Systech International and Zetes Partner to Meet Europe’s Emerging Pharmaceutical Regulatory Requirements

CRANBURY, New Jersey, September 1, 2011 -

Systech International®, the recognized global leader in Serialization, and Zetes, a leading European system integrator and provider of innovative supply chain, identification and mobility solutions and services, today announced their partnership.  As part of Systech’s “Value Add Reseller & Select Service Provider (VAR/SSP)” program, Zetes will sell, install, and support Systech’s serialization solution throughout Europe, allowing pharmaceutical manufacturers to effectively meet global, diverse regulatory requirements.

“Zetes has a solid network of over 1000 professionals in 15 countries throughout Europe and Africa, which in conjunction with Systech’s growing in-region support, now creates the world’s largest and most experienced talent pool to deliver European customers exactly what they need to meet all of their serialization initiatives,” states Frederic Menardo, General Manager Europe of Systech International.  ”The company has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and packaging industries, as well as with track and trace initiatives. Systech’s and Zete’s expertise and common approach provide manufacturers with the solutions, services and support required to address Europe’s serialization mandates.”

“We’re thrilled to bring Systech’s solutions to our European manufacturers, as top manufacturers have successfully deployed their proven solution worldwide to meet various serialization needs,” notes Pascal Durdu, Director Business Development and Innovation at Zetes.  ”This partnership enables Zetes to expand our offering to the pharmaceutical industry and provide manufacturers with the support they need to efficiently address Europe’s track and trace regulatory requirements.”

Founded in Belgium in 1984, Zetes got its start in the barcode industry and has continuously grown over the last 25 years.  Today, the company offers a large solution portfolio based on a wide variety of technologies, including barcodes, voice recognition, RFID, printing, smart cards, biometrics, etc. With over 1000 specialists directly present in Europe and Africa, Zetes hold a unique position in the market, as no other Auto-ID solution provider can offer such a large, solid network over both continents.

About Systech International

Systech International is an innovator of packaging execution systems (PES).  Systech’s purpose is “Enabling manufacturers to protect the trust & confidence of their consumers in the product integrity & authenticity of their brand purchases.”  Systech implements inspection, line management, performance metrics and serialization solutions for companies around the world delivering actionable intelligence required to continuously improve performance and protect brand security.  By partnering with Systech, companies can leverage a repeatable, flexible, and expandable architecture to consistently deliver significant improvements at the machine, line and plant levels. For more information about their company and products, please visit www.systech-tips.com.

About Zetes

ZETES INDUSTRIES (Euronext Brussels: ZTS) is a leading pan-European company in the value-added solutions and services industry for Automatic Identification of Goods and People (Goods ID and People ID).  Zetes uses both emerging and mature technologies (barcode, voice recognition, RFID, smartcards, biometrics), and develops Solution Architecture Frameworks to optimize the business performance of many customers in many market segments: manufacturing, transportation, logistics, retail, healthcare, finance, telecommunication, government and public services. The Zetes group has its headquarters in Brussels, with subsidiaries in Belgium, Cote d’Ivoire, Denmark, Germany, Greece, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the UK . Zetes currently employs more than 1000 employees and generated consolidated revenues of EUR216.7 million in 2010. More info: www.zetes.com

Christian Barbato, Garfield Group Public Relations, +1-215-867-8600 x227, cbarbato at garfieldgroup.com