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Hi-G-Tek’s CEO to Participate in Agricultural and Food Transportation Panel Session

Discussion to Explore the Use of Technology in the Food Chain

Rockville, Md. -- November 17, 2008 -- Hi-G-Tek (www.higtek.com), a developer of highly intelligent sensing and security solutions for monitoring high-value cargo and sensitive materials, today announced that the company’s CEO, Larry Blue, will participate in the panel session, “Technology in Agricultural and Food Transportation – Essential to the Food Chain,” at the upcoming International Summit on Agricultural and Food Transportation. Blue’s session will be held on December 3, 2008 at 10:45 A.M and will include two other panellists, Cyndi Brandt, UPS Logistics and Dr. Homaira Akbari, President, Skybitz, Inc.

The International Summit on Agricultural and Food Transportation will be held December 2-3, 2008 in Washington D.C. at the Fairmont Washington hotel. The summit is intended to bring together key leaders in both the trucking and food and agriculture industries to discuss critical issues and to generate solutions that will better the future of commercial agricultural trucking. The event will encourage the discovery of proactive solutions for efficient transportation of agricultural goods.

“It is a pleasure to have been chosen to speak at the International Summit on Agricultural and Food Transportation’s panel session on technology in the food chain,” said Blue. “It is difficult to ignore the news stories of recent issues in food safety, both here at home and abroad. Secure transportation and monitoring of the world’s food and agricultural commodities throughout the supply chain is an issue of utmost importance. Open discussions, such as this panel session, about today’s transportation industry will facilitate the development of technology to aid in the safe transfer of food and other perishable goods around the globe.” 

About Hi-G-Tek

Hi-G-Tek is the developer of Highly Intelligent RFID asset sense and control solutions for fuel distribution and global trade lanes. The company’s patented “sensing” technology has applications in several key markets, including homeland security, transportation, fuel distribution, military, biomedical and global trade lanes.  

Hi-G-Tek’s unique active-RFID solutions provide unparalleled levels of real-time security and “sensing” of key assets, whether stationary or in transit, indoors or outdoors. Its sophisticated technology not only detects where an “asset” is, but also its status or condition—anytime, from anywhere in the world. For additional information, please visit www.higtek.com.  # # #