20-20 Technologies Completes its Acquisition of the Icovia business

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20-20 Technologies Inc., a world leader in 3D interior design and furniture manufacturing software, announced it successfully completed the acquisition of 51 percent of Hookumu, Incorporated ("the Icovia business") for a cash consideration of US$1.6 million, with management of Icovia holding the remaining 49 percent. The company will be renamed 20-20 Icovia Inc. and will combine Icovia's 2D product and customer base with 20-20's 3D Virtual Planner and Virtual Showroom technology as a path to significantly upgrade technology tools. The new Icovia 3D, successfully introduced at the recent Las Vegas Furniture Market, where Icovia presented it to its over 400 customers, is an interactive 3D space planning tool that home furnishings retailers and manufacturers can use to extend their physical showrooms virtually in 3D photorealistic rendering. Icovia 3D is currently on display at the International Builders Show held in Orlando, at the 20-20 Technologies booth, W 4659. 20-20 Icovia will focus its efforts on selling its existing 2D products and the new Icovia 3D product in the Home Furnishings, Home Builder and Real Estate markets. About 20-20 Technologies Inc.: 20-20 Technologies is the world's leading provider of computer-aided design, business and manufacturing software solutions tailored for the interior design and furniture industries. Dealers and retailers use its desktop and Web-based products and solutions for the residential and commercial markets. 20-20 also offers a unique proprietary end to end solution, integrating the entire breadth of functions in interior design through one platform. It provides a bridge between data communication from a point-of-sale to manufacturing and world-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, including computer-aided engineering and plant floor automation software. Operating in 13 countries with more than 600 employees, 20-20 is a publicly traded company (TWT) onthe Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). For more information, visit www.2020Technologies.com.