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 July 24, 2006 For Immediate Release: “Automation and Communication Solutions” is the Theme for the New B&B Electronics Catalog Designing, developing, and manufacturing their own products for 25 years, combined with strong logistics and technical support, B&B Electronics provides customers with a total solution for industrial automation device networking. Their new Modbus Ethernet serial servers are just a few of over 150 new products featured in a new catalog. These easy-to-use, cost-effective Modbus ASCII/RTU to TCP servers allow you to Ethernet enable Modbus serial ports on industrial equipment. Connect up to 32 serial Modbus devices. DIN and panel mount options. Other new products in B&B Electronics Catalog 42 include a new line of premium, industrial serial converters and isolators, along with programmable relays at cost effective prices. The 108-page book also shows an entire line of Ethernet serial servers, wireless, USB, cards, digital and analog I/O’s, fiber optics, cabling and connectors, fuses, nonmetal enclosures, terminal blocks, surge protectors, and power supply products. This extensive line gives B&B Electronics the depth to be the opportunity and solution to your communications problems, and to be the one-stop source for your communication product needs. - END - This copy and a high resolution photo are available on our website at www.bb-elec.com/press_releases/catalog42.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