CirTran to Manufacture and Market New Portable Luggage Handle and Scale
SALT LAKE CITY, February 13, 2007 – CirTran Corporation (OTC BB: CIRT), an international full-service contract manufacturer of IT, consumer and consumer electronics products, said today that it has signed an agreement to manufacture and market a new patent pending portable luggage handle and scale ideal for travelers weighing a suitcase or package.
Trevor M. Saliba, CirTran's chief marketing officer, said a licensing agreement was signed with TFB Global of San Jose, California, giving CirTran the exclusive rights to market the new product worldwide excluding Australia . The product will be marketed to and through major retailers, with Wal-Mart® (NYSE: WMT) and Office Depot® (NYSE: ODP) among the prime targets, he said.
“This innovative and very useful product is ideal for business or leisure travelers, and for small or home office-based businesses,” he said. The handle, with an integrated electronic scale, can be quickly and easily attached to luggage for a ‘weigh-in,' ensuring that you won't get hit with ‘extra charges' for over-weight luggage at check-in. The ‘convenience factor' is built right into the product,” he said, “as it is so small and light-weight that it can be carried inside your luggage for the trip back home, again making sure that you won't face costly and annoying extra charges.”
Mr. Saliba said the new product is also ideal for small businesses, or home-based businesses, where there is a need to estimate the weights of packages before filling out shipping forms. “Whether it's luggage or a small package, this valuable new product puts an end to the inconvenience and inaccuracy of juggling the item on a household scale, and then deducting the holder's weight.”
John Joseph Lewis , co-developer of the luggage handle and scale, said he was “excited about working with CirTran to build our product and bring it to market. TFB Global chose CirTran for many reasons, including its proven track record as a manufacturer of quality consumer products and its on-going relationships with many top retail organizations. CirTran,” he said, “is one company that can do it all for us . . . from building a prototype to delivering a perfected product, as well as putting products into the retail pipe line.”
Mr. Saliba said that the first deliveries of the new luggage handle and scale product, which will be manufactured by a CirTran subsidiary in China , are planned for the spring.
About CirTran Corporation
Founded in 1993, CirTran Corporation (OTC BB: CIRT, www.CirTran.com ) is a premier international full-service contract manufacturer. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, its ISO 9001:2000-certified, non-captive 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is the largest in the Intermountain Region, providing "just-in-time" inventory management techniques designed to minimize an OEM's investment in component inventories, personnel and related facilities while reducing costs and ensuring speedy time-to-market. In 1998, CirTran acquired Racore Technology ( www.racore.com ), founded in 1983 and reorganized as Racore Technology Corporation in 1997. Continuing to grow, in 2004 CirTran formed CirTran-Asia as a high-volume manufacturing arm and wholly owned subsidiary with its principal office in ShenZhen , China . Today, CirTran-Asia operates in three primary business segments: high-volume electronics, fitness equipment, and household products manufacturing, focusing on the multi-billion-dollar direct response industry.
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