Analogic Partners with AWare Technologies to Promote Employee Health and Wellness

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Mon May 4, 2009 1:36pm EDT

Employees and Management Compete for Fitness Bragging Rights
PEABODY, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Analogic Corporation (NASDAQ: ALOG) today announced its participation in AWare
Technologies` innovative FitAWare corporate fitness program, designed to promote
employee health and wellness. The FitAWare program measures activity level using
the ActionTracker, a wireless activity monitor developed by AWare Technologies
of Cambridge, Mass. Similar in size to an Apple iPod Shuffle, the ActionTracker
can be worn anywhere on the body to record a person`s steps, a measure of
activity level, with very high accuracy. 

Dubbed the OT (Operations Team) Challenge, nine teams of ten employees were
formed, including a team of ten senior managers (the OT) to see who can be the
most physically active. The employee response to Analogic`s OT Challenge was
overwhelming with over 140 employees signing up. For the duration of the
challenge, about a month and a half, each person`s steps will be recorded on his
or her individual ActionTracker while either walking or running. The information
is then downloaded and viewed on the FitAWare website for employees to view
their own team`s progress. The team that takes the most steps at the end of the
challenge can claim bragging rights as the most active employees in the Company.
The winning team will have lunch served to them by the OT; but should the OT
win, the losing team of employees will serve lunch to the OT. 

Analogic has been working with AWare technologies for two years exploring the
benefits of increased activity level on blood pressure and glucose levels. The
concept of continuous-activity monitoring combined with periodic measurements of
blood pressure, glucose, and weight could be the basis of a personal health
monitor device of the future. This device could possibly allow people and their
physicians to monitor their own overall health and wellness to address health
concerns before they become serious. Analogic and AWare believe that the
ActionTracker, coupled with an organized wellness program, could help reduce
absenteeism, decrease healthcare costs, and improve employee productivity. 

Doug Rosenfeld, VP of Analogic Human Resources, commented, "With all the
negative news about the economy lately, we wanted to do something enjoyable with
our employees while at the same time encouraging all of us to take a more active
role in our health. This obviously has positive effects on the individual and
can ultimately reduce healthcare cost for the Company. We are thrilled by the
strong interest in the program. We hope this program will boost morale during
these tough times." 

Richard W. DeVaul, Ph.D., AWare`s CEO, said "Analogic is a great organization
and we are thrilled to have them as a FitAWare customer. I think the Analogic OT
Challenge is a fantastic way to generate enthusiasm and excitement and shows a
real organizational commitment to doing something positive to promote employee
wellness. I love the idea of senior managers challenging employees to improve
their fitness. Our FitAWare service makes it really easy to create and run
custom challenges like this one." 

About Analogic

Analogic Corporation is a growth oriented high-technology signal and image
processing company, providing products and services to Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs) and end users in growing medical diagnostics and security
markets worldwide. The Company is recognized worldwide for advancing the state
of the art in Automatic Explosives Detection, Computed Tomography (CT), Digital
Radiography (DR), Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Patient
Monitoring, and Advanced Signal Processing. For more information, visit
www.analogic.com. 

About AWare Technologies

AWare Technologies began operations in 2004 as a contract research company
focused on body-worn monitoring technology for soldiers and Olympic athletes.
AWare relaunched in 2007 to focus on the corporate & consume wellness and
fitness markets. FitAWare, AWare`s flagship corporate fitness product, launched
in early 2008, followed later that year by StepTrakLite, AWare`s first consumer
offering and one of the most popular health and fitness applications for the
Apple iPhone. 





Analogic Corporation
Mark Namaroff, 978-326-4058
Director of Strategic Marketing and Investor Relations
mnamaroff@analogic.com

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