News from B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company 707 Dayton Road P.O. Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 (815) 433-5100 FAX (815) 433-5109 For further information, contact: John Halpin at B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co. (815) 433-5100 x224 e-mail: jhalpin@bb-elec.com May 11, 2006 For Immediate Release: B&B Electronics Poised for Aggressive Growth with Reorganization Don Wiencek, president of B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company, is restructuring the company's Engineering and Marketing teams to better position the company to meet its aggressive growth strategy. Mike Fahrion was recently promoted to Director of Engineering. Joining B&B Electronics as an electrical engineer, Fahrion subsequently served as Director of Engineering and most recently as the company's Director of Marketing. "Having directed both of these major departments at B&B Electronics, Mike Fahrion is poised to move the company forward, applying a major focus on innovative new product development," says Wiencek. The company has a history of product leadership in industrial data communications and is now focusing its engineering efforts on wireless solutions to industrial communications challenges. Both traditional data communications and sensor-level communications are part of the product strategy. John Halpin was promoted to B&B Electronics Marketing Communications Manager. He was previously Marketing Communications Specialist. Halpin brings a wealth of experience in both traditional direct marketing and web-based marketing, with strong database management and strategic marketing planning skills. "Both moves position B&B Electronics to achieve its aggressive growth plan," stated Wiencek. As a direct marketer, the company puts its list of catalog and web customers at over 50,000 engineers and technicians world-wide. The B&B Electronics catalog is well-recognized for both the unique technical solutions it offers and its broad distribution. Additionally, the company's web sites are visited by over 100,000 visitors every week. B&B Electronics is an Ottawa, Illinois based direct marketer of automation and communication solutions with core competencies in sale and manufacturing of industrial communication solutions. - END - This copy and a high resolution photo are available on our website at www.bb-elec.com/press_releases/reorganization.html Please contact me if we can be of any further information on PC based data communications. John Halpin, Marketing Communications Manager jhalpin@bb-elec.com 815-433-5100 ext 224