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Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies Adds Anti-Microbial Plastic to All HandKey and HandPunch Platens

  CAMPBELL, CALIF. – Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that it is using an advanced plastic technology to reduce the spread of micro-organisms from organizations deploying all recently-ordered Schlage HandKey readers for security applications and Ingersoll Rand HandPunch terminals for time and attendance purposes.  A special silver-based material, using BioCote® silver anti-microbial technology, is embedded into the plastics used to create the platens on the biometric hand geometry units, providing a hygienic finish that resists bacterial degradation and reduces bacteria levels on the reader’s surface. “This high-tech material reduces a concern of some people when it comes to using hand geometry biometrics,” reports Jon Mooney, general manager of the biometrics unit for Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies.  “Our hand readers are now specifically designed with bacteria reduction in mind.” BioCote Limited, the market leader in the field of anti-microbial technology, developed the antimicrobial technology used in the handreaders.  The active agents in BioCote® products are incorporated during the manufacturing process and remain active for the life of the biometric reader to protect it from degradation. Units incorporating the anti-microbial technology began shipping in June of 2007.  Website is www.recognitionsystems.ingersollrand.com. About Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies Ingersoll Rand’s Security Technologies Sector is a leading global provider of products and services that make environments safe, secure and productive. The sector’s market-leading products include electronic and biometric access control systems; time-and-attendance and personnel scheduling systems; mechanical locks; portable security; door closers, exit devices, architectural hardware, and steel doors and frames; and other technologies and services for global security markets.  Website is www.securitytechologies.ingersollrand.com. Ingersoll Rand is a leading diversified industrial company providing products, services and integrated solutions to industries ranging from transportation and manufacturing to food retailing, construction, and agriculture.  With a 135 year-old heritage of technological innovation, we help companies worldwide to be more productive, efficient and innovative. In every line of our business, Ingersoll Rand enables companies and their customers to create progress. For more information, contact Scott Newland Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies Phone: (408) 341-4100 Email: scott_newland@irco.com Tom Brigham Brigham Scully Phone: (818) 716-9021 Email: tbrigham@brighamscully.com