EFJ Inc. Receives Order for $980,000 From City of Columbus
August 04 2004 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
EFJ Inc. Receives Order for $980,000 From City of Columbus
EFJohnson Subsidiary to Provide Portable Radios to Ohio Capital and
Surrounding Counties WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
EFJ, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFJI) announced today that its EFJohnson
subsidiary has received an order for $980,000 from the City of
Columbus, Ohio. The order calls for EFJohnson to provide the city
with its Project 25 compliant portable radios. "As one of only two
suppliers of Project 25 radios that also feature SMARTNET(R) and
SmartZone(R) protocols, we are very pleased to be providing
solutions for the City of Columbus and its surrounding area," said
Michael E. Jalbert, chairman and chief executive officer of EFJ,
Inc. "The radios will operate on the MARCS (Multiple Agency Radio
Communications System) radio network, which includes approximately
280 sites throughout Ohio," said David Borden, communications
administrator for the City of Columbus. "We need a radio that can
operate on SMARTNET, SmartZone, and P25 trunked systems, and the
EFJohnson radios meet the need. We have thoroughly tested the
EFJohnson radios over the State of Ohio SmartZone radio system in
both Cincinnati and Cleveland, and they are interoperable with the
city's SMARTNET radio system." The company worked closely with the
Columbus office of Bear Communications, Inc. (BearCom), a
nationwide dealer of wireless communications products in obtaining
the sale. EFJohnson provides digital Project 25 compliant
interoperable wireless communications systems solutions for
federal, state and local agencies involved with homeland security
and public safety. EFJohnson, founded in 1923, was one of the first
developers of wireless communications products to be fully
compliant with federal government interoperability specifications.
The company designs, manufactures, and markets conventional and
trunked radio systems, land mobile radio repeaters and mobile and
portable radios. For more information, visit
http://www.efjohnson.com/. EFJ, Inc is the Washington, DC based
parent company to industry-leading wireless telecommunications
solutions businesses. EFJ, Inc. is home to the EFJohnson Company,
one of the first developers of Project 25 mobile communications
products compliant with federal government interoperability
standards, and Transcrypt International, a leader in secure voice
communication solutions. EFJohnson and Transcrypt International are
wholly owned subsidiaries of EFJ, Inc. For more information, visit
http://www.efji.com/. SMARTNET(R) and SmartZone(R) are registered
trademarks of Motorola, Inc. Certain matters discussed in this
press release constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements relate to, among other matters,
anticipated sales growth. These forward-looking statements are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially
from those expressed, suggested or implied by the forward-looking
statements due to a number of risk factors including, but not
limited to, the level of demand for EFJ's products and services,
the timely procurement of necessary manufacturing components,
dependence on continued funding of governmental agency programs,
and other risks detailed in EFJ's reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2003. EFJ undertakes no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: EFJ Inc. CONTACT:
Investor Relations Information: Jim Stark of EFJ, Inc.,
+1-800-295-1772, or , or Trade Press Information: Kevin Nolan of
EFJohnson Company, +1-202-772-5441, or Web site:
http://www.efji.com/ http://www.efjohnson.com/
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