Partnership Between QuadTech & ECI to Enhance Electrical Safety Test Solutions

For Immediate Release
February 20, 2001

QUADTECH PARTNERS WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROLS, INC. TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED TEST SOLUTIONS
Industry Leaders to Offer Automated Process and Control Systems for the HVAC Manufacturing Industry

Maynard, MA - February 20, 2001 - QuadTech, Inc., formerly GenRad Instruments, and Electrical Controls, Inc. (ECI) have announced a business partnership to provide integrated electrical safety test solutions to the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) manufacturing industry.

QuadTech, an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer, is a worldwide supplier of electrical safety test and passive component test instrumentation. Collierville, TN-based ECI provides integrated test solutions to improve production efficiency and quality for HVAC manufacturers. Under the Integrator Partnership Program (IPP), the two companies will combine their technologies, expertise and service to provide customers with the best possible electrical safety test solutions. The combined resources serve to eliminate the risk that often occurs from integrating various manufacturers' equipment. This enhances quality by ensuring more consistency between systems design, sales, and support.

ECI's process control systems, which have been installed in facilities worldwide, provide important functions such as leak detection, key component verification, evacuation and charge stations, performance testing and material handling controls.

By combining these systems with QuadTech's electrical safety testers, it is now possible to further streamline manufacturing by including vital safety checks, such as the Hipot test and ground integrity checks, as part of the overall test process. QuadTech's new Guardian family of Hipot testers brings the latest technology to the production test floor. The Guardian 6200 Hipot tester is the first 5-in-1 electrical safety tester specifically designed for production of electrical products and appliances.

For more information on integrated electrical safety test solutions, QuadTech products, please contact QuadTech, Inc., at (800) 253-1230; fax: (508) 229-2045, or visit http://www.quadtech.com. To reach ECI call (901) 854-8088; fax: (901) 854-8778 or visit http://www.ecicomplete.com.

About QuadTech:
QuadTech, an ISO 9001 Certified manufacturer, offers a complete line of instrumentation, electrical safety test equipment, LCR meters for testing passive components, Hipot testers and ground bond testers, safety analyzers, megohmmeters and milliohmmeters, as well as calibration and repair services. Based in Marlborough, MA, QuadTech has a worldwide network of direct sales and distributors who service and support customers around the globe. In the United States, all of QuadTech's products carry a 45-day money back guarantee.

About ECI:
ECI engineering services, systems and products come together to form a total solution for assembly lines. Understanding the testing and process control needs of our customers is a necessity. Providing an outstanding level of customer service and support is a priority. Gaining our customers' trust by improving their quality and efficiency through technology and commitment, from start to finish, is our goal. That's what makes us complete.