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ESCO Management Will Present at the BB&T Manufacturing and Materials Conference

ST. LOUIS, March 16, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) announced today that Victor L. Richey, Chairman and CEO, will make a presentation highlighting the Company's operations at the BB&T Manufacturing and Materials Conference in New York City on Thursday, March 22, 2007.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Company's web site at approximately 7 a.m. central time and a replay will remain on the site through March 28. A copy of the visuals used in the presentation will be available on the Company's web site at http://www.escotechnologies.com .

ESCO, headquartered in St. Louis, is a proven supplier of special purpose communications systems for electric, gas and water utilities, including hardware and software to support advanced metering applications. In addition, the Company provides engineered filtration products to the transportation, health care and process markets worldwide and is the industry leader in RF shielding and EMC test products. Further information regarding ESCO and its subsidiaries is available on the Company's web site, http://www.escotechnologies.com .

SOURCE ESCO Technologies Inc.

Patricia K. Moore
Director, Investor Relations
of ESCO Technologies Inc.
1-314-213-7277
or
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Connie Harrison
of Fleishman-Hillard for ESCO
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