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DecisionLink and Enraf BV Announce Global Strategic Alliance.


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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000

DecisionLink Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

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), announced that Enraf BV, of Delft Delft (dĕlft), city (1994 pop. 91,941), South Holland prov., W Netherlands. It has varied industries and is noted for its ceramics (china, tiles, and pottery) known as delftware. Founded in the 11th cent. , The Netherlands, a leading provider of land-based tank gauging systems and instruments worldwide, has entered into a global strategic marketing and sales alliance with DecisionLink's FCI (Flux Changes per Inch) The measurement of polarity reversals on a magnetic surface. In MFM, each flux change is equal to one bit. In RLL, a flux change generates more than one bit.  Environmental unit (FCI) for FCI's proven PetroSense(R) continuous monitoring system.

This system will provide owners of tank farms and fuel depots fail-safe solutions to avoid damage to the environment from leaks and/or product spills. Enraf will serve the rapidly growing worldwide market for these types of environmental protection systems solutions.

Geoff Hewitt, Chairman of the Board and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of DecisionLink Inc., said, "This agreement with Enraf is another important step in DecisionLink's strategy to be positioned early in 2001 to address large global markets by partnering with industry leaders in their field. This particular alliance with Enraf will allow us to focus FCI Environmental on its core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
  1. It provides customer benefits
  2. It is hard for competitors to imitate
  3. It can be leveraged widely to many products and markets.
 in the area of designing high-tech solutions for protecting the environment."

He added, "Enraf has committed its global resources to the development of the tank farm market. We have put into place an agreement that provides FCI with specific revenue commitments over the life of the contract, beginning in the first quarter of 2001. We have also agreed to explore further opportunities to cooperate, in particular in combining DecisionLink's cutting-edge communication technologies with Enraf's state-of-the-art product line in order to provide new solutions to this important global market place. This alliance represents exactly the kind of opportunity we foresaw as a result of the synergies between DecisionLink's environmental and communications technologies."

Commenting on the alliance, Henk Algra, Managing Director of Enraf, said, "Combining Enraf's long history of superior tank gauging equipment with FCI Environmental's field-proven environmental protection systems allows us to bring new benefits to our customers. Our customers will particularly appreciate the cost-saving benefits that can now be realized as a result of combining both the inventory management and environmental protection functions into one system for each tank farm or depot."

Enraf BV is a unit of Delft Instruments of Delft, Holland. (Amsterdam Stock Exchange
This entry is on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange before it merged into Euronext.


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, DELFT) Contact Henk A. Algra, Enraf BV, The Netherlands (telephone +31 15 269 8510). For more on Enraf visit www.enraf.com.

DecisionLink's FCI Environmental Group has introduced small, low-cost sensor and communication products that use satellite communications and the Internet as the backbone for data transfer and control in the pipeline leak detection, aboveground storage tank monitoring, oil production, water quality monitoring and industrial wastewater compliance monitoring and control markets.

DecisionLink's Intrex Data Communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another.  Group has developed a wide range of products for monitoring of propane propane, CH3CH2CH3, colorless, gaseous alkane. It is readily liquefied by compression and cooling. It melts at −189.9°C; and boils at −42.2°C;.  and fuel oil tank levels, pipeline compressors, and many other multi-user remote asset monitoring applications for low-cost volume use of satellite communication pathways and the Internet. For more on DecisionLink, visit www.decisionlinkinc.com

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 DecisionLink's operations that are based on Management's and third parties' current expectations, estimates and projections. These statements include the PetroSense(R) continuous monitoring system providing fail-safe solutions and customers realizing cost-saving benefits. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially. These statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the DecisionLink's ability to market its services using the company's technologies throughout the world, the timely development and acceptance of new products, the ability to manufacture new products in commercial quantities at reasonable cost, the impact of competitive products and pricing, final promulgation PROMULGATION. The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make it public it differs from publication. (q.v.) 1 Bl. Com. 45; Stat. 6 H. VI., c. 4.
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 and enforcement of regulations, the timely funding of customer's projects, the ability to generate sufficient working capital from operations and/or attract investment or place debt in sufficient amounts to fund the financial obligations of the company's business model and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.
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