Axcess Int`l Receives Order for Wireless IDs to Improve Safety on Oil Platform

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Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:34am EDT

MicroWireless System Automates "Man-Down" Monitoring and Locating
DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
Axcess International Inc. (OTCBB: AXSI), a leader in wireless credentials, today
announced it has secured a contract for providing a wireless ID system in
support of advanced workforce management applications that will improve the
safety of workers on a large oil platform in the Far East. It will be the
Company`s second oil platform implementation and the first to include a new
safety feature for automatically monitoring workers for injuries on the job.
MicroWireless-based IDs have been successful in automatically securing
perimeters and internal facilities and in counting worker "in/out" status to
comply with industry emergency evacuation regulations such as Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) federal laws in oil and gas, mining,
petrochemical, utility, transportation and government operations. Now, with
nano-positioning sensors implemented inside Axcess` Dot MicroWireless
CredentialTM, an individual worker`s on-the-job status and location is
automatically monitored by the RFID-based system 24/7 to alarm in the event of a
serious injury, commonly called a "man-down" situation, arises. On April 21,
2010 an explosion on a platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the Deepwater Horizon,
left 15 workers injured and 11 of the 126 workers unaccounted for hours after
the incident. The Axcess contract, valued at around $100,000, is one of an
estimated market opportunity of 300 off-shore oil platforms. According to the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, over 115 million employees in the United
States alone work in industries where physical injuries are commonplace. 

"Our Dot MicroWireless Credentials have been proven to add significant value in
industrial safety. Emergency evacuation accounting and injury monitoring
solutions are closely related, necessary and available today," commented Allan
Griebenow, President and CEO of Axcess International. "The returns include legal
compliance and improved life safety." 

The wireless ID badges are the same size as traditional badges yet have wireless
transceivers and a battery embedded inside. The devices which are activated
automatically have been proven to last years, individually programmed for each
required operation sending small, reliable messages around the local facility.
The MicroWireless architecture is designed specifically for these local area
applications while other technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or ZigBee are
poorly suited due to size, cost or power consumption limitations. 

Dot Wireless Credentials, based on Axcess` patented MicroWireless technology,
together with AxcessViewTM 
      software comprise a system that enables existing access control systems to
be expanded easily into advanced workforce management solutions. Dot solutions
also augment existing access control software with automated identity-related
information. Dot provides local position determination, tracking, sensing and
control capabilities, leveraging MicroWirelessTM technologies to implement a
unique Control Point Location System (CPLS) architecture. Axcess systems are
sold through distributor, dealer and integrator channels worldwide. The most
implemented applications include personnel access control, emergency evacuation,
process automation, compliance reporting, productivity metering, asset
protection via custodianship assignments, advanced workforce management, and
contractor and visitor time and attendance. MicroWireless ID badge technology is
viewed as the next generation in access control and business credentials. 

Axcess` on-demand webinars are viewable by linking to them from Axcess` Home
page or clicking on the following links:

* Emergency Evacuation Workforce Accounting
* MicroWireless Process Automation

About Axcess International Inc.

Axcess International Inc. (OTCBB: AXSI) provides intelligent Wireless
Credentials for business encompassing local location identification, sensing and
control capabilities using its patented MicroWirelessTM technology platform. The
complete system solutions supersede existing manual personnel badges by
automating various workforce management tasks that increase productivity,
security, safety and business intelligence. MicroWireless - based on active RFID
principles - is the economic and technological sweet spot for
autonomously-powered low cost, miniature, remote communication devices around
the local enterprise. Axcess is a portfolio company of Amphion Innovations plc
(AIM: AMP). For more information on Axcess, visit www.axcessinc.com. 

This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about future business
operations, financial performance and market conditions. Such forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties inherent in business forecasts.

Axcess International Inc.
Kenni Driver, 972-978-6455
Kenni.Driver@DriverPR.com



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