Press Release

Kurt Electronics, A Division Of Kurt Manufacturing Company,
Announces Order For 29 Precision Gage Systems
For Measuring Automotive Components
-- Order From Leading Automotive Supplier Valued At 2.5 Million Dollars

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Kurt Electronics announced today receipt of an order for 29 automated gage systems designed to measure precision machined automotive components.

Valued at over 2.5 million dollars, the order is from a leading automotive parts manufacturer as it expands production with Kurt's latest high speed, automated gage systems which are designed to ensure quality of the manufacturing process. Kurt reports that these new gage systems measure accuracy to within ±10 microns at the rate of one part every 10 seconds. Characteristics inspected include geometrics as well as simple diameters.

Jeff Lenz, General Manager of Kurt Electronics, announced the order and said, "It proves again the automotive industry's long-term commitment to Kurt Electronics gaging technology and our expertise in developing solutions for challenging automotive applications. The addition of the new Kurt gage systems represent the latest efforts in our customer's continuous improvement program to provide the most advanced gaging and SPC processes for producing the highest quality automotive engines and components sold into worldwide markets."

Designed for 24/7 lights out manufacturing operations, these new Kurt gage systems employ closed loop feedback communications with machining systems in a cell in order to relay dimensional data and make cutting tool adjustments ongoing, in real time.

With hundreds of gage systems in use worldwide since its beginning in 1984, Kurt Electronics has become a technology standard in automotive parts manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe and Asia.