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Press Release: September 14, 2007

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

PC*MILER 21 Integration Certified by TMW Systems
ALK Technologies and TMW Systems Partnership Benefits Customers

Princeton, New Jersey – September 14, 2007 – ALK Technologies, Inc. today announced that TMW Systems, Inc. has integrated and certified ALK’s latest versions of PC*MILER® and PC*MILER|Tolls with its TMWSuite™ and TruckMate™ transportation management software solutions. The 21st annual upgrade of ALK’s routing, mileage and mapping software solution offers truck-specific toll cost calculation, significantly improved map graphics as well as important map database updates. ALK will demonstrate PC*MILER 21 solutions at the TMW Systems TransForum 2007 User Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, September 16th – 19th at the Marriott World Center Resort, booth 206.

PC*MILER 21 provides fresh data and a substantial update of truck-specific restrictions based on 13 foot-6 inch height, 80,000 pound gross weight and widths of 96 inches as well as 48 and 53 foot/102 inch trailer lengths. PC*MILER 21 helps companies and drivers avoid low bridge clearances, load limits, one-way roads, turn restrictions and more. Street-level updates for more than 650 U.S. counties constitute over 1 million miles of updated data – including major road construction projects.

The seamless integration of PC*MILER|Tolls 21 enables TMW customers to automate precise toll cost calculation, collection and reconciliation. By integrating these software solutions, TMW clients will have accurate truck toll costs at their finger tips. By utilizing the power of TMW’s fleet management solutions, toll costs will now become part of decisions relating to lane analysis and support, as well as extensive accounting and billing processes.

ALK’s PC*MILER runs in a Microsoft Windows environment and integrates with the latest version of TMWSuite and TruckMate Version 7.0 and 8.0.

"TMW has accelerated the pace in which they deliver meaningful solutions to the market. ALK is on a similar pace and we are jointly focused on enhancing our client's efficiency and bottom line,” stated Ed Siciliano, vice president of sales and marketing at ALK Technologies. "This enabled the prompt certification of the PC*MILER 21 products, yet another example of the solid partnership that we have developed with TMW spanning over many years."

TMWSuite and TruckMate combine the power of a PC-based client/server system with the flexibility and familiarity of Windows to assure accurate, up-to-date information is shared across the organization. TMW solutions have all been designed to integrate every function of the three key organizational areas including executive office, asset management and back office. That integration of these functional areas provides the control needed to handle ever-changing market dynamics and still come out ahead.

For more information, visit www.pcmiler.com/21 and www.tmwsystems.com.

About ALK Technologies
ALK Technologies, Princeton, N.J., was founded in 1979 by Princeton University professor Dr. Alain Kornhauser, who still provides strategic leadership. ALK recognized the power of information technology early and has consistently developed inventive, practical transportation applications that provide customers a competitive edge, increased efficiency and bottom line benefits. ALK helps companies and individuals understand and harness the relentlessly evolving technologies reshaping the competitive transportation landscape.

More than 21,000 companies use ALK’s PC*MILER Solutions, including ninety percent of the “Top 100” North American motor carriers and ninety six percent of the “Top 50” global logistics companies. The U.S. Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration also rely on PC*MILER Solutions. ALK provides consulting, customized information systems and packaged software solutions. For more information, visit www.alk.com.

About TMW Systems
Founded in 1983, TMW Systems, Inc. is the largest provider in North America of enterprise management software solutions designed specifically for the trucking industry. Leveraging the organization’s hands-on expertise in trucking, information technology, and commitment to R&D, TMW offers trucking companies of all sizes, operating in every segment, access to the industry’s broadest set of business solutions. TMW’s products including TMWSuite® for Windows®, TruckMate® for Windows®, and TL2000® for the IBM System i (iSeries) platform – enable carriers to easily integrate vital real- time data from every facet of their operations into a single system to maximize operational efficiency, deliver superior customer service, and ensure long-term profitability. With offices in Cleveland, OH, Vancouver, British Columbia, Durham, NC and Indianapolis, IN, TMW currently serves more than 1,500 customers managing over 225,000 trucks worldwide including North America, Europe, China, and Latin America. For more information, visit www.tmwsystems.com or call (800) 401-6682.

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