CAMPBELL, CALIF. - July
12, 2006 -Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that it is using
an advanced plastic technology to reduce the spread of micro organisms from
people using its new GT Series biometric HandPunch readers for time and attendance
applications. HandPunch readers take a three-dimensional reading of the size
and shape of a hand to verify the user's identity in less than one second. A
special silver-based material, using BioCote® silver antimicrobial technology,
is embedded into the plastics used to create the HandPunch, providing a hygienic
finish that resists bacterial degradation and reduces bacteria levels on the
reader's surface.
"This high-tech material reduces a concern of some people when it comes
to using hand geometry biometrics," reports Bashar Masad, senior product
marketing manager for Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems. "Our HandPunch
readers are now specifically designed with bacteria reduction in mind."
BioCote Limited, the market leader in the field of antimicrobial technology,
developed the antimicrobial technology used in the handreaders. The active agents
in BioCote® products are incorporated during the manufacturing process and
remain active for the life of the biometric reader to protect it from degradation.
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies is a recent recipient of the Application
Market Penetration Leadership Award for access control and time and attendance
applications in Frost & Sullivan's study, World Biometrics Market.