Bluehill ID AG
ARYGON TECHNOLOGIES TO STRENGTHEN MANAGEMENT TEAM, BODO ISCHEBECK JOINS AS CEO AND FRANK STEIGBERGER NAMED DIRECTOR OF SALES
Bluehill ID AG / Change of Personnel Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ARYGON TECHNOLOGIES TO STRENGTHEN MANAGEMENT TEAM, BODO ISCHEBECK JOINS AS CEO AND FRANK STEIGBERGER NAMED DIRECTOR OF SALES Mainz & St. Gallen, 6 May 2009 - Arygon Technologies AG (www.arygon.com) announced today that Bodo Ischebeck will join the company as CEO. Bodo Ischebeck has a strong background in RFID, chipcards and semiconductors with 15 years of experience in the industry. His previous roles included Chief Executive Officer of Magellan Technology, a leading RFID technology provider, as well as leading various RFID activities including an RFID systems venture at Infineon Technologies. From 1998-2002 he was based in Japan where he lead the regional security and chipcard activities of Infineon. Before his time in Japan, Ischebeck held different functions in marketing and project management for microcontrollers and embedded non-volatile memory technologies. Most recently, Ischebeck was Vice President RFID and Table Management Systems at Progressive Gaming International in the USA. Ischebeck holds an MBA and MS degree in Electrical Engineering. Arygon also announced that Mr. Frank Steigberger will be appointed to the position of Director of Sales. Steigberger has been with Arygon since January 2008 when he joined to reposition the company's activities. Prior to Arygon, Frank assisted the Managing Board at Assa Abloy ITG / HID and worked on several projects across the companies. Bodo Ischebeck commented: 'I am very happy to be joining such a respected team that boasts one of the best track records in the industry. Arygon and Scolis offer a wide range of unique and innovative products, Bluehill ID has the right vision and commitment and I am very much looking forward to working with the Arygon and Bluehill ID Teams.' Frank Steigberger stated: 'On behalf of the Arygon Team, we welcome Bodo and look forward to further expanding our product range and channels with him. We are currently actively expanding our market presence with Scolis Technology products for electronic passports contactless readers.' 'Bodo's long and successful senior executive experience in the RFID industry and his global perspective make him ideal candidate for leading this strategic growth opportunity.' Ayman S. Ashour, CEO of Bluehill ID added. 'As we augment Arygon with the strong innovations from Scolis, we will need to expand our sales channels and Frank's new role as Director of Sales will allow us to expand our partner network internationally as we expand our core technology.' About Arygon Technologies AG Arygon Technologies (www.arygon.com) is first mover in NFC / Mifare RFID reader technology and project services. Arygon develops and produces Multi-ISO and NFC reader modules for physical/logical access, transit & event ticketing, payment, industrial, medical, government id and NFC applications. Arygon also offers reader engineering services and supplies high-quality RFID cards, custom tags, NFC Starter Kit, key fobs and wristbands. Bluehill ID AG acquired the majority (91.32 %) of the Arygon shares on 31 December 2008. About Bluehill ID AG Bluehill ID AG (www.bluehill-id.com) is an international operating company with headquarters in Switzerland and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN CH0031958629; Symbol BUQ). Bluehill ID is dedicated to the responsible use and development of RFID and other automatic identification technologies. These technologies are used in the fields of security, identification, tracking and further growing applications. The business model of the company is based on combining disciplined acquisitive growth with sustainable organic growth from portfolio companies. Contact Frank Steigberger Arygon Technologies +49 6131 304 76 36 fs@arygon.com Fabien Nestmann Bluehill ID +44 783 80 43 fbn@bluehill-id.com 06.05.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Bluehill ID AG Dufourstr. 121 CH-9001 St. Gallen Schweiz Phone: +41 44 783 8043 Fax: +41 44 783 8040 E-mail: contact@bluehill-id.com Internet: www.bluehill-id.com ISIN: CH0031958629, CH0038439490 WKN: A0MUR7 Listed: Open Market in Frankfurt End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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