Advanced Electronic Support Products, Inc.
Announces Re-branding of Network Connectivity Product Lines

 

Miami, Florida – May 11, 2001 – Advanced Electronic Support Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: AESP and AESPW) today announced the re-branding of the company’s product lines—including integration of their FOCUS Networks active components and workstation connectivity products into the SignamaxÔ Connectivity Systems brand. The Company will continue to design, manufacture, and market active networking, premise cabling and workstation connectivity products worldwide.

At the same time, the Company announced that its networking products which have been sold by its Premise Network Group will now be sold under the name “Signamax Connectivity Systems.”  The Company’s OEM Group will continue to operate under the AESP name and provide customized products and solutions for original equipment manufacturers.

Steve Daily, the Company’s Vice President , Network Group, stated: “The new Signamax Connectivity Systems’ mission is to provide complete network solutions – from the server’s network card, to the workstation – and everything in between. By providing our customers with a seamless, unified product selection for copper and fiber based networks, we will be better positioned to offer systems engineered for increased performance, greater reliability and affordability, while simplifying users installations. By consolidating the Company’s product lines under the Signamax Connectivity Systems name, we can deliver our message into the marketplace far more effectively. This new strategy will also let us better promote cross-product relationships more clearly, a key advantage for Signamax Connectivity Systems”.

The Company’s recent introduction of a Category 6 cabling system for the European market, and the new Gigabit Ethernet products for worldwide distribution, demonstrates its efforts to provide products for both the cabling infrastructure and the active network that are designed from the start to work together. As a result, the Company’s product greatly simplifies the implementation of network technologies such as Gigabit Ethernet.

Advanced Electronic Support Products, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets and distributes network connectivity products under the brand name Signamax Connectivity Systems as well as customized solutions for original equipment manufacturers worldwide. The Company offers a complete line of active networking and premise cabling products for copper and fiber optic based networks.

 

Safe Harbor Disclosure under the 1995 Securities Litigation Reform Act.
This news release contains forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual future results could differ materially from results anticipated herein. For information regarding factors that could impact the Company’s future performance, see the Company’s previous and future filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for 2000. 

Signamax is a trademark of Advanced Electronic Support Products, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.


For further information, please contact
Slav Stein, President & CEO
Roman Briskin, Executive Vice President
Roy D. Rafalco, Chief Financial Officer
Stephen W. Daily, Vice President-General Manager/Signamax Connectivity Systems

 

Advanced Electronic Support Products, Inc.
1810 NE 144th Street
North Miami, FL 33181
305-944-7710