DRI announces maiden orders from JCBL

DRI Corporation (DRI), a digital communications technology leader in the domestic and international surface transportation and transit security markets, has announced that the company’s Mobitec Group in Sweden, through its 51 per cent-owned joint venture in India, has received first-time orders for Mobitec(R) electronic information display systems from JCBL, the Indian bus manufacturer.

David L. Turney, the company Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “The first-time orders from JCBL, placed on behalf of transit agencies in Mumbai and Hyderabad, include Mobitec(R) products with newly redesigned integrated control units. Deliveries are underway and should conclude in the first quarter of 2009. These orders demonstrate our continued reach into what we believe is a vast and growing Indian market.”

The Mobitec Group, a global supplier of electronic information display systems, is highly respected for its products, technology, service and product quality. Based in Herrljunga, Sweden, the group also operates business units in Australia and Germany, as well as joint ventures in Brazil and India.

The digital communications technology leader, DRI’s popular products include TwinVision(R) and Mobitec(R) electronic destination sign systems, Talking Bus(R) voice announcement systems, Digital Recorders(R) Internet-based passenger information and automatic vehicle location/monitoring systems, and VacTell(TM) video actionable intelligence systems. The products help increase the mobility, flow, safety and security of people who rely upon transportation infrastructure around the globe.

Using proprietary hardware and software applications, the company products provide easy-to-understand, real-time information that assists users and operators of transit bus and rail vehicles in locating, identifying, boarding, tracking, scheduling, and managing those vehicles. They also aid transit vehicle operators in their quest to increase ridership and reduce fuel consumption, as well as to identify and mitigate security risks on transit vehicles.

Positioned not only to serve and address mobility, energy conservation and environmental concerns, DRI’s products also serve the growing US Homeland Security market.