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: Ross Fosbender at B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co. (815) 433-5100 x241 e-mail: rfosbender@bb-elec.com March 19, 2004 For Immediate Release: B&B Electronics Accepted for CSIA Membership Ottawa, IL – B&B Electronics Mfg. Co. reports it has been accepted by the Control and Information System Integrators Association as an Associate Member. Control and Information System Integrators Association is the premier organization in North America for independent control and information system integrators. CSIA member firms provide manufacturers more than $1 billion annually in industrial automation systems, incorporating $400 million of hardware and software automation products. B&B Electronics designs and manufactures data communications products for commercial and industrial applications. They sell products worldwide with their primary markets being North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa. B&B Electronics President Don Wiencek stated, "It is our intent to be actively involved in the CSIA and with its members. We are looking forward to the CSIA's Executive Conference in Palm Deserts, CA in May. We see the CSIA members not only as customers, but as partners for our other customers who need the expertise of a System Integrator for their projects." "With this in mind we will announce shortly a specific partner program for independent Control System Integrators. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible to work with B&B Electronics, including the possibility of co-marketing and lead sharing, while continuing to provide our outstanding customer service and technical support." The B&B Electronics headquarters in Ottawa, Illinois houses engineering, manufacturing, support, service and warehousing. The European headquarters in County Galway, Ireland, provides service, support and warehousing, making possible next day deliveries all over Europe. In addition to manufacturing products, B&B Electronics is a value-added distributor of products from other quality vendors. This gives B&B the depth to solve almost any data communications problem and to be a one-stop source for data communications products. Founded in 1981 to make an RS-232 tester, B&B Electronics has a history of continuous growth and expansion. Today B&B has an inventory of thousands of products and is a widely recognized expert in data communications. B&B Electronics is a subsidiary of Avtek Corporation located in Providence, Rhode Island. A recent survey showed that 75% of the nation's Fortune 100 companies use B&B products as part of their data communications solutions. Thousands of System Integrators and VARs have also found that B&B's blend of products and services add value to their own solutions. For further information, contact Mike Fahrion at 815-433-5100. ---END---- Digital text and photos available at http://www.bb-elec.com/press_releases/csia.html