Euless, TX - January 20, 2005 AML, a leading developer and manufacturer of wired and wireless automated data collection products, today announced that the company has signed a distributorship agreement with BancTec, a worldwide systems integration, transactions processing, software and service company. Under the new agreement, BancTec becomes a sole Distributor for AML's full line of quality bar code and wireless computing products in the United Kingdom.

"We are pleased to welcome BancTec to the AML Channel Partner Program," said Mike Kearby, President of AML. "BancTec products and services are complimentary to the AML product line, making BancTec the ideal partner to represent AML products in the UK market. They have a substantial presence in a key market we are targeting, as well as excellent integration, service, and support capabilities. This distributorship agreement marks a major expansion of AML products across the UK and will provide AML customers in the United Kingdom the benefits and advantages of working directly through a local UK company."

"Our new partnership with AML provides an exceptional opportunity to work with a market leader in wireless data collection hardware and extends the availability of these products to our UK customer base." Mark Worrall, Customer Services Director at BancTec stated. "More importantly, the relationship provides our resellers with a cost effective alternative for providing solutions that maximise flexibility, performance, and value in providing wireless data collection applications."

AML does business worldwide through an extensive channel of certified distributors and value-added resellers. As a member of the global AML Channel Partner Program, BancTec is entitled to receive significant partner benefits including access to the AML on-line partner site, comprehensive training, marketing assistance, dedicated sales support, and quality technical support.

About BancTec
Founded in 1972, BancTec is a worldwide systems integration, business process outsourcing (BPO), software and services company delivering high-volume, mission-critical solutions to automate and streamline data and paper-intensive business processes. BancTec has deployed transaction processing solutions in over 50 countries and counts among its customers some of the most prominent companies in the world. As a leading worldwide vendor, at least 50 million items are captured and processed by BancTec systems every day across the world. BancTec’s product suite combines unique flexibility, scalability, and connectivity to provide unprecedented levels of automation in the capture, processing, and distribution of information of all kinds. BancTec complements its product suite with a line of proven hardware solutions, backed by dependable service and support.

For press information:
James Silcock
Business Development Director
BancTec Ltd.
E-mail: james.silcock@banctec.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1753 778888
Fax: +44 (0) 1753 778707

About AML
AML is a leading manufacturer of reliable, high performance bar code and data collection products. Since 1983, AML and its partners have helped companies worldwide to optimize business efficiencies, enhance productivity, and reduce costs – in manufacturing, warehousing, retail, health care, finance, government and education. Information about AML can be found at www.amltd.com.

For press information:
AML
Teresa Stone: tstone@amltd.com
(800) 648-4452, Ext. 109