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PRESS RELEASE
STONEY CREEK, ONTARIO
JULY 11, 2007


Contact: Barbara Whittaker
Vickers-Warnick
Telephone: 905-662-7737 ext. 227
Fax: 905-662-9424
E-mail: bwhittaker@vickers-warnick.com

Vickers-Warnick Adds
Leuze Electronic To Their
Machine Safety and Guarding
Product Offering



Vickers-Warnick is pleased to announce a new partnership with Leuze Electronic, manufacturers of safety light curtains and safety scanners, photoelectric sensors, automatic identification systems, optical data transmission systems and distance measuring technology.

Leuze Electronic has become a major factor in the North American safety and automation marketplace. With a steady stream of innovative products addressing the needs of the consumer, Leuze Electronic is accomplishing the task of producing products that are designed to be reliable and durable while still being user friendly. With a dedicated and knowledgeable sales force Leuze Electronic offers dependable service, technical assistance, and an unrivaled approach to solving even the most difficult applications.

Steve Pickfield, Vickers-Warnick President commented, "We have been selling Leuze products in New York State for over two years and have had tremendous success solving sensing and safety problems for many of our U.S. customers. We are excited to now offer this quality product line to our Canadian customers. The combination of Vickers-Warnick's expertise in sensors and safety and Leuze's world class, photoelectric sensors, light curtains and safety scanners are a perfect fit."

Mark Smokowicz, Product Manager at Leuze Electronic commented on the new partnership by saying, "Vickers-Warnick is a highly regarded value-added distributor in Canada, as well as in the US. They put us through an extensive evaluation process and found our quality, time to market, product portfolio, and support exceeded their expectations. We are excited to welcome Vickers-Warnick to our distribution network. They are a key player in the safety and industrial automation marketplace and we look forward to teaming with them in Canada and the US marketplace."

About Leuze Electronic

Leuze Electronic Inc. started in 1994 as a US subsidiary of the German based Leuze Group founded in 1963 and employing over 1750 people on all five continents. Leuze Electronic offers a complete range of optoelectronic protective equipment, safety sequential circuits and warning units. www.leuzeelectronic.com.


VICKERS-WARNICK is a value-added industrial distributor of applied solutions for motion control, safety and machine guarding, and sensing and machine control products. Vickers-Warnick has been in business for over fifty years and has forged a reputation in the marketplace for quality people, products, and services, along with excellent customer service and ISO certified systems.

Head Office: 342 Dewitt Rd N, Stoney Creek, ON L8E 2T2 P: 905-662-7737 or 800-263-6835 F: 905-662-9424 E: stoney@vickers-warnick.com