CST To Participate in the SPS/IPC/Drives 2008 Trade Show in Nuremberg, Germany

October 9, 2008

MOORPARK, Calif. – Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), a company of Schneider Electric will have two of its eleven brands participating in the SPS/IPC/Drives 2008 tradeshow which is being held in Nuremberg, Germany on November 25th through 27th. This event showcases companies providing products for electric automation technology and will feature all system components providing integrated automation solutions. In 2007, nearly 47,000 people attended the show. The stand number to visit at the show is Hall 4, stand 100.

The two CST brands are Crouzet which is headquartered in Valence, France and BEI Ideacod which is located in Strasbourg, France. Both companies are design, manufacture, and distribute their products worldwide for a broad scope of industrial applications.

Crouzet will be featuring their Motor and Micro-control range of products which include:

• MCT Range
• M3 Logic Controllers
• C-Lynx Control Relays
• M3 Pressure Solutions
• Millenium Webserver
• MOT Range
• Industrial DC Direct Drive Brushed & Brushless Motors from 1 to 350 W
• High Performance Direct Drive Motors from 1 to 700 W
• Gearboxes & Geared motors from 0.1 to 50 Nm
• Standard & Adapted Motor Control Cards
• DC Geared Motors for Peristaltic Pumps

BEI Ideacod will be featuring their line of industrial encoders:

• Adapted Encoders
• Incremental & Analog Encoders
• Absolute Single & Multi-Turn Encoders
• ATEX Certified Encoders

About Crouzet

Crouzet, headquartered in France, has about 1800 employees with a presence in more than 40 countries. Now known as a specialist brand, Crouzet is focused on added value and customization for integrators and equipment manufacturers and serves markets such as medical, elevators and lifts, food processing, lighting, water treatment, entertainment, plastic injection/extrusion and office equipment. Crouzet brand SSRs are manufactured by Crydom Inc., a subsidiary company of Custom Sensors and Technologies. www.crouzet.com www.crouzet-usa.com

About BEI Ideacod

Founded in 1979, BEI Ideacod is a specialist in industrial rotary encoders and is a global business unit of Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), and a company of Schneider Electric. BEI Ideacod takes pride in its focus as a rotary encoder specialist and products quality. Prominent is the company’s experience in a combination of five fields of rotary encoders: mechanics, optics and magnetics, electronics, software and associated accessories. BEI Ideacod invests projects with specific solutions for OEMs as well as smaller maintenance oriented needs with short lead-time and strong reactivity. The company also offers its entire ATEX-certified range of single-turn/multi-turn absolute, incremental and analog encoders and cable sensors. www.bei-ideacod.com

About Custom Sensors & Technologies

Custom Sensors & Technologies, Inc. (CST) is your source for sensors, controls & actuation products for the transportation, industrial, and aerospace and defense markets. Some of the industry’s most advanced custom sensor technology brands have combined to form Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), a new global enterprise poised to set the standard in the custom sensing market. CST is made up of the leading brands Crouzet, Kavlico, Crydom and former divisions of BEI Technologies including Newall and Systron Donner.

A global business unit of Schneider Electric (Paris: SCHN. PA), an international manufacturer of electrical distribution, industrial controls, and automation equipment, CST is headquartered in Moorpark, California with operations worldwide. CST is organized into three divisions addressing the following markets: transportation, industrial, and aerospace & defense. Each of the brands has a track record of excellence and is supported by nearly 6,000 dedicated employees. CST is the global powerhouse for high volume, OEM application-specific sensors, controls and actuation products.

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