Columbia, Maryland (August 1, 2002) — PEAK Technologies, a Moore company (TSE, NYSE: MCL), today announced an alliance with Symbol Technologies, Inc. and Syclo, designed to improve maintenance productivity by providing technicians with access to critical information at the point of execution. The alliance will support MRO Software's MAXIMO Mobile Suite of products.

"This alliance joins the best-of-breed providers in every area of the mobile asset management market," said Ken Noreikis, Business Development Manager for PEAK. "Symbol provides leading-edge mobile computing hardware for the factory market, Syclo delivers the wireless software interface for MRO Software's MAXIMO Mobile Suite, and PEAK offers one of the largest and most skilled implementation teams that can deliver mobile computing solutions around the globe."

"Manufacturers recognize that they must continually and accurately maintain all their strategic assets in order to meet production and quality goals as well as regulatory requirements," said Tom Barber, Factory Business Manager for Symbol. "They are coming to the realization that they can dramatically increase the performance of the skilled technicians maintaining these assets by providing them with handheld computers to access work orders, job plans, inventories and other key data. Rather than having to guess, they can access equipment repair history to get a better understanding of the problem. After they complete their diagnosis, they can search multiple inventories that are updated real-time to locate the parts they need to provide an optimal fix. We are proud to partner with the number one integrator and the number one mobile maintenance management software provider to help improve the way that maintenance is performed through full utilization of the MAXIMO Mobile Suite software offering."

"The growing performance of hardware and software are among the key reasons why wireless solutions have arrived in a big way in the maintenance industry. The return on this investment by our customers is extremely impressive. By eliminating paperwork and manual data entry, mobile technology provides technicians with more wrench time to keep operations running smoothly. More data is captured and quickly delivered to management for accurate billing, reporting and planning," added Steve Hamilton, Executive Vice President for Sales at Syclo. "Our alliance with Symbol and PEAK allows us to provide our customers with the benefits of faster data capture. For example, new scanning technology makes it possible to access data in seconds by simply scanning a barcode label, rather than manually searching for the information. PEAK is Symbol's largest integrator so you can be certain that they understand mobile computing technology and have the resources to deliver it."

The wireless solutions delivered by the PEAK, Symbol and Syclo alliance will integrate with the leading strategic asset management system on the market - MRO Software's MAXIMO. Additional functionality includes the ability to capture daily time and attendance data for payroll reporting; create new work orders on demand; transfer work orders among technicians or across shifts; record parts used, labor, failure codes, work-order status and comments; and perform condition monitoring, readings and rounds.

Syclo software has already been proven in over 350 installs worldwide. More than 75,000 customer locations have Symbol LANs installed. And, PEAK provides a single point of contact for mobile computing hardware and RF systems, integration services, and post-sale support to enhance productivity for users of the MAXIMO Mobile Suite.

About PEAK
PEAK Technologies is an international systems integrator of automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) equipment and systems. Our systems integration specialists and factory-trained technicians are experts in wireless radio frequency network and ERP integration solutions, enterprise printing, bar code scanning, mobile computing, terminal and software technologies. PEAK's primary applications include solutions for warehousing, manufacturing, distribution and field service operations. PEAK's market leadership and strong financial management provides you with stability and assurance that your solutions are delivered with long-term support. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland (USA), PEAK Technologies has more than 850 employees with locations throughout North America and Europe. For more information, visit www.peaktech.com , email info@peaktech.com, or call PEAK at (888) 275-7325.

About Symbol
Symbol Technologies, Inc., is a global leader in mobile data transaction systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area networking for data and voice, application-specific mobile computing and bar code data capture. Symbol's wireless information appliances connect the physical world of people on the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar code scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets ranging from retailing to transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education. Symbol's systems and products are used to increase productivity from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home. Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com or by telephone at +1.631.738.2400 or +1.800.722.6234.