Base Ten and Intellution become marketing partners; Base Ten joins Intellution's Cooperative Automation Partner Program to market PHARMASYST/SCADA Systems.

TRENTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1996--Base Ten Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NMS-BASEA) announced today that it had been accepted as a member of Intellution(R)'s Cooperative Automation Partner Program.

Intellution, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerson Electric (EMR), is the leading supplier of industrial automation software. Intellution(R)'s SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) technology will allow PHARMASYST(TM) to integrate with automated equipment throughout the factory. The integration of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems is of exceptional advantage to manufacturers and is in great demand for its efficiency and cost containment features.

Mike Kranzler, chairman and CEO of Base Ten Systems, Inc. said, "The pharmaceutical industry is anxious for a solution to the problem of access to real time equipment data from the MES level. Working together with Intellution(R) we become the first to market with an offering which couples two Microsoft-NT based products to solve this problem. We consider ourselves most fortunate to be associated with Intellution(R), a market leader in SCADA for the pharmaceutical industry and we look forward to continuing success in this field."

Base Ten Systems, Inc. is a diversified technology company concentrating on safety critical products in the fields of medical software, manufacturing execution systems, and weapons control products.

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