JIT Manufacturing, Inc. Aquires Bergdorf Engineering

Adding Precision CNC Machining to Contract Manufacturing capabilities.

Paso Robles, California - August 12,1999.

JIT Manufacturing, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired Bergdorf Engineering in an effort to further expand it's turn-key production capabilities in the contract manufacturing and assembly markets. Bergdorf engineering specializes in Plastic Mold Making and Precision CNC Machining and will add in-house support for JIT's custom molded cable manufuacturing as well as turn-key "Job Shop" machining services to JIT's existing customer base. As part of the acquisition, Ron Bergdorf Jr., the companies founder and president, is joining JIT Manufacturing's management team, bringing 38 years of precision CNC machining, mold making, and CAD/CAM experience to the company.

J I T C o m p a n y B a c k g r o u n d

JIT Manufacturing, Inc., a leader in sophisticated sub assembly, cable, harness, and electro-mechanical manufacturing, was formed in 1994 with purchase of the Paso Robles manufacturing division of Beckman Instruments, Inc. Together with JIT Supply, a regional electronics distributor, founded in 1986, the JIT Companies specialize in providing custom products and services in the high mix, low to medium volume environment to OEM's in the medical instrumentation, networking, telecommunications, semiconductor equipment, and computer industries. The JIT Companies are headquartered in Brea, California with additional manufacturing, warehousing, and sales offices in Paso Robles, CA, Tulare, CA, Porterville, CA, and Phoenix, AZ. For more information about the JIT Companies, visit the JIT web site at www.jitmfg.com.