The group's principal activities are development and commercialization of proprietary technologies. The group operates in three segments: animal applications: segment develops, manufactures and markets radio, electronic and visual identification devices for the companion animal, livestock, laboratory animal, fish and wildlife markets worldwide. Wireless and monitoring: segment develops and markets advanced technology to gather location and local sensory data and to communicate that data to an operations center. Gps and radio communications: segment designs, manufacture and distributes intrinsically safe sounders (horn alarms) for industrial use and other electronic components. On 22-Jan-2004, the group acquired outerlink corporation. On 19-Apr-2004 the group discontinued medical systems segment.