FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ALPHA REALIGNS SALES ORGANIZATION IN LATIN AMERICA

Bellingham, Wash., May 24, 1999 - In a continuing effort to support growing business in Latin America, Alpha has realigned its sales organization in the region.

“To better serve our customers in Latin America we have made a number of changes that will allow us to serve our customers better and more efficiently throughout the region,” commented Warren Johnson, Alpha’s company president.

Power & Telephone, Cable Networks, and Comtec have been named primary distributors for the region. These organizations have the technical expertise, infrastructure and ability to best help us support the powering needs of this strategically critical emerging market, added officials at Alpha.

These organizational changes coupled with a long list of advanced powering features – including automatic tap switching (ATS) for enhanced input regulation and dual utility switching (DUS) for improved reliability – provide customers with the most advanced power products supported by the most qualified personnel available.

Alpha Technologies Inc. develops power conversion, protection and standby products for telecommunications and cable television industries, including custom, application-specific power solutions. In addition to product development, Alpha Technologies provides a comprehensive range of installation and maintenance services to support its global customer base. Alpha Technologies is a member of The Alpha Group of companies.

The Alpha Group represents a global alliance of independent companies that share a common philosophy - create world-class powering solutions for communication, commercial, industrial and renewable energy markets.

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