Corporate Profile for North American Morpho, dated 8 November.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine, CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company, Prodigy, Comtex, and many others. -0-
Published Date: 8 November 1996
Company Name: North American Morpho Systems Inc. (Morpho)
Address: 1145 Broadway, Suite 300
Tacoma, WA 98402
Main Telephone
Number: 206/383-3617 or 800/346-2674
Chief Executive
Officer: Mr. Jean-Marc Suchier
Public Relations
Contact: William Riippi, VP
Business number: 206/383-3617 or 800/346-2674
Pager : 800/810-2556
e-mail address: communications@morpho.wa.com
Industry: Computer software and systems integration;
automated fingerprint identification systems; automated finger
imaging systems.
Company Description ------------------- Morpho morpho Any species of New World tropical brush-footed butterflies in the genus Morpho (family Nymphalidae). Microscopic ridges on the wing scales break up and reflect light, producing the iridescent blue of the males of some species. is a leading provider of automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AFIS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service AFIS Airborne Flight Information System AFIS Automated Fingerprinting Identification System (Pakistan) ) for state and local law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). throughout North America. Fingerprint identification is a highly specialized and complex application, not simply another type of data processing like payroll accounting or inventory management. In addition to superior fingerprint matching technology that is effective for both small and large databases, Morpho offers the added value of more than a decade of experience in tailoring identification systems to the specific needs of the individual client. Personal identification through fingerprint matching is Morpho's only business. Morpho is a subsidiary of SAGEM SAGEM Societe d'Applications Generales d'Electricite et de Mecanique , a major French technology corporation specializing in communications and aerospace. Morpho also provides fingerprint card conversion services for its customers and those of its European parent company, which markets imaging applications and services in other parts of the world. To date, Morpho has converted more than 30 million fingerprint records for agencies worldwide. For 1995, Morpho's net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight were $21,687,541. Morpho currently employs 350 people throughout the United States. The company has recently expanded into the civil biometric identification market, providing statewide finger imaging systems to the Texas and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of state departments of social services. Morpho is also pursuing additional federal business and is a member of the Lockheed Martin team that is developing an AFIS system for the FBI. CONTACT: North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Morpho Systems Inc. |
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