FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Bellingham, Wash., October 7, 2004 - Power system provider Alpha Technologies, announces the appointment of Mr. Jacek Danaj to the position of Sales Manager for Central and Eastern Europe.

“Alpha Technologies has invested a great deal of effort in the development of indoor and outdoor powering products for the expanding Central European market” commented Mr. Volker Doerre, Director of Sales – Europe, adding, “being based in Poland, Central Europe’s largest market and one of its fastest growing economies ideally positions Jacek to capitalize on powering opportunities in the region, as a whole.”

Mr. Danaj comes to Alpha with an engineering background and extensive technical sales and marketing experience gained through the representation of some of the world’s best-known technology providers in the Central and Eastern European marketplace.

“The market for powering products is growing rapidly in Central and Eastern Europe and I am very pleased to be joining Alpha Technologies at this time”, remarked Mr. Danaj adding, “Alpha’s long standing history as a power systems provider to the European market ideally positions us to offer highly cost effective solutions for a range of applications.”

Mr. Danaj’s posses an MBA from Polish-American Management Center, Master of Science and Engineering from Technical University in Gdansk, and a diploma in Electrical and Electronic Automation Technology from the Technical College in Wejherowo, Poland.

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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