News | November 6, 2006

Market Leader: Acsis Sees Business Momentum Growing As Significant Milestones Are Reached

Accomplishments Enable Acsis to Continue to Gain Recognition as a Market Leader

Acsis, Inc., a leader in connecting people, devices, and supply chains, announced several achievements that are driving continued growth and success across its entire business. These accomplishments were realized through focused execution in three key areas:

Customer Acquisition:

  • Acsis closed on thirteen new customers within the first nine months of 2006, including industry leading companies in Manufacturing, CPG, Life Sciences and Defense, bringing the total number of implementations to over 600 in 26 countries.
  • Eight customer wins were related to the recently released Acsis Line Manager, a scalable appliance "plug and play" solution designed to automate warehouse and manufacturing operations.
  • One significant win was with a major pharmaceutical customer to deploy "track and trace" solutions to ensure the safe and reliable delivery of prescription drugs.
    • Acsis has deepened its relationships with several long-standing marquee customers.

Market Driven Product Development:

  • Fiveco-development customers, including Fortune 500 companies in the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Packaged Goods industries, along with the Federal Government, assisted in the development of advanced new products.
  • Acsis strengthened its product leadership with the release of three new products:
  • Acsis Line Manager - to automate, integrate and coordinate hi-speed RFID and non-RFID appliances along production lines creating greater line efficiencies.
  • Acsis Enterprise Label Management - to centralize and streamline the management of all enterprise product labeling requirements to reduce costs and distribute compliant, customer specific labels throughout distribution and supply chains.
  • Acsis xDDI (x-Application for Device and Data Integration) - to integrate production-floor devices, like RFID, barcode readers, weigh scales, etc., with business applications such as the warehouse management capability of the mySAP(TM) Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM) application to create a complete end-to-end solution.

Strategic Partnerships:

    • Acsis achieved "Powered by SAP NetWeaver®" status for the Acsis Plant Manager Solution, giving customers assurance that the solution integrates production-order processing with SAP® solutions through the SAP NetWeaver platform.

"Acsis continues to be recognized by our customers and throughout the industry for offering innovative technology, excellent service delivery and solutions that deliver real and measurable value," said Steven Selfridge, President and Chief Executive Officer. "This reputation has allowed us to continuously build upon our momentum quarter after quarter through ongoing achievements in all areas of our business. We are proud of our success so far this year and look forward to finishing 2006 in an extremely strong position."

About Acsis
Acsis, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Marlton, NJ. Acsis is a global enterprise software and services provider that automates manufacturing and supply chain processes enabling higher throughput at lower costs. With implementations in 26 countries Acsis provides a single platform that connects people, devices, and supply chains, enabling adaptive manufacturing and supply chain operations. Acsis is an SAP Services Partner, SAP Technology Partner and charter member of SAP's Enterprise Services Community. Acsis also maintains partnerships with major service and hardware providers. Acsis is an EPCglobal member and early adopter of RFID technologies. Acsis is a partner company of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE). Additional information can be found at www.acsisinc.com.

About Safeguard
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) builds value in high-growth, revenue-stage information technology and life sciences businesses. Safeguard provides growth capital as well as a range of strategic, operational and management resources to our partner companies. Safeguard participates in expansion financings, corporate spin-outs, management buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations and early-stage financings. For additional information, visit www.safeguard.com.