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Press Release: June 23, 2009

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mary Kelly, Media Relations
Phone: 609-252-8160
E-mail:kelly@alk.com
Fax: 609-252-8166

ALK Releases PC*MILER 23 Product Line
New Intermodal Feature Weighs Environmental Impact

Princeton, New Jersey – June 23, 2009 - ALK Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of PC*MILER® 23, the North American transportation industry's first routing and mileage solution to include carbon emissions and intermodal analysis functionality. PC*MILER's twenty-third annual edition also includes critical map data updates such as truck restrictions and truck-specific toll costs.

The new PC*MILER Intermodal Analysis feature calculates alternative rail intermodal routes for truck shipments to run quick comparisons of truck and intermodal mileage, fuel consumption, and carbon emissions. Meanwhile the updated Points of Interest database can display small, medium, and large intermodal ramps throughout the U.S. and Canada. PC*MILER Intermodal Analysis is offered within PC*MILER|Spreadsheets and connects PC*MILER’s highway and rail products.

“ALK is pleased to be the first routing and mileage provider to make environmental impact an optional factor in daily operational choices,” said Kara Jo Witkowski, senior product manager, PC*MILER Solutions for ALK.  “The new features allow carriers, shippers and 3PLs to make better multi-modal decisions.”

PC*MILER 23 is an essential tool to predict and manage operating and transportation costs. It reduces out-of-route mileage, saving time, tolls, and fuel. For example, PC*MILER 23 offers expanded capabilities in toll calculation to include tolls determined by weight and truck axles. PC*MILER|Tolls now calculates weight-based tolls on the specific categories and rates applied by each individual toll authority, rates up to 136,000 pounds. Tolls based on axles can be calculated for single and multiple trailer trucks up to 14 axles. Version 23 includes 27 discount toll programs and 68,300 unique toll paths.

PC*MILER 23 users can enter a vehicle's height, length, width and weight when generating routes. The application will generate mileage and directions taking those factors into account - a particular benefit for oversized loads.

Other notable updates include:

• Updated truck restrictions – An additional 117,000 truck restriction and allowance enhancements are included. Weight restriction, weight allowance, and commercial vehicle constraints have been updated for 36 state and local municipalities in the U.S. and Canada. This includes more than 12,500 new weight allowances nationwide.

• Database and routing improvements – PC*MILER’s highway and street-level database contains the most current map data available and provides improved and faster address matching in PC*MILER|Streets.

• Updated Canadian dangerous goods restrictions – PC*MILER|HazMat users will benefit from significant enhancements and dangerous goods classifications throughout Canada.

PC*MILER runs on Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux platforms as well as IBM AS/400, iSeries and System i midrange and mainframe computers.  For more information, visit www.pcmiler.com.

About ALK Technologies, Inc.

Since 1979, ALK Technologies has developed innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions. ALK's award-winning CoPilot Live GPS software is the navigation based services platform of choice for mobile operators, hardware OEMs and systems integrators globally. ALK's PC*MILER routing, mileage and mapping solutions are used by over 22,000 transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies worldwide. For more information on ALK Technologies, visit www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com. # # # The names of actual companies and products mentioned here in may be the trademarks of their respective owners.