American Custom Components Receives Initial Order from Tagnology Inc.; ACCM to Begin Production of 100,000 Retail Shelf Price-tag System Units.

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--American Custom Components (OTC/BB:ACCM) today announced it has received an order for the production of proprietary connectors and subsequent assembly of Tagnology Inc.'s globally patent pending retail shelf price-tag system.

This initial order calls for ACCM to begin production for 100,000 units of the shelf price-tag system.

Production of this system will begin at the company's domestic facility and then move to ACCM's newly acquired plant in the Caribbean. The necessary tooling and molding of the units has already been completed. It is anticipated that production and assembly of this product is scheduled to commence in mid-December 1997.

"The demand and anticipation of this proprietary system has been phenomenal," said American's CEO Tony Walk. "We are extremely pleased to begin production of the shelf price-tag system. This order follows in the wake of many achievements for American Custom Components. We have put into place the financial, managerial and international facilities that will allow us to thrive and to take large volume orders from customers."

Tagnology's new shelf price-tag system utilizes Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) price tags controlled by a central computer. This system is intended to save labor costs for mass retailers in the changing of bar codes and price tags. Supermarkets, large format retailers and mega-chains are prime targets for this technology.

Founded in 1994 by 30-year industry veteran Tony Walk, American Custom Components utilizes a unique rapid-response development process combining patent-winning components design engineering with internally maintained molding and tooling facilities.

This turnkey capability has allowed American to provide OEMs with new specialty parts in a fraction of the time required by larger competitors -- resulting in numerous high-margin contracts with leading disk-drive makers and other cutting-edge technology companies.

Included in this release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements will prove to have been correct.

The company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including sales levels, distribution and competition trends and other market factors.

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