Ship2Save leads into EPC GLOBAL conference with a strong backing

August 23rd, 2004 - Montreal, Quebec

Ship2Save is pleased to announce its participation at the 2004 EPC Global Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference will stage what will be the most significant gathering of RFID developers and integrators in North America. The company joins other market leaders, including new alliance partners, Zebra Technologies and Alien Technology as a conference exhibitor.

Executive Business Analyst Konrad Konarski notes: "As an exhibitor at the EPC conference, Ship2Save will engage hands-on in assisting customers to implement the EPC Global Network. Standardization, EPC, will help layout the groundwork that will in the near future allow RFID to extend seamlessly across the global supply-chain."

Sam Falsafi, Business Development Director at Ship2save adds: "You can't forgo the fact that EPC is something that will at some point be a part of your implementation strategy when adopting RFID. Not understanding the importance of standardization across your supply-chain is definitely a problem. It's like buying yourself a cell phone and not subscribing to a provider. Sure you can use it, but you're definitely missing out on the gist of things."

Zebra Technologies and Alien Technology, two companies responsible for pioneering the development of RFID hardware, have recently been added to the growing roster of Ship2Save's strategic partners. The partnership with Zebra Technologies has helped Ship2Save extend its RFID solutions to a new ground. Being the first RFID partner of Zebra in Canada has opened Ship2Save to providing extended value to Zebra printers through many of Ship2Save's products as well as reselling these RFID printers to the end-user.

"Our goal is to ensure that Zebra partners around the world are fully trained and authorized to supply and support complete RFID on-demand printing products and solutions in their local markets," said Matt Ream senior manager of RFID systems for Zebra. "Given the current demands for knowledgeable providers and the complexity of RFID technology and evolving standards, it is critical that our partners demonstrate the expertise required to assist end user companies in the selection, implementation and deployment of RFID systems for their supply chain initiatives."

Similarly, Ship2Save is both a VAR and Software Partner with Alien Technology. The renowned RFID hardware manufacturer was an important component of Ship2Save's business development model and continues to be a solid partner in the company's various initiatives.

"Alien is pleased to be engaged with Ship2save as an integrator of Alien's unique RFID hardware solutions," said Rick Baron, Director of Channel Management for Alien Technology, of Morgan Hill, CA. "We look forward to working closely with Ship2save in delivering our EPC-based readers and tags to the Canadian marketplace."

President and CEO of Ship2Save, Dino De Luca says: "Building strong relationships with other market leaders is fundamental to being able to provide complete and cost-effective solutions for the customer. We are honored to have Zebra and Alien on board with us."

About Alien Technology
Alien Technology® is a leading supplier of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware that enables consumer packaged goods companies, retailers and other industries to improve their operating efficiency throughout their supply chains. Through our patented manufacturing process, Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA®), Alien fabricates high performance electronic product code (EPC) Class 1 tags in unprecedented volumes at very low cost.

About Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA) delivers innovative and reliable on-demand printing solutions for business improvement and security applications in 90 countries around the world. More than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies use Zebra®-brand printers. A broad range of applications benefit from Zebra-brand thermal barcode, "smart" label, card, and receipt printers, resulting in enhanced security, increased productivity, improved quality, lower costs, and better customer service. The company has sold four million printers, including RFID printer/encoders and wireless mobile solutions, and also offers software, connectivity solutions, and printing supplies. Information about Zebra bar code products can be found at http://www.zebra.com/ . The company's Web site for thermal printing supplies is http://www.zipzebra.com/ .

About Ship2Save
Ship2Save is one of the industry leaders in cost effective RFID Solutions and is a founding member of the Canadian Microsoft RFID Council. Ship2Save's unique product lines, flexible and proficient software, business development models, and distinctive deployment services, offer customers cost effective and high quality solutions for their logistic needs. http://www.ship2save.com/