President's Message!
Welcome to the new year! I am also very pleased to welcome you to Plaintree's
new website. We revamped the site for a number of reasons, including easier
navigation. We also want the site to reflect Plaintree's success in broadening our
product line, our technical capabilities, and distribution network. These are all steps
to take us closer to becoming a leader in optical wireless communications.
We have redesigned this site with both investors and customers in mind. Our new
Investor Centre features a link to a live share price for Plaintree's stock, easier
access to our Annual Report and other financial information. Our Wireless and
Switching sections will provide information on products and applications for current
and future customers. We are particularly pleased with the new 'Sheer Kahn' page
which contains white papers and articles by our Vice President of Product
Development, David Kahn.
As the new year begins, so does a new chapter for Plaintree Systems. We
accomplished a tremendous amount in 2000. We completed the transition from a
switching company to an optical wireless and switching company. We greatly
expanded sales, manufacturing, and engineering. We signed a number of reseller
agreements with key distributors around the world. We started attending major
trade shows around the globe.
The next stage will be sales contracts for our recently introduced new products, and
additional product releases. As I have stated, the evaluation units are getting a great
response and we expect to report increased revenues in the current financial year.
We also are very happy with reports from engineering on the eye safety and
reliability of our optical wireless products.
The year 2001 will be a period of tremendous growth for Plaintree and we hope that
it will prove rewarding to our investors, employees, customers, and others who have
continued to support us.
David Watson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Plaintree Systems