WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EFJ, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFJI)
announced today that its EFJohnson subsidiary has received an order for $1.25
million from the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Emergency Operations
Department. The order calls for EFJohnson to provide the department with its
Project 25 compliant portable and mobile radios for use throughout the
borough.
"We are pleased to provide the borough with our Project 25 solutions,"
said Michael E. Jalbert, chairman and chief executive officer of EFJ, Inc.
The primary use for the radios, according to Jalbert, is with fire fighters
and public safety personnel in the greater Fairbanks area.
The borough purchased these radios under the Western States Contracting
Alliance (WSCA) contract vehicle, and this is the company's largest order to
date under WSCA. EFJohnson was named as a supplier of public safety
communications equipment by WSCA in November 2003. The WSCA contract vehicle
has an initial term of three years with optional extensions not to exceed ten
years total and has a possible total value of $500 million to all suppliers.
EFJohnson is one of three named land mobile radio suppliers on the contract
vehicle, which initially covers 15 member states with provisions for the WSCA
Directors to approve expansion to include other states.
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.
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.
SOURCE EFJ, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.efji.com
http://www.efjohnson.com
CONTACT:
Investor Relations: Jim Stark of EFJ, Inc.,
+1-800-295-1772, jstark@efji.com; or Trade Press: Kevin Nolan of
EFJohnson, +1-202-772-5441, knolan@efjohnson.com
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