Smithers Quality Assessments Recommends The Continuation Of The Company’s Certification To The ISO 9001:2000 With Design Standard
Guardian Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB:GDTI), innovators of groundbreaking medical imaging and threat detection technology with critical and immediate applications for the healthcare and homeland security markets, announced today that the firm Smithers Quality Assessments completed its first annual surveillance audit and recommended continuance of the Company’s certification to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000. This internationally recognized quality management system standard is required by U.S. Government agencies. Smithers completed the annual surveillance September 28, 2007.
The certification is a key step towards rapid acceptance of the Company’s PinPoint threat-detection product in the international market. Recently, Guardian also announced that the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the federal Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) to test the Company’s PinPoint(TM) threat-detection technology has been extended for an additional six months.
“Guardian is intently focused on working to improve how we deliver the highest quality products and solutions for our customers,” said Michael Trudnak, Chief Executive Officer of Guardian Technologies. “Achieving certification to the ISO Standard demonstrates the entire Guardian team’s remarkable commitment to quality. The underlying processes which comprise Guardian’s Quality Management System are essential to our efforts to maximize the potential of the numerous initiatives we are currently pursuing.”
ISO 9001:2000 applies to organizations involved in the design and development, manufacturing, installation, and servicing of products. To be certified to the standard, companies must implement a comprehensive quality management system that addresses all areas of operation - from internal staff training practices to product design, manufacturing, delivery, and service.
Guardian successfully achieved initial certification to the ISO Standard in October 2006. The ISO certification process ensures ongoing compliance because, once certified, companies are externally audited every six to twelve months.
Guardian’s Quality Policy
Guardian Technologies International, Inc. provides to our clients superior quality research, development, and technical services that meet the highest standards of professional performance, satisfy client requirements, and deliver exceptional value. We achieve this through teamwork and by striving to continuously improve our products and services. Furthermore, we work with our clients to define requirements and clarify expectations, including cost and time constraints; we ensure that our products and services comply with requirements and meet or exceed client expectations; and we recruit, develop, and retain highly qualified, motivated staff.
About Guardian Technologies International
The impact of Guardian’s industry-first computer aided detection technologies are immediate and profound for helping to eliminate human error in both the Homeland Security and the Medical Industry sectors. The Company’s software solutions can be seamlessly installed to complement existing imaging devices, such as baggage scanners and medical MRI, to scan the contents of any image and immediately identify items of interest not easily discernable by the human eye.
- Airport Security: Guardian’s technology complements and enhances current-generation baggage x-ray scanners with the ability to automatically and effectively detect, locate, and identify explosives and other types of threats.
- Disease Identification: Existing medical imaging devices used in Computer Aided Detection (CAD) are further improved with Guardian’s auto-diagnostic ability to detect anomalous tissue (e.g., tumors) and other potential disease states or conditions.
- Technology-Independence: Because Guardian’s technologies utilize and process the actual image output generated by the original imaging systems, virtually any existing or future imaging device can be upgraded with Guardian’s products, delivering an instant, multibillion-dollar potential customer base with no competition.
Guardian’s technology and product development partnerships include a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Science and Technology Directorate. The Company’s platform and product suite is protected by a robust patent portfolio. They are also ramping up new technologies and plan to acquire complementary technologies to accelerate the Company’s high-growth business model.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this document and those made from time to time by Guardian through its senior management are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current views with respect to the future events or financial performance discussed in this release, based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and information currently available. When used, the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “assume” and similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements concerning future plans or results are necessarily only estimates and actual results could differ materially from expectations. Certain factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, among other things, in particular, the size and timing of contract awards, performance on contracts, performance of acquired companies, availability and cost of key components, unanticipated results from audits of the financial results of the Company and acquired companies, changing interpretations of generally accepted accounting principles, outcomes of government reviews, developments with respect to litigation to which we are a party, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, dependence on large contracts and a limited number of customers, lengthy sales and implementation cycles, market acceptance of new or enhanced products and services, proprietary technology and changing competitive conditions, system performance, management of growth, dependence on key personnel, ability to obtain project financing, general economic and political conditions and other factors affecting spending by customers, the unpredictable nature of working with government agencies and other risks, uncertainties and factors including those described from time to time in Guardian’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, Guardian’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Guardian expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Guardian Technologies International, Inc.
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