Systron Donner Automotive Hits the Road

MicroGyro™ To Be Showcased To European Automakers
At Technology Roadshow

February 14, 2007

CONCORD, Calif. – In America, manufacturers looking for breakthrough components visit trade shows to see what is new. In Europe, the trade show comes to them.

SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE is pleased to be one of the few automotive suppliers to be included in the 2007 Technology Roadshow, sponsored by European Automotive Design. During the month of March, SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE representatives will take their story, and their product—the revolutionary MicroGyro™angular rate sensor—directly to Europe’s top OEMs and systems integrators, in a 20-stop road tour spanning four countries.

“This is an outstanding opportunity for us to show Europe’s automotive industry why our products deliver superior safety and performance,” states SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE Director of Sales Nick Waldecker. “Specto-spec, our product beats any others on the market today.”

The SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE quartz MicroGyro enables active vehicle safety systems such as electronic stability control. Unlike competing products made of silicon, the MicroGyro can withstand the high-heat, high-vibration environment of automotive underhood installations. It also offers its own unique Continuous Built-In Test™ (CBIT) for true continuous monitoring of sensor health and simultaneous rate sensing. The patented CBIT system ensures the highest performance and unparalleled safety at all times.

SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE is looking forward to showcasing this integral automotive component to Europe’s top automotive companies at the Technology Roadshow. The show consists of a specially-modified tour vehicle which can expand, when parked, to create its own self-contained exhibition hall, replete with booths, vendors, and company representatives.

The Technology Roadshow kicks off on March 5 in the United Kingdom then continues in Germany, Belgium and France. During the tour, SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE will have the opportunity to meet with top automotive companies such as Bentley, Audi, Porsche, Honda, Nissan and Delphi, just to name a few.

About Systron Donner Automotive

SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE is the global leader in the design and manufacture of the highest performing inertial measurement products integral to advanced automotive safety applications. Installed in more than 35 million automobiles on the road today, the SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE quartz MEMS gyro is the enabling technology behind the industry’s most reliable active safety systems. SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE is now applying this same technology to the marine and off-highway markets, advancing the quality of vehicle safety beyond the automotive industry.

For more information about SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE, a Custom Sensors & Technologies company, call (925) 682-6161 or visit www.systronauto.com.

About Custom Sensors & Technologies

Headquartered in Moorpark, Calif., Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST) is a business unit of Schneider Electric. CST was formed from the combination of Kavlico, Crouzet, Crydom and former divisions of BEI Technologies. CST provides sensors, controls and actuation products to the industrial, transportation, and military and aerospace markets. www.cst.schneider-electric.com

About Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is the world’s power and control specialist. Through its world-class brands, Merlin Gerin, Square D and Telemecanique, Schneider Electric anticipates and satisfies its customers’ requirements in the residential, building, industry and energy and infrastructure markets. With 105,000 employees and operations in 190 countries, Schneider Electric generated sales of €13.7 billion in 2006 through 15,000 sales outlets. www.schneider-electric.com

Schneider Electric – Giving the best of the New Electric World To everyone, everywhere, at any time.

For more information or to arrange an interview with a SYSTRON DONNER AUTOMOTIVE executive, please contact Merlot Marketing, Inc. at (916) 446-1822.

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