Chips im Sicherheitsbereich anwenden.
Innerhalb der nächsten 5 Jahre sollen 51,000 VeriChips und 2,600 Scanner angekauft werden.
Applied: First VeriChips sold in EuropePalm Beach-based Applied Digital Solutions (Nasdaq: ADSX) said its VeriChip Corp. subsidiary has received a purchase order for 400 VeriChips and 34 handheld scanners from its distributor for Russia and Switzerland - the company's first sales in Europe.
The technology development firm said the distributor agreed to buy a total of 1,000 VeriChips and 100 scanners in 2003, as part of a five-year minimum purchase of 51,000 VeriChips and 2,600 scanners required to maintain its exclusivity.About the size of a grain of rice, VeriChip is an under-the-skin, radio frequency identification microchip.
The Swiss-Russian distributor, RussGPS, has offices in Moscow and Zurich and operates throughout the former Soviet Union region.
The distributor's initial plans call for using VeriChip for its security-related and emergency identification applications.
Applied shares closed up 5 cents to 47 cents. The 52-week high was 70 cents on Nov. 29. The 52-week low was nearly 18 cents on March 21.
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