APW - Irvine, Receives the Quality Supplier Award from ITT Gilfillan.

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1999--

APW Electronics, a division of Applied Power Inc., announced today that the team members at its Irvine, CA division have received the B. J. Wagner Supplier Quality Award from ITT Gilfillan for their achievements in product quality. "We're very pleased to receive this award," said Business Leader, Jesse Ross. "Formal recognition of our commitment to quality by any of our customers is always appreciated. However, when such an award is yet another endorsement from a key customer such as ITT Industries Gilfillan Division it is especially gratifying. We were honored as their Vendor of the Year in 1998, `Best Value Supplier' in 1996 and we became the first company recognized with the B.J. Wagner Award in 1993."

APW Electronics was selected from 400 ITT Gilfillan vendors who were eligible for the award. Criteria for the award included overall vendor support, continuous communication with ITT Gilfillan, on-time delivery, and low rejection rates. The specific project evaluated for the award was a portable radar system.

According to Kris Holla, APW Electronics Global Marketing and Business Development Leader, " Irvine's production and quality operations, demonstrates APW's ability to bring to its customers, service and quality on a World-Class level."

APW Electronics is the leading electro-mechanical contract manufacturing company in the world with 44 facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. The company emphasizes building long-term relationships with both customers and suppliers through implementation of JIT, KANBAN, and KAIZEN manufacturing technologies.

APW Electronics has received many other quality and recognition awards from its customers, including the ADP Achievement Award, Production Support Award from NCR, Supplier of the year for excellence in Technology and Design from ADAC, Gold Seal Suppliers Award from HP in Europe, and Mechanical Supplier of the year, from Ericsson.

Applied Power Inc. (APW: NYSE), headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is a global company comprised of two business segments. APW Electronics supplies electronic enclosures, power supplies, thermal systems, backplanes, and cabling either as products or integrated as a system supplied along with new product design, supply chain management, assembly and test services. APW Industrial is composed of standard and customized OEM products sold to a wide array of end users through distribution or directly into a variety of niche markets.

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