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UL, DATASYST Engineering & Testing Services cooperate in NEBS venture

Delafield, Wis. - April 6, 2004 -- DATASYST Engineering & Testing Services, Inc. and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) today announced an agreement to deliver certified Network Equipment Building Systems (NEBS) Testing to telecommunications suppliers. The agreement provides customers of both UL and DATASYST local access to a qualified Verizon Independent Testing Laboratory (ITL) for NEBS through UL.

The agreement went into effect in March 2004, as part of Verizon's Independent Testing Laboratories NEBS Testing Certification Witnessing Program (NEBS-TCWP). It covers components of NEBS, such as earthquake/seismic, transportation vibration, environmental (hot/cold/humidity) and altitude tests. As part of the agreement, a full-time UL engineer will be onsite at DATASYST to witness the certified NEBS tests.

"DATASYST has great enthusiasm for a mutually beneficial NEBS relationship with UL, as it provides clients the value and convenience of a local resource for Verizon certified testing," said Andrew Hoisington, Operations Director, DATASYST, "Naturally, we anticipate exploring other ways our services may complement each other."

"The outcome is that customers will win with this arrangement because UL and DATASYST are in good position to provide the optimum quality in NEBS testing and, as a Verizon ITL, UL can provide premium local service," added Kevin Ravo, general manager, UL Information Technology/Telecom Strategic Business Unit.

DATASYST Engineering & Testing Services, Inc. is a Milwaukee-based national provider of design verification and quality testing services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). DATASYST serves a wide variety of industries including Electronics/ Electrical, Telecommunications, Medical Equipment, Vehicles and Vehicle systems, Agricultural /Construction Equipment and Military Equipment. The company also maintains quality certification through The American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), visit the DATASYST Web site for information on certifications and testing services.

Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety certification organization that has been testing products for more than 109 years and writing Standards for Safety for 100 years. UL tests more than 18,000 types of products annually, and more than 17 billion UL Marks appear on products each year. Worldwide, UL's family of companies and its network of service providers include 55 laboratories, and testing and certification facilities.

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