Passport Systems Expands Headquarters With New Manufacturing, Assembly and Test Facilities


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Passport Systems Expands Headquarters With New Manufacturing, Assembly and Test Facilities Billerica, Mass. — May 1, 2008 - Passport Systems, Inc., announced its headquarters to a new location in North Billerica, Massachusetts. With first class office, laboratory, manufacturing and assembly facilities, the company will complete development test and demonstration of Passport inspection technologies. Providing easy access by loaded trucks and containers, the new facilities include two 27-foot-high bay areas, three overhead cranes with up to 20-ton lift capability, and rails for high-loaded cargo transport. About Passport Systems Passport Systems was founded in December 2002 to develop the next generation of systems for scanning the contents of sea and air cargo containers. Developed at MIT by company co-founder Professor William Bertozzi, nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) imaging is a highly accurate technology that automatically and rapidly detects the existence of nuclear devices, radiological or "dirty bombs," explosives, chemical weapons and other contraband. NRF identifies these threats by scanning the constituent chemical elements of the contents of a cargo container, vehicle or suitcase. This technology positively identifies the contents of a container or suitcase without having to open it and does not depend on a human operator attempting to make a visual identification of possible threats. NRF technology has been licensed exclusively to Passport Systems by MIT. Professor William Bertozzi remains a senior professor of physics at MIT, as well as technical advisor to the Passport Systems team. For further information contact: Gustavo Bottan Passport Systems 978-263-9900

Billerica, Mass. — May 1, 2008 - Passport Systems, Inc., announced its headquarters to a new location in North Billerica, Massachusetts. With first class office, laboratory, manufacturing and assembly facilities, the company will complete development test and demonstration of Passport inspection technologies. Providing easy access by loaded trucks and containers, the new facilities include two 27-foot-high bay areas, three overhead cranes with up to 20-ton lift capability, and rails for high-loaded cargo transport.

About Passport Systems
Passport Systems was founded in December 2002 to develop the next generation of systems for scanning the contents of sea and air cargo containers. Developed at MIT by company co-founder Professor William Bertozzi, nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) imaging is a highly accurate technology that automatically and rapidly detects the existence of nuclear devices, radiological or "dirty bombs," explosives, chemical weapons and other contraband. NRF identifies these threats by scanning the constituent chemical elements of the contents of a cargo container, vehicle or suitcase. This technology positively identifies the contents of a container or suitcase without having to open it and does not depend on a human operator attempting to make a visual identification of possible threats. NRF technology has been licensed exclusively to Passport Systems by MIT. Professor William Bertozzi remains a senior professor of physics at MIT, as well as technical advisor to the Passport Systems team.

For further information contact:
Gustavo Bottan
Passport Systems
978-263-9900