Press Releases

RALEIGH, NC (June 5, 2003) - Electro Switch Corporation has completed the acquisition of the OakGrigsby business from the Appliance Controls Group, Inc. This acquisition expands the products offered by Electroswitch to include encoders, solenoids, an expansion of our open frame rotary switches and a number of specialty products sold to the military and US Postal Service.

This acquisition will be folded into our Electroswitch Electronic Products Unit. The sales, engineering, and administrative support for this product will be transferred from Sugar Grove, Illinois, to the Raleigh, North Carolina facility. This acquisition includes an assembly plant in Juarez, Mexico that will continue to assemble these products.

This is an exciting time for Electroswitch as we continue to increase the products we manufacture and customers we service through our Electroswitch family.

Until further notice, product information can be found at the OakGrigsby web site.

Electroswitch Electronic Products Division is a leading U.S. manufacturer of electromechanical rotary and miniature switches for electronics applications with manufacturing facilities in Raleigh, N.C. The Division is part of Electro Switch Corp., a leading U.S. supplier of control and switching products for industrial and military applications for over 50 years. For more information, contact Electroswitch Sales & Marketing at 2010 Yonkers Road, Raleigh, N.C. 27604; by calling 1-888-ROTARYS (768-2797), by fax at 800-909-9171 or 919-833-8016, or at www.electro-nc.com or sales@electro-nc.com.

RALEIGH, NC (October 9, 2002) - Electroswitch announced a new design for the C4 Series. Although the C4 is an enclosed switch, many customers have asked for a completely sealed unit.

In response, the engineering team at Electroswitch has developed a C4 switch with Conformal Coating.

(Addendum: April 3, 2003) Conformal coating now available for miniature toggle and rocker switches with actuator seals.

Underwriters Laboratories International Demko (Denmark) has tested this new product to IP67. The intrusion protection (IP) rating, defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission in publication IEC 529, is a comparative rating indicating the extent to which equipment is protected against the ingress of dust and water.

The rating consists of the "IP" prefix follow by two digits. The first digit, "6", indicates a dust tight rating and the second digit, "7", indicates protection against the effects of immersion in water to a depth of 1 meter for 30 minutes. Without doubt, a conformally coated C4 switch will reliably operate in harsh environments of dust and moisture.

"This is yet another example of Electroswitch responding to customer needs, and coming through with flying colors," quoted Ken Sinick, Sales Manager.

Electroswitch Electronic Products Division is a leading U.S. manufacturer of electromechanical rotary and miniature switches for electronics applications with manufacturing facilities in Raleigh, N.C. The Division is part of Electro Switch Corp., a leading U.S. supplier of control and switching products for industrial and military applications for over 50 years. For more information, contact Electroswitch Sales & Marketing at 2010 Yonkers Road, Raleigh, N.C. 27604; by calling 1-888-ROTARYS (768-2797), by fax at 800-909-9171 or 919-833-8016, or at www.electro-nc.com or sales@electro-nc.com.

RALEIGH, NC (December 14, 1999) - Electro Switch Corp. has purchased the Miniature Switch product line from the Commercial Controls Division of Eaton including the miniature pushbutton switches, miniature rocker and paddle switches, and miniature toggle switches. The products were previously manufactured in Eaton's Arab, AL, and Selma, NC, plants.

Electroswitch Electronic Products, a unit of Electro Switch Corp., will manufacture the switches in its Raleigh, NC, facility. "We are very pleased with this latest acquisition," said Peter Carlson, Electroswitch Vice President. "Eaton is a fine company with a reputation for quality products. The timing could not be better, now that the Raleigh plant just received ISO 9001 certification."

Previous acquisitions by Electroswitch include the Stackpole, Shallcross, ASM and Centralab switch lines. The recent Eaton purchase broadens the company's product offerings and introduces the company to new customers in new markets.

Electroswitch Electronic Products Division is a leading U.S. manufacturer of electromechanical rotary switches for electronics applications with manufacturing facilities in Raleigh, N.C. The Division is part of Electro Switch Corp., a leading U.S. supplier of control and switching products for industrial and military applications for over 50 years. For more information, contact Electroswitch Sales & Marketing at 2010 Yonkers Road, Raleigh, N.C. 27604; by calling 1-888-768-2797, by fax at 800-909-9171 or 919-833-8016, or at www.electro-nc.com or sales@electro-nc.com.