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ESCO Management Will Present at Baird Industrial Conference

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) announced today that Victor L. Richey, Chairman, President and CEO, will make a Company presentation on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at the Baird Industrial Conference in Chicago. The presentation will highlight the Company's operations.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Company's web site ( http://www.escotechnologies.com ) at approximately 8:55 a.m. central time. A replay will remain on the site through November 10, 2006. A copy of the visuals presented will also be available on the Company's web site.

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 process, health care and transportation markets world wide 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 at http://www.escotechnologies.com .

SOURCE ESCO Technologies Inc.

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Patricia K. Moore
Director, Investor Relations
ESCO Technologies Inc.
314-213-7277
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David P. Garino
for ESCO Technologies Inc.
314-982-0551