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bioMETRX completes purchase and integration of competitor's assets

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

bioMETRX has finalized its purchase and integration of former competitor Sequiam.

BioMETRX’s hope is that many of the biometric products previously offered by Sequiam will help compliment their new smartTOUCH fingerprint recognition products. In addition to the product lines gained in the transaction, bioMETRX now has access to Chinese manufacturing and some large company accounts that were previously held by Sequiam. [end] 

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