Carlo Gavazzi and Comtel Enter AdvancedTCA Development and Marketing Partnership

January 16, 2006, BROCKTON, MA – Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions and Comtel Electronics GmbH have joined into a strategic technology partnership to develop and market open architecture chassis, backplanes and shelf managers. The partnership leverages both companies' engineering expertise and technology strengths to address the emerging ATCA and other open architecture markets in both North America and Europe.

The first collaborative effort generated by the Carlo Gavazzi and Comtel partnership yields a full line of AdvancedTCA (ATCA) products including 2U two slot through 13U 16 slot shelves. Each system may be configured with full mesh or dual star backplanes and Pigeon Point or Motorola shelf management solutions. The highly modular and flexible set of offerings can be configured and integrated to support development and proof of concept systems through production ready RoHS and NEBS deployable platforms. The partnership also allows for efficient scalability for medium to high volume applications. Other open architectures products are being explored for mutual development and marketing between the two companies.

“Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions is pleased to partner with Comtel to offer a cost-effective full function development solution to our core markets,” said Mads Lillelund, President and CEO of Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions. “Our combined sales, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities allow us to quickly design and develop best in class ATCA products as well as localize design services for our customers.”

“Comtel is pleased to partner with Carlo Gavazzi, a leader in electronic packaging for open architectures,” said Berthold Michels, President of Comtel Electronics GmbH. “This technical collaboration allows us to leverage Carlo Gavazzi's continuous participation in the open standards community as well as broaden our products offerings within the ATCA ecosystem.”

About Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions

Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions is a leading designer and manufacturer of high quality products and solutions based on AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI, PCI/ISA, and VME technologies for the Industrial, Commercial, Government/Military, Medical, and Telecom markets. With over 30 years of experience in pioneering technology and proven technical expertise, Carlo Gavazzi has the applications knowledge and problem solving skills to design and manufacture a breadth of reliable off-the-shelf and custom solutions that meet the specific application needs of our customers.

For more information, please visit the Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions website at:

www.gavazzi-computing.com

About Comtel Electronics

Comtel designs and manufactures standard-architecture backplanes, custom-specific backplanes, sub-racks and integrated enclosures. Our standard-architecture product range, includes VME, VXI, CompactPCl and AdvancedTCA® provides feature combinations not seen on any other's backplane range.

For more information, please visit the Comtel website at: www.comtel-online.com.