Body Scanner Manufacturer Accompanies Obama on Trip to India
November 14, 2010 in News
OSI Systems is the owner of Rapiscan Systems which manufactures the Secure 1000, one of the most commonly used backscatter x-ray machines. And, no it is not the Deepak Chopra you’re thinking of.
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Eddie Mayenschein, Transportation Security Administration, Office of Security, General Manager, narrates procedures as volunteers go through the first full body scanner installed at O'Hare International Airport , Monday, March 15, 2010, in Chicago. Federal transportation authorities demonstrated the technology to the media before starting to send passengers through the machine later today. Officials say they don't expect the body scanner which takes seconds to pass through to slow down security lines. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
OSI Systems Press Release, November 12, 2010:
OSI Systems Chief Executive Officer Joins US Presidential Visit to India
HAWTHORNE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that Deepak Chopra, Chairman and CEO, was selected to accompany US President, Barack Obama, to Mumbai and attended the US India Business Entrepreneurship meeting, which was held by the US India Business Council (US IBC). The goal of the meeting was to promote further trade between US and India.
Deepak Chopra, OSI Systems President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “I am honored to be selected to play a role in this very important cause. Currently the trade between US and India is only one tenth of the amount of trade between US and China. There is substantial opportunity to improve the trade relations with India for mutual economic gain.”
The US India Business Council is a business advocacy organization representing America’s top companies investing in India, joined by global Indian companies, with an aim to deepen trade and strengthen commercial ties.
About OSI Systems, Inc.
OSI Systems, Inc. is a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of specialized electronic systems and components for critical applications in the homeland security, healthcare, defense and aerospace industries. We combine more than 30 years of electronics engineering and manufacturing experience with offices and production facilities in more than a dozen countries to implement a strategy of expansion into selective end product markets. For more information on OSI Systems Inc. or any of its subsidiary companies, visit www.osi-systems.com. News Filter: OSIS-G
OSI Systems Inc
Ajay Vashishat
Vice President, Business Development
310-349-2237
avashishat@osi-systems.comSource: OSI Systems, Inc.
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Nah; nothing to see here; the chosen one is Teflon to the MSM…
The government giving the citizens cancer. Nice.
It’s really a shame we paid for these through our tax dollars. Lets see, don’t go through the scanner & you’ll be forced to a enhanced pat down pat down, how many will chose the scanner? The more who do, the more they will have to buy, to of course make it easier for us common folk to travel and our tax dollars are buying them!! its only for our own safety, we cant offend anyone by looking back at the past 100 terrorist attacks & seeing any commonalities. It’s not profiling, it’s common sense!!
Fox….here’s the key to the henhouse. Enjoy.
This is what happens when you elect a socialistic communist to the office of President.