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Advanced
ID Corp. (Ticker: AIDO)
Website:
www.advancedidcorp.com
'AIDO
currently supplies more than 3,000 organizations, including animal
shelters, veterinarians, breeders, government agencies,
universities, zoos, research labs and fisheries with RFID devices
for companion animals.
The
Company’s microchips have been implanted in more than 500,000
animals and are being used to track nearly 1 million animals in
the PETtrac database.'
Overview
Advanced
ID Corp. (OTCBB: AIDO) is a complete solutions
provider in the RFID market with a focus on the tire management
industry. The company is also a major factor in the tire
inspection business through its UK based Pneu-Logic subsidiary.
Lastly, the Company is active in the pet recovery business through
its AVID Canada subsidiary in Calgary, Alberta, which is
reintroducing its livestock tagging product line in several
countries and has developed a UHF RFID reader product line for all
market applications.
AIDO Investor
Highlights
- AIDO currently supply over 3,000
organizations such as animal shelters, veterinarians, breeders,
government agencies, universities, zoos, research labs and fisheries
with RFID devices for companion animals, equines, bovines, llamas,
alpacas, ostriches, aquatic species, reptiles, migratory and endangered
species. The Company has implanted microchips in over 500,000 animals
and currently tracks nearly one million animals in their pet recovery
database, while reuniting numerous lost pets with their families each
month.
- The Company has been actively involved
with government and industry projects establishing livestock
identification and trace back solutions in Australia, Canada, Brazil,
Argentina, Thailand, Taiwan, China and the United States.
- The Company uses low frequency radio waves
for companion animal recovery and is the second largest player in the
Canadian companion animal and biological sciences market, with an
estimated 40% market share.
- The Company is making the transition from
being a provider of pet recovery systems to offering global RFID
solutions for asset management applications. AIDO’s tracking systems
are being tested in asset management applications by major companies in
the tire, document management, pharmaceutical, vehicle ID, food services
and general retail industries.
- AIDO also sells UHF identification tags
for tires. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is its major customer. I
- AIDO’s revenues increased 123%
year-over-year to $424,955 in the first quarter of 2008, reflecting
increased sales to animal shelters, expanding reader sales and sales of
the Company’s new PR500 reader. Revenues were also positively impacted
by the Pneu-Logic acquisition. AIDO attributed 34% of first quarter 2008
revenues to sales by its Canadian Companion Animal/Biological Sciences
division and the remaining 66% to worldwide sales made by its Ultra High
Frequency division.
- AIDO has also emerged as a major player in
the RFID tire tag/patch business; revenues associated with this business
line are growing at double and triple-digit rates. The Company has
already announced a multi-million dollar purchase agreement with Mesnac
in China, as well as similar agreements for Europe, Brazil, Mexico,
Venezuela, Indonesia, India and Malaysia.
- According to research company IDTechEx,
the value of the RFID market is likely to rise to $5.3 billion in 2008
from $4.9 million in 2007. By 2018, the market is forecast to grow
five-fold and the number of tags supplied will increase 300-fold, driven
by the development of lower cost tags and an installed infrastructure,
which will enable high volumes of tagging.
- In 2005, the Company went in a new
direction with its UHF RFID products and entered the tire RFID business.
The Company was successful in getting a contract from Goodyear to supply
the tire tag that is embedded in every Racing Eagle Tire that is used on
the NASCAR circuit. The Company won the 2006-2007 contract and have
recently confirmed the 2007-2008 season.
Profile
AIDO develops, manufactures and sells
microchip identification devices, referred to as RFID microchips and
readers, to the livestock and companion animal markets, and supply chain
management applications. In the second quarter of 2004, the Company began
commercializing its animal tracking products under the brand name DataTRAC.
RFID enables the positive identification and location tracking of animals or
objects that are tagged with RFID microchips. The Company currently supplies
more than 3,000 organizations, including animal shelters, veterinarians,
breeders, government agencies, universities, zoos, research labs and
fisheries with RFID devices for companion animals, exotics, equines,
bovines, llamas, alpacas, ostriches, aquatic species, reptiles, migratory
and endangered species. The Company’s microchips have been implanted in
more than 500,000 animals and are being used to track nearly 1 million
animals in the PETtrac database.
AIDO also sells UHF identification tags for tires. Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company is its major customer. In addition, tire tag and tire patch sales
have been made to value-added resellers in several countries for trial or
pilot runs. Tire tag readers are sold to tire manufacturers and resellers in
India, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Australia, Japan and the United States.
Michelin U.S. has purchased multiple readers.
AIDO recently secured approval for its new, lower cost ISO chip made by
SOKYMAT. The significant cost savings associated with this new ISO standard
chip will allow the Company to reduce tag prices in Canada and other
countries, thus spurring higher sales. AIDO has also developed a new LF
reader for companion animals with language-specific readout capabilities
that will be made available in several countries.
In its tire ID product line, AIDO is collaborating with Hana and others
manufacturers to introduce products that will serve the tire management
industry worldwide. The addition of Pneu-Logic’s tire inspection tools to
AIDO’s RFID tire management product line creates a unique, vertically
integrated product offering that will prove attractive to tire manufacturers
and retailers. AIDO plans to focus its resources on securing a leadership
position in the tire tagging market to capitalize on growth as this market
matures and reaches high volume levels.
Additionally, AIDO has developed high power, long range UHF RFID readers
that are being sold for supply chain management and tire tag applications.
AIDO’s readers are priced at half of the cost of a competitor’s
equivalent product. The Company also designed a lower cost, mass market UHF
RFID reader that will retail at half the price of AIDO’s current readers.
Management believes the UHF RFID reader market will follow a path similar to
the UPC bar code reader market. The UPC barcode business did not take off in
the 1970-1980s until reader prices fell below $100. AIDO plans to introduce
a $100 UHF RFID reader. The Company has completed development of its new
lower price PR 500 reader, and has installed it at bookstores in Portugal
and Spain. During 2008, the Company plans to market the new reader for a
variety of industry applications.
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Financials
Approximate as of August 27, 2008
Market
Cap: 16.3M
Outstanding Shares:
62.9M
52 Low / High: $0.13
/ $0.35
Price: $0.26
Ticker:
AIDO
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