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ESCO Announces Follow-On AMR Contract

ST. LOUIS, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) today announced that its Distribution Control Systems, Inc. (DCSI) subsidiary entered into a contract with TXU Electric Delivery Company, the largest transmission and distribution company in Texas, to expand deployment of the TWACS(R) Automatic Meter Reading System to cover an additional 265,000 endpoints. TXU Electric Delivery purchased the TWACS system in December 2004, including hardware and software necessary to serve 2,000 endpoints. The new contract is scheduled for completion in October 2006.

Vic Richey, chairman and chief executive officer, commented, "We are gratified that TXU Electric Delivery has agreed to extend its relationship with ESCO and look forward to continuing to work with them."

Statements in this press release regarding the contract completion date are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Federal Securities Laws. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions, and speak only as of the date of this release. The Company's actual results in the future may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to risks and uncertainties that exist in the Company's operations and business environment including but not limited to technical difficulties, delays, and changes in customer demands.

ESCO, headquartered in St. Louis, is a leading supplier of engineered filtration products to the process, health care and transportation markets worldwide. In addition, the Company markets proprietary, special purpose communications systems and is the industry leader in RF shielding and EMC test products.

SOURCE ESCO Technologies Inc.

CONTACT: Patricia K. Moore, Director, Investor Relations, of ESCO Technologies Inc., 1-314-213-7277, or media, David P. Garino, for ESCO Technologies Inc., 1-314-982-0551