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Exton, PA – March 1, 2004 – Advanced Automation Associates, Inc. was recently selected by a leading global manufacturer and marketer of consumer food products as their preferred solution provider in the Eastern Region of the United States.

Founded in 1984, Advanced Automation Associates (A3) specializes in the development of real-time performance management and automation systems for the pharmaceutical, food and beverage and commercial printing industries worldwide. Clients who have benefited from A3’s deep expertise include Colgate; Centocor; Johnson & Johnson; Keebler; Merck; RJR Nabisco; Pillsbury; R.R. Donnelley; and Wyeth.

“Our relationship with this leading global food giant started in 1997 with one project automating a cereal plant in Brazil, and over the past few years we’ve completed over 50 projects for them,” said Robert A. Zeigenfuse, the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of A3. “As a result, we were selected as an Alliance Partner in their program, providing our services for their Eastern Region. We work with them at every level of the manufacturing process, from control/operator interface to training management and data integration.” The tailored training program created by A3 for this food manufacturing client is the result of the company’s 20 years of experience implanting systems for a wide range of client companies in the pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and printing industries.

“We worked closely with this client to determine what specific gaps in performance exist for each system, what is expected and what results they would like to achieve,” said Matt Ruth, director of A3’s Food and Beverage Group. “This allows us to get very specific in our training of each operator, supervisor, and technician, without dumping too much unnecessary information on the individual at one time. Our process is more specific, and allows us to tailor it for a certain target and generate the results our client needs as quickly as possible.”

About Advanced Automation Associates Advanced Automation Associates (A3) is a manufacturing solutions company that helps our clients to solve manufacturing process challenges, automate system control processes, and to integrate supervisory and data
management systems to the corporate enterprise. A3 has deep experience in the pharmaceutical, food, beverage, and the commercial printing industries worldwide and is the largest independent controls systems integrator in the world. A3 and has been the industry leader in establishing process control and manufacturing automation standards since 1984. Additional information about the company is available on their web site at http://www.advancedautomation.com.

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