PRESS RELEASE
April 11, 2007

Vickers-Warnick
New Partnership With Schmersal Canada

Vickers-Warnick is pleased to announce its partnership with Schmersal Canada, manufacturers of industrial switches, machine safety products, position sensors and related control accessories.

Schmersal has a worldwide presence and their North American operation is focused on supplying machinery builders and users with safety components which satisfy the machine guarding requirements of CSA, OSHA, ANSI and the European Machinery Directive. Vickers-Warnick has represented Schmersal in New York State for many years and are pleased to add this well respected line to the Vickers-Warnick Ontario product offering.

Steve Pickfield, Vickers-Warnick President stated, "Schmersal is very active in product development and operate with the same customer focused philosophy as Vickers-Warnick, that is they aim to provide clients with the best safety solutions possible based on their individual application. We are very pleased to offer the Schmersal product line to our Ontario customers."

Gary Ferguson, Managing Director of Schmersal Canada commented, "In working with Vickers-Warnick we feel we have partnered with a company that not only provides quality products and quality services, but they also provide total solutions to customers throughout the industrial marketplace. We are very pleased to have Vickers-Warnick representing our products and we look forward to working with them in the future."

About Schmersal

Founded in 1945, SCHMERSAL specializes in the design and manufacture of industrial switches, machine safety products, position sensors and related control accessories. They are represented in more than 30 countries. www.schmersalcanada.com.