“Microtaggant® technology reflects need for innovation & redundancy in anti-counterfeiting”

Jupiter, FL –March 3, 2006 – H.W. Sands Corp., a leader in bringing in new products and technologies to the secure card market, and Microtrace, LLC. the leading developer of identification, authentication and security solutions to companies and organizations worldwide, today announced that they have signed a letter of intent to form a strategic alliance, marketed under the SANDS-SECURE® line of security solutions.

H.W. Sands will represent the Microtrace technologies and capabilities, to the card market. Vice President Jeffrey Strahl of H.W. Sands believes this will be a good partnership, “The flexibility of the Microtaggant® technology reflects the need in the marketplace for innovation and redundancy in anti-counterfeiting and verification technologies. This technology is an excellent addition to the SANDS-SECURE® brand of security offerings. As our card customers look to us for creative answers to challenging issues will be continue to bring them new and innovation technologies“.

Brian Brogger, Vice President agrees that this is a good strategic move for both companies, “Microtrace’s taggant technologies are the most robust anti-counterfeit technologies available and can be detected and read with a variety of hand held scanners and detectors. With H.W. Sand’s experience, technological expertise and existing customer base in the card market, I believe they are well positioned to successfully introduce the Microtrace technologies and capabilities into the card market.”

About H.W. Sands Corp.:

H. W. Sands Corp. is a Worldwide Leader in the design and manufacture of products for the Imaging Industry with a primary focus on the Security, Transaction Card, and Electrophotographic, Display and OLED markets, Ink Jet and Pre-sensitized Printing Plate markets. Established in 1983, the corporate R&D focus is on the research, development and commercialization of high-value, custom and commercial dyes, chemicals and corollary products, which support customer’s product differentiation, thereby increasing their brand value and overall profitability. For more information, please visit this website: www.hwsands.com

About Microtrace, LLC:

Microtrace, LLC provides identification, authentication and security solutions to companies and organizations worldwide, including foreign and domestic government agencies. The Microtrace solutions address issues ranging from counterfeiting, diversion tracing and explosives tagging to product liability/warranty concerns. Microtrace custom tailors the identification and authentication solutions to the specific requirements of the application. With over 20 years in the business, Microtrace has a proven track record and experience that no other anti-counterfeit company can compare to. For more information, please visit this website: www.microtracesolutions.com