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SecuGen Honored by Congresswoman Lofgren for Export Achievement Milpitas, CA (July 9, 2002) - Exports are big business for small and mid-sized Silicon Valley companies. That was the message from Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, who today presented local companies SecuGen, Cenatek, and MediaSolv with the Commerce Department's Export Achievement Certificate. "Silicon Valley knows the importance of exports," said Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren. "When small and mid-size companies export their products, jobs are created and companies expand. The United States government must continue to help companies gain access to foreign markets." "Most jobs in America are created by small companies. Small and mid-size companies like these comprise almost 97 percent of U.S. exporters," said Commerce Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Bruce Blakeman, who was also present to honor the companies. SecuGen Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of biometric fingerprint recognition systems. Businesses worldwide implement SecuGen's proven hardware and software products for Internet, enterprise network and desktop security, physical access control, and medical record control. Robert Kyle, president and CEO of SecuGen, said, "Our Japan subsidiary was formed in 1999 because of assistance the U.S. Commercial Service provided at the World PC Expo in Tokyo. Further assistance allowed us to introduce our network security and physical access systems to the Taiwan market." The U.S. Department of Commerce's Export Achievement Certificate recognizes companies that are business clients of the Commerce Department's U.S. Commercial Service, and that have used their services to make their first export sale or open new foreign markets. The U.S. Commercial Service is a Commerce Department agency that helps small and midsized U.S. businesses sell their products and services globally. The Silicon Valley U.S. Export Assistance Center is part of the agency's worldwide network. Last year, the agency helped U.S. companies generate $34 billion in export sales. For more information on the U.S. Commercial Service, please visit www.buyusa.com. About SecuGen SecuGen Corporation provides biometric solutions for physical and network security employing the most advanced fingerprint recognition technology. The company invents, develops, manufactures and markets a complete line of patented optical fingerprint recognition sensors that, combined with powerful, sophisticated algorithms, yield products with the highest resolution and longest warranty in the industry. Businesses worldwide implement SecuGen's proven hardware and software products for Internet, enterprise network and desktop security, physical access control, time and attendance and medical record control applications. SecuGen's cost-effective products are sold as complete solutions, OEM components, or integrated into ready-to-use PC peripherals such as optical mice, keyboards and standalone desktop devices. Partnerships with key network security software suppliers assure compatibility across multiple platforms and applications. |