| | | Leaders In Vehicle Reception Systems Laird Technologies, through its acquisition of RecepTec, has become a leading supplier of telematics products to vehicle manufacturers around the world. The telematics product portfolio consists of antennas and integrated reception systems designed to meet the multiple communications requirements of the modern driver. These requirements facilitate entertainment capabilities for satellite radio, AM/FM radio and TV, as well as information gateways such as navigation assistance, asset tracking and concierge services and increasingly safety and security functions such as cell phone, GPS, tire pressure sensing, radar and anti-theft devices. OEM RecepTec's technical centers design and develop antennas and reception systems for industry leading OEMs. Telematics systems are customer and vehicle specific and include antennas for AM/FM radio, TV, digital audio broadcast (DAB), multi-band mobile phone, digital video broadcasting - terrestrial (DVB-T), GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and satellite radio. The quality system is certified to ISO/TS 16949. | | Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Laird Technologies supplies antennas for asset tracking in the rapidly expanding ITS market. These antennas monitor the location of commercial and fleet vehicles, facilitate theft recovery, route optimization and transmit remote diagnostics. Vehicle manufacturers are paying increasing attention to the use of dedicated short range communications ("DSRC"). This technology facilitates vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to road and vehicle to infrastructure communications, which enables early warning of approaching vehicles, lane change warnings, traffic signal sequencing and a variety of other capabilities. Aftermarket RecepTec is a leading supplier of private label satellite radio antennas to the North American aftermarket. These antennas are bundled in "plug & play" kits or are individually packaged for leading retail brand names. The growth of satellite radio in North America is also creating a market for combination antennas which are capable of receiving high definition (HD) radio, TV, navigation or AM/FM radio in combination with satellite radio. | | |