One-on-one assessment will evaluate current efficiency and potential for gains with gate, vessel and OCR technology

San Diego, CA – APS Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of optical character recognition (OCR) and automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals, announced it will be raffling ten free ten-hour consultations and productivity assessments for terminal operators attending the Terminal Operators Conference in Europe (TOC Europe), June 8-10, 2010, in Valencia, Spain.

“Terminal operators are searching for proven methods to lower operating costs and increase productivity and cargo velocity,” said Russ Scheppmann, APS Technology CEO. “OCR and process automation systems can provide a fast return on investment by increasing throughput capacity and reducing bottlenecks. We are offering a series of in-depth business value assessments to give a clear picture of current capacity, productivity and profitability compared to their potential with adding gate, vessel and yard automation.”

Interested operators may email the company to register for the free ROI analysis to matt@aps-technology.com.

Allen Thomas, Chief Operating Officer for APS, will be presenting at the TOC Europe Innovation Forum seminar series. Thomas’ presentation, “OCR & Operational Process Control: Standardise, centralise and optimise operations” is Thursday, June 8 at 2pm. The TOC Innovation Forum is located on the exhibition floor and is free to attendees.

About APS Technology Group
APS Technology Group is a leading provider of OCR and automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals. The solutions improve the productivity, efficiency and cost effectiveness of container operations by increasing the visibility, velocity, and volume of cargo moving through a terminal’s gate, rail, vessel and yard operations.

APS leads the industry with over 700 OCR and automation systems installed at 35 marine and intermodal container terminals in ten countries around the world, including APM Terminals, CSX Railroad, DP World and HHLA. The company is located in San Diego, CA and has offices or partner resellers in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. For more information, call +1 858.571.4444 or visit http://www.aps-technology.com.

Contact: Allen Thomas, +1 704.442.5554 ext. 101
Email: allen@aps-technology.com

San Diego, CA – APS Technology Group, Inc., a leading provider of optical character recognition (OCR) and automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals, announced the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) will implement the APS Gate OCR Portal to automate equipment identification, traffic processing and imaging at both its marine terminals in Houston. One of the largest ports in the world, The Port of Houston handles 69.6 percent of the containerized cargo market in the U.S. Gulf, and 95.5 percent of the containers moved through Texas seaports.

PHA will implement fourteen total lanes of Gate OCR at its Bayport and Barbour’s Cut terminals. The APS Gate OCR Portal provides centralized optical character recognition, identification and imaging of equipment exiting the terminals via over-the-road trucks. The system automatically identifies containers, chassis, and license plates associated with the equipment. The APS Gate OCR solution is fully integrated with Navis Express gate system from Zebra Enterprise Solutions to enable the automatic ‘out gate’ function to process the equipment without human interaction. Once installed, PHA customers can verify the status and condition of their cargo using the APS system images linked into the PHA website.

“OCR solutions facilitate faster cargo velocity and have proven to improve a port’s air quality emissions. Decreasing the time trucks spend waiting to exit a terminal and reducing idling time helps lower diesel exhaust that vehicles emit,” said Russ Scheppmann, APS Technology CEO. “This is just another example of The Port of Houston Authority’s progressive leadership in embracing programs that improve productivity while also lowering the environmental impact on the local community.”

About APS Technology Group
APS Technology Group is a leading provider of OCR and automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals. The solutions improve the productivity, efficiency and cost effectiveness of container operations by increasing the visibility, velocity, and volume of cargo moving through a terminal’s gate, rail, vessel and yard operations.

APS leads the industry with over 700 OCR and automation systems installed at 35 marine and intermodal container terminals in ten countries around the world, including APM Terminals, CSX Railroad, DP World and HHLA. The company is located in San Diego, CA and has offices or partner resellers in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. For more information, call +1 858.571.4444 or visit http://www.aps-technology.com.

Contact: Allen Thomas, +1 704.442.5554 ext. 101
Email: allen@aps-technology.com

Deviceless and Device Based Asset Tracking Enhances Global Supply Chain Visibility of Containers, Assets, and Items In-Transit

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aankhen Inc. (www.aankhen.com) and APS Technology Group, Inc. (www.aps-technology.com), two of the world’s leading providers of supply chain visibility solutions, today announced that they have partnered to offer the industry’s first and most comprehensive asset tracking solutions leveraging deviceless and device based technologies.

“With Aankhen’s leadership in supply chain visibility software solutions and APS’s OCR technology, we can take existing rail, port and container terminal operations around the world to the next level of efficiency and performance with lower operating costs”

Integrating deviceless technology is an innovative solution addressing the challenges with deploying device based technologies and their adoption in emerging countries. The integrated solution will provide more cost effective and actionable visibility eliminating blind spots in global intermodal supply chain networks. The solution is available for immediate deployment in Defense and Commercial logistics.

Homeland security, Customs and Border Patrol, Rail/Port/Truck/Yard/Terminal Operators, 3PLs, Enterprises, Suppliers and Customer users will now have access to new sources of factual data, eliminating bad data, data latency and ‘versions of truth’ to make better, faster and smarter decisions.

“With APS’s deployment of proven OCR technology at Gates, Yards, Vessels and Rail complements Aankhen’s physical supply chain visibility solution SeeTrak™ adding new capabilities and opportunities to enhance device based asset tracking using RFID/GPS/GPRS/Sensor technologies with deviceless OCR based tracking to see and respond to global supply chain events,” said Subhash Chowdary, CEO of Aankhen Inc.

“With Aankhen’s leadership in supply chain visibility software solutions and APS’s OCR technology, we can take existing rail, port and container terminal operations around the world to the next level of efficiency and performance with lower operating costs,” said Russ Scheppmann, President of APS Technology Group, Inc.

About Aankhen
Aankhen Inc. is a leading provider of next generation Supply Chain 2.0 Physical and Financial supply chain visibility solutions, consulting and development services. Physical supply chain visibility solutions from Aankhen use device and deviceless technologies to track the movement of assets and intermodal containers in real-time with security, environmental and process monitoring. Financial supply chain visibility solutions use Aankhen’s proprietary ‘Shouldbe Cost™’ computations to proactively manage procurement and pricing negotiations globally. Aankhen is a privately held corporation based in San Jose, California, USA. For more information, visit www.aankhen.com

About APS
APS Technology Group is a leading provider of OCR and automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals. The solutions improve the productivity, efficiency and cost effectiveness of container operations by increasing the visibility, velocity, and volume of cargo moving through a terminal’s gate, rail, vessel and yard operations.

APS leads the industry with over 700 OCR and automation systems installed at 35 marine and intermodal container terminals in ten countries around the world, including APM Terminals, CSX Railroad, DP World and HHLA. The company is located in San Diego, CA and has offices and/or partner resellers in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. For more information, call +1 858.571.4444 or visit www.aps-technology.com.

Contacts

For Aankhen:
James Blom, +1 408-387-0083 ext. 209
james@aankhen.com

or

For APS:
Allen Thomas, +1 704-442-5554 ext. 101
allen@aps-technology.com

June 8 – 10, 2010 – Visit the APS team at Booth B36, Feria Valencia, Spain