XTech Names Five New Manufacturing Rep Firms

April 14, 2003

Randolph, MA - XTech, a leading manufacturer of aluminum enclosures, compact PCI front panels and customized front panel systems for electronics equipment, today announced that it has signed five new manufacturer representative firms: EMT Engineering Sales, Minneapolis, MN; D.M. Harthun & Associates, Inc., Littleton, CO; Performance Technical Sales, Inc., Huntsville, AL; Micro Sales Inc., Dublin, OH; and, Colrud-Lowery, West Deptford, NJ.

"We're very excited to have these experienced, professional firms as our partners," said Rick Winter, XTech director of sales and marketing. "This gives us the broadest, nationwide sales coverage in our company's history, and helps us to maintain our steady growth."

• EMT Engineering now represents XTech products in the Midwest and eastern Canadian provinces, including Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North & South Dakota, as well as Ontario, Quebec, Ottawa Valley, Manitoba, and the Maritimes.
• D.M. Harthun & Associates carries the XTech product in the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado, Utah, Montana and Wyoming.
• Micro Sales, Inc. covers the Ohio/Michigan sales region, including Ohio, Michigan, Western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Indiana.
• Performance Technical Sales Inc. represents XTech in the following states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi.
• Colrud-Lowery represents XTech in the Chesapeake Region, including Maryland, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Delaware and Eastern Pennsylvania.
• J.J. Associates represents Washington State, Oregon, Idaho and Western Canada.

About XTech

Founded in 1945, XTech is a leading supplier of extruded aluminum front panels, Compact PCI front panels and enclosures for the electronics, telecommunications and networking industry. Its products are used with modems, computer peripherals, medical electronics, electronic instruments, instrument cases, keypads and hand held controllers. Compared to other materials, extruded aluminum offers superior RFI/EMI shielding, heat dissipation, ruggedness, lighter weight, fewer assembly steps and lower system costs. Among XTech clients in the telecommunications and electronics industries are: Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Cisco Systems, Marconi, Solectron, and Flextronics. For more information, contact XTech at 781-963-7200, or visit its website at www.xtech-outside.com.

Contacts:
Rick Winter Director, Sales and Marketing Extrusion Technology 781-963-7200, ext. 112 rwinter@extrutech.com	Bob Boucher Cole & Co., Inc. 617-236-4699 bobb@cole-co.com