ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Arotech Corporation (NasdaqGM: ARTX) announced today that Steven Esses, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference on May 13, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET). The conference will be held May 12-14, 2015 at Lowes Hollywood Hotel, in Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Esses will be available on May 13(th) for one-on-one meetings. Investors attending the conference should contact their B. Riley representative to schedule a meeting.

Interested investors unable to attend the conference can access a live and archived webcast of the group presentation on the investor relations section of Arotech's website at http://www.arotech.com. The webcast will be archived for 90 days following the presentation.

About Arotech Corporation

Arotech Corporation is a leading provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and homeland security markets, including multimedia interactive simulators/trainers and advanced battery solutions, innovative energy management and power distribution technologies, and zinc-air and lithium batteries and chargers. Arotech operates two major business divisions: Training and Simulation, and Power Systems.

Arotech is incorporated in Delaware, with corporate offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and research, development and production subsidiaries in Alabama, Michigan, South Carolina, and Israel. For more information on Arotech, please visit Arotech's website at www.arotech.com.

Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current knowledge, assumptions, judgment and expectations regarding future performance or events. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such statements are reasonable, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks relating to: product and technology development; the uncertainty of the market for Arotech's products; changing economic conditions; delay, cancellation or non-renewal, in whole or in part, of contracts or of purchase orders (including as a result of budgetary cuts resulting from automatic sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011); and other risk factors detailed in Arotech's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arotech assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. Reference to the Company's website above does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon into this press release.

About 16th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference

The three-day, invitation-only conference will feature a compelling cast of over 250 companies handpicked by B. Riley's award-winning research team. B. Riley research has been consistently ranked at the top of the charts in independent stock performance surveys. Many of its analysts have been recognized by leading industry publications, including Institutional Investor, FT/Starmine Analyst Awards, Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street Survey, Forbes All Star Analyst Survey, and Zacks Profit from the Pros.

Investor Relations Contacts:

Brett Maas / Rob Fink
Hayden IR
(646) 536.7331 / (646) 415.8972
ARTX@haydenir.com

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SOURCE Arotech Corporation