ORBCOMM’s Temperature Recorders and Cold Chain Monitoring Solutions for the European Market Receive GAMP 5 Certification

North America, United States

Hardware and Web Applications Meet the Requirements to Support Customers That Store and Transport Pharmaceuticals Throughout Europe

20/09/2016 — ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. — (BUSINESS WIRE)

ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq:ORBC), a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced that it has received the Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP® 5) official certification of approval from the European Institute for Pharma Logistics (EIPL) for its Euroscan-branded product line of temperature recording devices and cold chain monitoring systems. GAMP 5 guidelines are published by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) and provide a flexible, risk-based approach on how to define and implement quality procedures, including compliant computerized systems, that support Good Distribution Practices (GDP) of pharmaceutical products for human use.

Following a thorough audit by EIPL as well as several pharma customers, ORBCOMM’s processes, procedures and documentation for select temperature recorders, modules and cold chain monitoring solutions have been approved to meet the GAMP 5 guidelines for the European market. This approval confirms that these ORBCOMM cold chain compliance products are a reliable and cost-efficient choice for customers that need to gain complete traceability of their operations, report storage conditions, including deviations in temperature settings, and protect the quality and integrity of their refrigerated assets throughout the European supply chain.

“ORBCOMM’s GAMP 5 approval is a significant milestone in demonstrating the high-performance, integrity and reliability of our products and ensuring that our pharmaceutical customers in Europe achieve complete cold chain compliance,” said Christian Allred, ORBCOMM’s Senior Vice President of Global Sales. “By utilizing our Euroscan-branded temperature recorders and web reporting applications, customers will improve their cold chain operations from end to end and gain total assurance of an uninterrupted cold chain from the product’s point of origin all the way to the end customer.”

ORBCOMM’s certificate of approval from EIPL is available upon request by contacting info@euroscangroup.com.

For more information about ORBCOMM’s temperature recorders and cold chain solutions for the European market, please visit us at the 66TH IAA Commercial Vehicles trade show in Hall H27, Stand D23 from September 22-29, 2016, at the Fairgrounds of Deutsche Messe in Hannover, Germany.

About ORBCOMM Inc.

ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) is a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication solutions and the only commercial satellite network dedicated to M2M. ORBCOMM’s unique combination of global satellite, cellular and dual-mode network connectivity, hardware, web reporting applications and software is the M2M industry’s most complete service offering. Our solutions are designed to remotely track, monitor, and control fixed and mobile assets in core vertical markets including transportation & distribution, heavy equipment, industrial fixed assets, oil & gas, maritime, mining and government.

With nearly 20 years of innovation and expertise in M2M, ORBCOMM has more than 1.6 million subscribers with a diverse customer base including premier OEMs such as Caterpillar Inc., Doosan Infracore America, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., John Deere, Komatsu Ltd., and Volvo Construction Equipment, as well as end-to-end solutions customers such as C&S Wholesale, Canadian National Railways, CR England, Hub Group, KLLM Transport Services, Marten Transport, Swift Transportation, Target, Tropicana, Tyson Foods, Walmart and Werner Enterprises. For more information, visit www.orbcomm.com.

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