Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. a leading provider of award winning mobile technology and applications today announced that it is now launching its expansion into the European markets.

The Company announced that it has hired Mr. Klaus Kater as its new COO Europe to handle all technical aspects of the European operations jointly with UK based director Michael Rowan, who is responsible for the European business development. Mr. Kater will manage the European product roll out and some major accounts in Europe and will be responsible to build up the technical support infrastructure for clients in Europe.

Mr. Klaus Kater used to be the CTO of Artificial Life, Inc. between 1999 and 2001. He is a recognized expert in artificial intelligence and one of the key designers and architects of Artificial Life's core Smart Engine technology. He rejoins the company after having run his own company in Germany during the last two years.

The Company also announced that is has assigned Swiss based RVB corp and Belgium based ThinkBusiness as first European resellers of its V-Girl product series and its mobile product lines.

"This is an important step for us. The interest in our V-Girl and other mobile products from the European operators is very strong. Hence our plans now to expand into Europe and to build up our customer support infrastructure in Europe after we have successfully launched our products in Asia. With the help of the teams of RVB and ThinkBusiness we are targeting especially Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Holland, UK, Italy, Spain and France in this first phase of our European expansion," said Eberhard Schoeneburg, CEO of Artificial Life, Inc.