McCain Incorporated and Mizar Automazione Announce Joint OEM Agreement

VISTA, CA--(Marketwire - November 5, 2008) - McCain Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of traffic, parking and transit management solutions, and Mizar Automazione, a leading developer of automated transit and freight systems, today announced a joint OEM agreement for Flash®, a public transportation fleet management software. With this partnership McCain will be introducing this transit management software module in the United States as a part of their existing Transparity™ software suite. Flash is successfully used in over seven countries throughout Europe.

Flash is an innovative software program providing real-time monitoring of a public transportation fleet through the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. Flash provides agencies with vast data compilation and reports, performance statistics, and off-line analysis tools necessary to increase public transportation regularity; while also providing city residents real-time passenger information updates, accessible through mobile phones or the internet.

"Mizar's Flash software is a great addition to McCain's vision for providing our customers the highest quality products," said Bill Brown, VP of Business Development for McCain Inc. "We look forward to a long relationship with the Mizar team as they share the same philosophy in dealing with customers."

Flash is fully scalable and modular allowing it to effectively manage several fleets simultaneously regardless of the onboard equipment and communication systems. The software also facilitates communication with transportation drivers using both data and voice technologies and integrates seamlessly to the Transparity suite of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications.

"Before we selected a U.S. based partner for our product, we were seeking a company that followed our organizations same core principals -- quality products with great customer service," said Carlo Di Taranto, International Sales Director for Mizar. "The partnership with McCain is a great fit and will prosper great results."

About Transparity

McCain's Transparity software suite is central control software designed to manage Intelligent Transportation Systems. This innovative software solution provides a single interface between a collection of stand-alone modules that operative individually or in a bundle customized to meet your requirements.

Powered by National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol (NTCIP) industry standards, Transparity connects to most NTCIP compliant devices allowing customers to manage various products through a single user interface.

About Mizar Automazione

Mizar Automazione, founded in Turin, Italy in 1981, has three decades of consolidated experience in the field of transport telematics, and has achieved international recognition for the quality of its product. Mizar specializes in the design, development and implementation of ITS solutions for traffic control, public transport management, freight transport management, and more. For more information on Mizar, please visit http://www.miz.it.

About McCain Incorporated

McCain Inc. is a leading provider of traffic technology systems supplying integrated traffic solutions nationwide and in 11 foreign countries. McCain designs and manufactures traffic, transit and parking solutions including cabinets, controllers, signs, signals, test equipment, traffic management software, and public transport systems. This privately held organization has experienced solid growth during the past two decades and currently employs over 500 people throughout North America. For more information, please visit www.mccain-inc.com.

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