Savant-Garde joins EPCglobal US
SAVANT-GARDE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES ITS HAS JOINED EPCglobal TO ASSIST IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ENABLING STANDARDS FOR RFID.

Boston, MA., Dec. 22, 2003 — Savant-Garde Technologies, Inc., a leading EPC/RFID Solutions Provider today announced that it has joined EPCglobal US to participate and assist in the establishment of enabling standards required for the global application and support of RFID.

With Savant-Garde's joining of EPCglobal, Savant-Garde puts its money where its month is by offering up its resources to EPCglobal work groups to contribute and to assist in the creation of standards required to support the adoption and implementation of RFID. The standards organization, EPCglobal Inc., provides Savant-Garde rare access to- and input from- Fortune 500 customers comprising retailers, consumer product companies, pharmaceuticals, distribution and logistics, and even the Department of Defense.

EPCglobal is a joint venture between EAN International and the Uniform Code Council, Inc., that is funded by the world's leading retail and consumer products companies (CPC's), and leaders from other industry sectors, such as the DOD, to provide a trusted partner for driving the global, multi-industry adoption and implementation of RFID. For more information: http://www.epcglobalus.org/

Savant-Garde Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of RFID expertise dedicated to assisting companies in their RFID Planning (including strategy and business case impact and risk assessments; application needs assessment; and solutions design), RFID Design & Assessment (including RF performance engineering; process and procedure re-engineering; pilot design, implementation, and assessment; and system and data management design and integration.), and RFID Deployment & Implementation (including deployment and project management; transition planning and training; and compliance and certification). For more information: http://www.savant-gardetech.com/